She stole BKLYN from Eden- (Poor Eden! she is great too, but "Paradice" wins the REAL round!) The girls are better than the show. But will make a great cd.
Was she ever in Dreamgirls? What a great voice! She reminds me of the girl I saw do Dreamgirls in Los Angeles with BJ Crosby as Effie. And I cannot find my playbill! I think she was Lorrell?
If she was, Clevant Derricks (who is in BKLYN) was in the original Dreamgirls playing Jimmy (he won a tony), and if she was Lorrell his girlfriend, thats a cool connection.
RK should get nominated for the Tony, but it is too early I'd guess.
I know she did regional productions of Dreamgirls and Little Shop, that's about all the help I can give you there, but she was an understudy to the leads in Smokey Joe's which is where I got lucky enough to see her. I'm not at all surprised to hear that Keller and Derricks' are stealing this show ,that is, if there's anything to steal.