Brenda starred as Velma Kelly opposite Usher in Broadway's hit musical Chicago. Prior to that, she was featured on Broadway in the musical revue Smokey Joe's Cafe, that earned her a 1995 Tony Award nomination, the NAACP Theater Award, the city of Chicago's Jefferson Award and a Grammy Award for Best Cast Album. Other Broadway credits include Jelly's Last Jam, Cats, Legs Diamond and the original production of Dreamgirls. She received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 'Living the Dream' Award given by New York Gov. George Pataki and the Josephine Baker Award from the National Council of Negro Women ... read more
Other credits include:
Marketing Director - Apollo Theatre Foundation 1994-1997
Touring Manager: Bubblin Brown Sugar
The Wiz
General Manager: Off-Broadway production Chitlin Circuit
Dinah, Queen of the Blues
The Ballroom
Late Great Ladies of Blues ... read more