LaChanze
Stage

Year
Title
Role
Location
Notes
1985
Uptown... It's Hot!
Tap Dancer
Tropicana Hotel
-
1986
Uptown... It's Hot!
Tap Dancer
Broadway
Broadway debut
1987
Dreamgirls
Ensemble
Broadway
(u/s Deena Jones, Michelle Morris)
1990
Once On This Island
Ti Moune
Off-Broadway
Playwrights Horizons
1990–91
Once On This Island
Ti Moune
Broadway
-
1995
Out of This World
Chloe
New York City Center Encores!
-
1995
Company
Marta
Broadway
-
1996
Comfortable Shoes
Performer
Paper Mill Playhouse
-
1997
Ragtime
Sarah
Los Angeles
-
1999
The Vagina Monologues
Performer
Off-Broadway
-
1999–2000
Ragtime
Sarah
Broadway
Replacement
2000
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
Viveca
Off-Broadway
Playwrights Horizons
2002
Funny Girl
Fanny Brice
New York
New York Actor's Benefit Fund Concert
2002
Once On This Island
Ti Moune
New York
Broadway reunion concert
2004
The Color Purple
Celie
Alliance Theatre
Out-of-town tryout
2004
Baby
Pam
Paper Mill Playhouse
-
2005
Dessa Rose
Dessa Rose
Off-Broadway
-
2005–06
The Color Purple
Celie
Broadway
-
N/A
Spunk
Performer
Regional
-
2009
Inked Baby
Performer
Off-Broadway
-
2009
The Wiz
Glinda
New York City Center Encores!
-
N/A
From the Mississippi Delta
Performer
Regional
-
2012
Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise
Performer
National tour
-
2013
If/Then
Kate
National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Out-of-town tryout
2014–15
If/Then
Kate
Broadway
-
2015–16
If/Then
Kate
National tour
-
2016
Cabin in the Sky
Wanda
New York City Center Encores!
-
2017
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Diva Donna/Mary Gaines
La Jolla Playhouse
Out-of-town tryout
2018
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Diva Donna/Mary Gaines
Broadway
-

Question: Who did LaChanze play as in the 2009 production of The Wiz at the City Center Encores!?
Answer: In 2009, LaChanze played as "Glinda" in The Wiz at the City Center Encores!.