This is what you’ve been waiting for: Hub City Now’s special Celebrity Interviews episode.
In this episode, you’ll hear host Tyrone Tony Reed Jr. interview actress, singer, author, and activist Mrs. Sheryl Lee Ralph, who portrays veteran elementary school teacher Barbara Howard on the hit ABC show “Abbott Elementary,” which recently finished its first season and has been renewed for a second season.
You might also know her as one of the original “Dreamgirls” from the Broadway production in 1981.
She played Deena Jones and was even nominated for a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical.
Mrs. Ralph was also on the ’90s sitcom “Moesha” as the stepmom of the main character, played by Brandy.
She’s married to Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes.
You can find Sheryl Lee Ralph on the following social media platforms:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesherylralph
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesherylleeralph
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesherylleeralph/
Following Mrs. Ralph’s interview, is an interview with Kandi Burruss a.k.a. Kandi.
The singer and hit songwriter to businesswoman, entrepreneur, actress, TV personality and proud mother — and she effortlessly balances it all. Kandi has starred in 12 seasons of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta, starred on Showtime’s The Chi as Roselyn Perry, won the third season of The Masked Singer, made her Broadway debut as Chicago’s Mama Morton in 2018, and attar of the new Bravo reality series, Kandi and the Gang, which premiered Sunday, March 13.
In the past few years, Kandi made her Broadway debut in “Chicago,” and made her Broadway producing debut with the remarkable “Thoughts of a Colored Man.” She has launched multimedia agency Kandi Koated Entertainment, Bedroom Kandi, Kandi Koated Beauty, Raising Ace, TAGS, Blaze Steak & Seafood, and of course, Old Lady Gang.
Kandi’s entrepreneurial skills are something she wants to impart to her children Riley, Ace, Blaze and Kaela, so they can also work hard to achieve their own dreams. As she continues to expand her empire, she credits her amazing village for helping her as she juggles various hats.
You can find Kandi on the following social media platforms:
Website: https://www.bravotv.com/kandi-and-the-gang
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kandi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Kandi
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KandiBurruss
Last, but certainly not least, is the re-airing of the interview with actor Marcus Scribner, best known as Andre Johnson Junior on the ABC comedy “black-ish”, voicing the character Bow in the critically acclaimed Netflix animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and as the voice of D’Angelo Baker on Hulu’s “Dragons: The Nine Realms.”
Marcus spoke about the eighth and final season of black-ish, how much of himself he put into the character Junior, what his favorite episodes to shoot were, his new production company and much more.
You can find Marcus Scribner on the following social media platforms:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcusScribner
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MarcusScribner
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcusScribnerOfficial
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Hub City Now: Interviews with Sheryl Lee Ralph, Kandi Burruss and Marcus Scribner