ETHEL! She was saucy. She was talented. She was a star. Ethel Waters grew up in difficult circumstances in Chester, PA in the early 1900s, but she found a way to make a life for herself. She used colorful language, rough men and good old American street skills to work her way into a career that led to hit records, Broadway shows and even an Academy Award nomination. It's time to have fun with great stories and incredible songs, including "Dinah," "Heebie Jeebies," "Taking a Chance on Love" and "Stormy Weather."
Feb 21 2012 - Mar 11 2012
One-woman piece “Ethel” based on the life of Ethel Waters, Premiers at Walnut Street Studio Theatre, 825 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215-574-3550
http://www.walnutstreettheatre.org/season/schedule.php?event=74
About Terry Burrell
Terry Burrell is a stage actor of West Indian-American descent. Terry's Broadway credits include “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “Swinging On A Star,” Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods,” and Michael Bennett’s “Dreamgirls,” “Honky Tonk Nights,” “Eubie” and the first London production of “Showboat” as Julie.
In regional theatre Terry was nominated for the Helen Hayes Best Actress in a Musical award for her portrayal of Queenie in Duke Ellington’s “Queenie Pie.”
Other regional credits include the role of Aldonza in “Man Of La Mancha,” Eve in Arthur Miller’s “Up From Paradise,” Diana Deveraux in “Of Thee I Sing,” Glenda/Aunt Em in “The Wiz,” Ella in “Bubbling Brown Sugar,” Maydee in “Jar the Floor,” Good Sister in “Thunder Knockin’ At The Door," Conchita in Barry Manilow’s Copacabana, Mrs.Brown/Mavis in The Women of Brewster Place, The Queen in Cinderella, Aunt Eller in “Oklahoma” and featured roles in “Almost Heaven” at the Promenade Theatre “Grand Night For Singing,” “Sweet and Hot,” “Ain’t Misbehavin,” “Time and Again,” “The World Goes Round” at The West Side Arts Theatre, Sheila’s Day, “Sophisticated Ladies” and “Smokey Joes Café.”
In addition Terry is a seasoned cabaret artist who’s performed her nightclub act for audiences from Monte Carlo to the Caribbean and for corporate clients like IBM, Avon and The National Grocers Association.
Her work also includes television commercials, radio voice-overs and industrials for Ford Motor Company, Searle Pharmaceuticals, Goodyear Tires, I Love New York and Schering-Plough Corporation. Terry has performed in several Jazz In July concerts with Dick Hyman, Lyrics and Lyricists at the 92nd Street Y, The Duke Ellington Orchestra in Venice Italy and most recently for the jazz festival in Oslo Norway.
