Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo (born 8 January 1987) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter.
She is known for her performance as Celie in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, the latter two she shared with the rest of the cast.
Erivo ventured into films in 2018, with roles in the heist film Widows and the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. In 2019, she portrayed abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet, for which she earned nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Editor’s Pick: A Capitol Fourth
metroweekly.comWest Side Story headlined by Chita Rivera, the show’s original Anita, joined by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-, Grammy-, and Tony-winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo to perform “Somewhere.”Yolanda Adams will perform in tribute to the Lincoln Memorial’s 100th anniversary, and Rachel Platten will sing her song “Stand By You” in tribute to military heroes and their families.
The lineup includes Gloria Gaynor, Darren Criss, Andy Grammer, Keb’ Mo’, Emily Bear, Jake Owen, and Loren Allred. Accompanying them will be the National Symphony Orchestra under guest pops conductor Jack Everly.The NSO will be joined by several music groups, including the “Pershing’s Own” United States Army Band in a toast to its 100th anniversary, the U.S.
Army Herald Trumpets, and the Joint Armed Forces Chorus.The Monday, July 4, concert is at 8 p.m., with gates opening at 3 p.m.
Fireworks are set for approximately 9:09 p.m. Entrances to the West Front of the U.S. Capitol are at 3rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and 3rd Street and Maryland Avenue NW.
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