Montego Glover (born February 9, 1974) is an American stage actress and singer. She has been nominated for the

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical is awarded to the best actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been given since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been publicly ...

for her role in the musical ''

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'' and won the

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. The awards were established in 1955, ...

. From September 9, 2017 to March 31, 2019, Glover portrayed Angelica Schuyler in the Chicago cast of the Broadway blockbuster ''

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''.

Life and career

Glover was born in Macon, Georgia and raised in

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. She attended the Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences and then attended Florida State University,

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, Florida, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre with Honors."Biography"
montegoglover.com, retrieved June 13, 2010 Glover sang in church choirs "for as long as I can remember". She has performed on

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in the musical ''

'' as Felicia. Glover received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance. Additionally, she won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (in a tie with

Catherine Zeta-Jones Catherine Zeta-Jones (; born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress. Known for her versatility, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Tony Award. In 2010, she was appointed C ...

). She displays a "rich, rangy and emotionally powerful voice in several standout numbers" according to ''Playbill''. Montego has been with ''Memphis'' since it started, including four regional productions and appears in the live filming of the musical, '' Memphis: Direct from Broadway''. Her Broadway debut was as an understudy for Celie and Nettie in the musical ''

The Color Purple ''The Color Purple'' is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.

''. In other work, she has been a "''Star Wars'' videogame avatar and a TV commercial voice-over artist." She worked at

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in Orlando, Florida in the late 1990s. Her voice is featured on the

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official soundtrack. She also guest starred on the

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show, '' White Collar'' in the episode "Judgement Day". In September 2022, she started sharing the role of the Witch with

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in the 2022 Broadway revival of ''

Into the Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. T ...

''. She left the production on December 15 being replaced by

Joaquina Kalukango Joaquina Kalukango is an American actor and singer best known for playing Nelly O'Brien in the Broadway musical'' Paradise Square'', for which she won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Pl ...

. She is set to reprise her role in the 2023 national tour.

Work

*''

Dreamgirls ''Dreamgirls'' is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others,G ...

'' - Special Benefit Concert, September 24, 2001* *''

Aida ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 Decemb ...

'' - Music Theatre of Wichita, August 2005 *''The Color Purple'' - Broadway, Understudy and Replacement, March 2007 *''

'' - Broadway, "Felicia", October 19, 2009 *'' Memphis: Direct from Broadway'' - Film, April 28, 2011 *''

Made in Jersey ''Made in Jersey'' is an American legal drama television series that aired on CBS from September 28 to December 29, 2012. The network ordered the series in May 2012. On October 10, 2012, after only two episodes aired, it was canceled and removed ...

'' - TV Show, Aired December 1, 2012 *''

It Shoulda Been You ''It Shoulda Been You'' is a musical with music by Barbara Anselmi and book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove. The musical ran on Broadway from March 17, 2015 (previews) to August 9, 2015. The musical involves a wedding which brings together the fami ...

'' - Broadway, 2015 *''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its origin ...

'' -

Fantine Fantine (French pronunciation: ) is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel ''Les Misérables''. She is a young '' grisette'' in Paris who becomes pregnant by a rich student. After he abandons her, she is forced to look after their chil ...

- Broadway, 2015 * ''Hamilton'' - Angelica Schuyler - Chicago, September 7, 2017 - March 31, 2019 *''

'' - The Witch - Broadway, 2022 - Tour, 2023

References

External links

Montego Glover Official Web Site
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