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Editor’s Pick: Nova Y. Payton at Songbyrd and with the American Pops Orchestra

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Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future is the latest program produced for PBS by the American Pops Orchestra and its founding Music Director Luke Frazier, this time also featuring members of the Howard University and Morgan State University choirs as performed and recorded last October at Howard’s Cramton Auditorium.The program focuses on iconic songs made famous on Broadway by Black artists, and among the many standout performances, Payton gets to shine twice, including closing the show with “And I’m Telling You” from Dreamgirls.Earlier in the program, she sings “I’m Here,” the anthem she sang every night last fall as Miss Celie in Signature’s phenomenal The Color Purple, which earned her one of two nominations as Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical at this year’s Helen Hayes Awards, set for May 22 at the Anthem.Her second nomination came from her starring turn in Grace, a world premiere presented last year at Ford’s Theatre.After winning a 2012 Helen Hayes Award her first time at bat, when she played Motormouth Maybelle in Signature’s Hairspray, Payton had racked up five more nominations prior to this year, but is still waiting to scoop up a much-deserved second trophy.

Here’s hoping Mars might serve as a kind of good luck charm for her this year.Wednesday, March 1. Doors at 7 p.m. Songbyrd Music House, 540 Penn St.

NE. Free, but RSVP suggested while still available. Visit www.songbyrddc.com or call 202544-5500.APO’s Black Broadway: A Proud History airs on PBS nationwide on Feb.

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