Virginia Woodruff
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Virginia is excited to be a part of the company of BRAVO Broadway Rocks. She most recently performed as Church Lady Darlene in Oprah Winfrey presents The Color Purple. She originated this role five years ago and is honored to have shared this character and this production with the country. Ms. Woodruff performed in Broadway Divas under the direction of Maestro Jack Everly with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as well as the Detroit, Nashville, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis Symphony Orchestras.
Additional Broadway credits include Smokey Joes Café, All Shook Up, and The Color Purple. National Tours: The Who’s Tommy, Once on this Island, The Wiz and Smokey Joes Café. She was also regionally in several productions of Dreamgirls as Effie White, Beehive as Aretha Franklin and Patti Labelle, And the World Goes ‘Round, Once Upon A Mattress (Lady Larkin), Signed Sealed Delivered-the Music of Stevie Wonder, Ain’t Misbehavin, Avenue X, The Wiz and Abyssinia. Virginia has had the privilege of performing with such recording artists as James Ingram, Patti Austin, Pebo Bryson, Luther Vandross, Chaka Kahn, Gloria Gaynor, Michael McDonald, Deborah Cox,Whitney Houston, Destiny’s Child, Petula Clark, Gladys Knight., Michael Bolton, Leslie Gore, Ben E. King, Ray Charles, Billy Porter for the Inaugural Ceremonies of President Bill Clinton and Liza Minnelli to name a few.
She is a member of the Broadway Inspirational Voices, has a dance single “Survive" and was a part of the Michael Jackson (R.I.P.) 30th Anniversary Concert recorded for CBS in 2001. Her film credits include Harlem Grace, Legally Blonde II, Preachin’ to the Choir, Jump the Broom- created and directed by Kena Tangi Dorsey. Her television credits include Law and Order, The Tony Awards, Oprah Winfrey and the Rosie O’Donnell Show. She dedicates her performances to all those who inspire her to sing!