Dream do come true! Keke Palmer was overwhelmed with emotion after her debut as Broadway's first black Cinderella. Check out the pics inside….
Last night, YBF starlet Keke Palmer was the belle of the ball during her opening night for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA Broadway musical at the Broadway Theatre.
The BET TV host got teary-eyed as she bowed gracefully, alongside Sherri Shepherd (as the evil stepmother), after captivating the stage as the first African-American fairytale princess Cinderella on Broadway.
It was a fairytale dream come true for Keke as she once thought she could never star in such a role.
She said,
"Young black girls that think that certain things aren't possible, it's good for them to just be able to see someone that looks like them and lets them know it's possible, but it also lets them know that just because you have never seen it, doesn't mean that you can't be it."
Yes Keke!
Former “The View” host Sherri Shepherd also made history last night as well. She's the first African-American to play the stepmother in Cinderella.
FUN FACT: This is the second time Sherri has played KeKe's mother in a role. They were the stars in the LIFETIME movie Abducted: The Carlina White Story.
Here's a clip of the mother-daughter duo taking a bow after their first performance:
And before the show....
Before she was crowned as the belle of the ball, Keke was captured getting fitted for her many costume designs at the Tricone Costumes studio last week. Tony award-winning costume designer William Ivey Long transformed the YBF starlet into the beautiful fairytale princess.
When asked how she felt once she put on her breath-taking white gown she said,
"This is me in my own head: 'OMG girl, you look so beautiful! What are you going to do when you get out there. This is a dream come true girl. Girl, just enjoy it. Just trying to live in the moment. It's a moment I'll never forget.”
Loves it! Congrats to both Keke and Sherri for their history making moment!
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