Keala Settle Announces Virtual Concert Benefiting Covenant House Sleepout

Today, Broadway and film star, Keala Settle, has announced that she will perform her first ever live virtual concert this month.

The star is currently taking requests for the show on Twitter, encouraging fans to submit their favorites from which she will choose her set list!

The half-hour event will take place August 24th at 4PM PST/7PM EST and all proceeds will benefit Covenant House Sleepout: Stage and Screen. Learn more and purchase a ticket here!

Keala Settle is best known for her portrayal of bearded woman "Lettie Lutz" in the feature musical "The Greatest Showman." The film's song, "This Is Me," performed by Settle, won the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Settle made her Broadway debut in 2011 in "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert." She originated the role of "Norma Valverde" in "Hands on a Hardbody" and was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award and Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Settle originated the role of "Becky" in the musical "Waitress," and played the roles of "Madame Thenardier" in the revival of "Les Miserables" and "Tracy Turnblad" in the national tour of "Hairspray."