Tony and Grammy Award winner, Heather Headley was doing it all before COVID-19, filming the new Netflix series (streaming May 19th), 'Sweet Magnolias', the upcoming Aretha Franklin biopic 'Respect', traveling worldwide for concerts, and being a mother to three children. Forced to stop, she is finding “beauty in the ashes” of this time as she relishes her family in a way that wouldn’t have previously been possible. She shares her infectious joy and humor with us as we chat about her incredible experience onset two months postpartum, how her oldest son is responsible for her daughter’s birth, and how the football players at Northwestern University crashed the Waa-Mu show and forever changed her life.

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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Derek Gunther.

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From her childhood in the Caribbean island of Trinidad to gracing the stages of Broadway, the West End and the White House, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning performer Heather Headley keeps delivering versatility, humility, and vocal agility year after year, song after song, show after show. After originating the role of Nala in The Lion King musical, Heather won the praise of critics and audiences alike in the title role of Elton John's Aida. She has won multiple accolades for her R&B, soul and gospel albums, frequently tours the world with Andrea Bocelli, and recently completed a run of The Color Purple on Broadway. Heather is still trying to figure out if she's a good singer, and she has some advice for those of us just getting started in our creative careers.