She won a Golden Ticket on the most recent series of “American Idol” but didn't progress from the Hollywood round. Now she's earned another — leading a Broadway show.
A 24-year-old triple threat who toured in “Hairspray,” competed on “American Idol” and came to the attention of casting agents with herNichelle Lewis will star in the national touring show this fall and then make herdebut next year as the show's heel-clicking heroine, following in the footsteps of such icons as Stephanie Mills and Diana Ross.
“I’m so excited that this is a part of my story, because I feel like there’s so many people out there who started out with such a small following and I feel like they’re hard on themselves about it," she said."But I’m like, ‘You never know who’s watching those videos.’ I never knew that ‘The Wiz’ was looking at my videos.”
“I feel like it’s extremely important for people, especially right now, to see that they can be powerful just by being themselves and just by being individual and unique. So I think that’s how the show speaks to me,” she said. Lewis' love of music was encouraged by her father, who died when she was young. At his service, she sang “My Help,” a song he sang when he was a child, and stunned the congregation.
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