NEW YORK (AP) β Like many girls, actress and singer Keke Palmer grew up dreaming of meeting a prince who would whisk her away to a life of love and happiness. In her case, it’s going to happen β eight shows a week on Broadway.
Palmer said she’ll be stepping into the title role in “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” starting Sept. 9 at the Broadway Theatre. She will become the first African-American to play the part on the Great White Way.
Twenty-one-year-old Palmer will be making her professional stage debut.
She has appeared in the films “Barbershop 2: Back in Business” and “Akeelah and the Bee,” has a BET talk show, “Just Keke,” and been on TV in Showtime’s “Masters of Sex.” Her albums include the 2007 CD “So Uncool” and a self-titled 2012 EP.
