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 — eight shows a week on Broadway.
Palmer said she’ll be stepping into the title role in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella starting on September 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.
