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Broadway's N'Kenge Performs with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra This Weekend

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This weekend, Indianapolis is in for a treat as Broadway's darling N'Kenge returns for two-nights only with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for Disco Days and Boogie Nights: Music of the 70s. N'Nenge, under the direction of Jack Everly, will sing disco anthems, such as "I Will Survive" and other monster rock hits!

N'Kenge is best known for originating the role of Mary Wells in the Broadway smash hit, Motown: The Musical. She made her Broadway debut in Pulitzer Prize winner James Lapine directed Sondheim on Sondheim alongside Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis, and Tom Wopat. N'Kenge made her West End debut starring in The Genius of Ray Charles. She was N'Kenge starred in the Michael Jackson Tribute Show World Tour and has also been seen as a soloist at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra to name a few.

This summer, N'Kenge will be seen as The Witch in Big Fish and Matron "Mama" Morton in Chicago with Alpine Music Project Theater and has been cast as Queen Ti in Broadway bound Akhenaten: The Musical.

Tickets are available and can be purchased by at The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

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