Video Flashback: LaChanze Sings 'I'm Here' From THE COLOR PURPLE

By: Mar. 29, 2020
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LaChanze shared a flashback video of herself singing "I'm Here" from The Color Purple.

"This song will always be a part of me," she writes. "Little known fact, I helped inspire the lyrics."

The performance was from a concert that took place on May 5, 2017.

Watch the performance below!

LaChanze was most recently seen as Ghost of Christmas Present and Mrs. Fezziwig in the hit Broadway production of A Christmas Carol. Her other Broadway credits include Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (2018 Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, 2018 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and 2018 Drama League nomination for Distinguished Performance), The Color Purple (2006 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical), Once on This Island (nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards), If/Then, Ragtime, Company, and Uptown It's Hot.



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