Posted: 4/3/26 at 12:26am
she did just play herself for one night at Spelling Bee.
https://www.tiktok.com/@spellingbeenyc/video/7616393269190069517
Posted: 4/3/26 at 12:26am
She has done a few things like a short theater run of The Preacher's Wife in Atlanta or the cheesy single black female movies or the game show circuit. So take that for what you will.
“Cheesy Black female movies” is teetering into the dreaded R word. Let’s be careful in how we diminish someone’s career.
Posted: 4/3/26 at 3:17am
Put Marisha Wallace in Dreamgirls again. She was the best Sally replacement on Broadway in Cabaret.
Posted: 4/3/26 at 7:58am
Jennifer Holiday did miss performances in the original run. I remember her quote (to the effect that) while not everyone got to see Jennifer Holiday but for those who did she was at the top of her game.
Posted: 4/3/26 at 11:41am
Ensemble1698878795 said: "
She has done a few things like a short theater run of The Preacher's Wife in Atlanta or the cheesy single black female movies or the game show circuit. So take that for what you will.
“Cheesy Black female movies” is teetering into the dreaded R word. Let’s be careful in how we diminish someone’s career.
"
Referencing a movie "Single Black Female" that she actually made is hardly diminishing anyone.
Updated On: 4/3/26 at 11:41 AM
Posted: 4/3/26 at 12:00pm
Pretty sure the assertion related to “Cheesy Black female movies” not the actual movie title.
Posted: 4/3/26 at 12:06pm
Suzcap said, " cheesy single black female movies" - referring to the 3 Lifetime movies Riley made called Single Black Female. Capitalization would've helped but it's still clear, at least to me, that the actual title was being referenced.
Updated On: 4/3/26 at 12:06 PM
Posted: 4/3/26 at 12:12pm
TheatreFan4 said: "I had heard back around the time she was doing Little Shop that there were nights where her lines were pre-recorded? Any truth to that?"
no
Posted: 4/3/26 at 12:24pm
SteveSanders said: "Pretty sure the assertion related to “Cheesy Black female movies”not the actual movie title.
Except I said THE chessy single black female movies, not sure why some are trying to twist this.. I listed some of her projects after someone else was actually claiming she had done nothing,
Posted: 4/3/26 at 1:00pm
Kad said: "Suzcap said, " cheesy single black female movies" - referring to the 3 Lifetime movies Riley made called Single Black Female. Capitalization would've helped but it's still clear, at least to me, that the actual title was being referenced."
It wasn't clear to me, as I wasn't familiar with the films. Thanks for the clarity.
Posted: 4/3/26 at 4:19pm
Posted: 4/4/26 at 12:20pm
ACL2006 said:
if you can't handle doing 5 shows/week, you don't belong in theater. Has she worked since Dreamgirls?"
She did 7 performances a week for 8 months before she got sick.
