Leslie Uggams Tickets

Leslie Uggams is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress who made her first professional appearance at the age of 9 at the Apollo Theater where she opened for such musical legends as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington. She then went on to Broadway (Hallelujah, Baby! -Tony Award) to the big screen (Deadpool, Skyjacked) and to television (“Empire”, “The Leslie Uggams Show”). Perhaps best known for her stirring performance in the landmark TV mini-series Alex Haley’s “Roots” (Critics Choice Award, Emmy and Golden Globe nominations). Other Broadway roles have included starring in Blues in the Night, Her First Roman with Richard Kiley, Jerry’s Girls, Anything Goes (Lincoln Center Theatre), Thoroughly Modern Millie, King Headley II with Brian Stokes Mitchell and On Golden Pond opposite James Earl Jones. Regional credits include A Little Night Music, The Rink, Into the Woods, Master Class, Call Me Madam, Hello, Dolly! As well as touring nationally with her autobiographical one- woman musical Uptown/Downtown.