Broadway's Chantel Riley Set for Elevate New York Benefit Concert

Broadway star Chantel Riley, best known for his performance as Nala in The Lion King, will perform live January 27 at a special concert benefiting Elevate New York.

The Canadian-born performer will support Kevin Singleton at a special concert benefiting Elevate New York that's to be held at the Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Tickets can be purchased here.

The concert kicks off a big year for Riley, who aside from her ongoing performance in The Lion King will be seen in the Focus Features' drama Race - in cinemas February.

The drama tells of athlete Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.

Riley, in her first film role, plays Owen's lover Quincella Nickerson. The daughter of a rich Californian businessman, Nickerson embarked in a passionate affair with the athlete - while he was with long-time partner Minnie Ruth Solomon - their relationship all over the national newspapers.