Queen Latfiah Joins New York Pops Tribute to Kathleen and Rob Marshall

Grammy winner Queen Latifah has joined the lineup for the New York Pops' 32nd Birthday Gala on May 4 at Carnegie Hall. Conducted by Steven Reineke, the evening will honor Broadway siblings Kathleen Marshall (Living on Love) and Rob Marshall (Cabaret).

Singer, actress, and talk-show host Latifah, who played Matron "Mama" Morton in Rob Marshall's film version of Chicago, joins a list that includes Tony winners Alan Cumming (directed by Rob in Cabaret), Sutton Foster (directed by Kathleen in Anything Goes), Donna Murphy (directed by Kathleen in Wonderful Town), and Bebe Neuwirth (choreographed by Rob in Damn Yankees), and Tony nominees Kelli O'Hara (directed by Kathleen in Nice Work If You Can Get It) and Rachel York (directed by Kathleen in the tour of Anything Goes).

Kathleen Marshall received Tony Awards for her choreography of the Broadway revivals Wonderful Town, Anything Goes, and The Pajama Game, along with an additional six nominations for her work on Nice Work If You Can Get It and Kiss Me, Kate, among others. She has also directed and choreographed film adaptations of The Music Man and Once Upon a Mattress, as well as the musical sequences for the film My Week With Marilyn.

Rob Marshall's films have won nine Academy Awards out of 23 nominations. He is the director of the recent film adaptation of Into the Woods, as well as the big-screen versions of Chicago and Memoirs of a Geisha. Onstage, he received six Tony nominations for his work on productions of Little Me, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Damn Yankees, She Loves Me, and Cabaret.

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