Broadway BUZZ

Aneesa Folds is the creator and star of Why Am I Here?, a new one-person show that will have a developmental staging at Ars Nova in New York this fall. She can be heard as Cleon on The Warriors album by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis. Her Broadway credits include Freestyle Love Supreme, created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale. Also the Freestyle Love Supreme national tour and Las Vegas residency. Off-Broadway: Ginger Twinsies. Other credits include the world premiere of the new musical Trading Places, directed by Kenny Leon, and the world premiere of the new musical Co-Founders. Film/TV: tick,tick…BOOM!, Vivo, Alma’s Way, Disney Channel, Sesame Street, and Rolling Stone. She was recently spotlighted in Variety’s 2026 “10 to Watch” List.