Carpathia jenkins biography of rory

The Brooklyn-born and raised singer/actor, Capathia Jenkins, most recently released her unattached “I Am Strong” and her strictly acclaimed CD Phenomenal Woman the Indian Angelou Songs with her collaborator Prizefighter Rosen, sold out the world-famous Birdland Theatre in NYC for 3 nightly. She starred as ‘Medda’ in nobleness hit Disney production of Newsies bias Broadway. She made her Broadway opening in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Pol. She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell, where she wowed audiences with her stirring execution of ‘Turn Back, O Man’ which can still be heard on nobility original cast recording. She returned far Broadway in The Look of Love and was critically acclaimed for her reports of the Bacharach/David hits. Ms. Jenkins then created the roles of ‘The Washing Machine’ in Caroline, Or Put up for sale and ‘Frieda May’ in Martin Short-Fame Becomes Me where she sang ‘Stop nobleness Show’ and brought the house suite every night.  In 2007 she went back to Off-Broadway and starred thorough (mis) Understanding Mammy-The Hattie McDaniel Story for which she was nominated for efficient Drama Desk Award. She was as well seen in Nora Ephron’s Love, Mislaying, and What I Wore.

An active make an effort artist, Ms. Jenkins has appeared become conscious numerous orchestras around the world with the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, City Symphony (with Marvin Hamlisch), National Opus, Cincinnati Pops (with John Morris Russell), Philly Pops, San Francisco Symphony, Metropolis Symphony, Utah Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and many others.  She was also a soloist with picture Festival Cesky Krumlov in the Czechoslovakian Republic multiple times.  Capathia had excellence great honor of performing in loftiness ‘Broadway Ambassadors to Cuba’ concert by the same token part of the Festival De Teatro De La Habana. She will rectify returning to Carnegie Hall with greatness New York Pops for Get Happy: That Nelson Riddle Sound and besides sang in a Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch at the Library of Congress.

Her Television credits include 30 Rock, illustriousness Practice, Law & Order SVU, rectitude Sopranos, Law & Order. She glare at be seen in the film ‘Musical Chairs’ directed by Susan Seidelman. Article. Jenkins was also seen in Magnanimity Wiz in a live performance unit NBC.  She can be heard impassioned the following film soundtracks: Nine, City, Legally Blonde 2.