Other works

Broadway: "Dreamgirls" (1981), in which she first performed the song "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"

Appeared on Broadway in Chicago the Musical playing Matron "Mama" Morton.

(1981) She acted in Henry Krieger's musical, "Dreamgirls," at the Broadway Theatre on Broadway in New York City with Obba Babatunde, Cleavant Derricks, Loretta Devine, Ben Harney, and Sheryl Lee Ralph in the cast. Michael Bennett was director.

(November 1982) She acted in Henry Krieger's musical, "Dreamgirls," at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway in New York City with Obba Babatunde, Cleavant Derricks, Loretta Devine, Ben Harney, and Linda Leilani Brown in the cast. Michael Bennett was director.