What was the nationality of the actor and singer who was featured in True Colors, along with Cyndi Lauper, Rufus Wainwright, Lea Michele, Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, Karen Olivo, Melinda Doolittle and Broadway Inspirational Voices?
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True Colors (concert tour) True Colors was an annual music event created by American recording artist, Cyndi Lauper. The concerts were headlined by Lauper and featured various music and comedy acts. Beginning in 2007, the trek supported the Human Rights Campaign, PFLAG and the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Other local and private LGBT charities and foundations were supported as the event grew. The tour began with 16 shows in 2007 expanding to 25 shows in 2008. Lauper's set during the 2008 tour was basically the North American leg of her worldwide Bring Ya to the Brink Tour that year. An outing in 2009 was planned and later cancelled. In lieu of the tour, Lauper partnered with Broadway Impact to create the True Colors Cabaret. The show began September 28, 2009 and ran once a month at Feinstein's at Loews Regency. It featured performances from Lauper, Rufus Wainwright, Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, Karen Olivo, Melinda Doolittle and Broadway Inspirational Voices. The shows ran until February 2010.
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Jonathan Groff Jonathan Drew Groff (born March 26, 1985) is an American actor and singer.
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Blake Jenner Blake Alexander Jenner (born August 27, 1992) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for winning the second season of the Oxygen reality competition series "The Glee Project" and his portrayal of Ryder Lynn in the Fox musical comedy-drama series "Glee". In 2016, he had the lead role in the Richard Linklater film "Everybody Wants Some!!" and appeared in the coming-of-age "The Edge of Seventeen".
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Leslie Uggams Leslie Marian Uggams (born May 25, 1943) is an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries "Roots" (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance. She had earlier been highly acclaimed for the Broadway musical "Hallelujah, Baby!", winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Later in her career, Uggams received renewed notice with appearances alongside Ryan Reynolds in "Deadpool" (2016) and in a recurring role on "Empire".
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Christian Payton Christian Payton (born December 24, 1965) in Chicago Illinois. Is an American actor. He started out in musicals and plays when he was very young. Christian Payton has landed roles in a variety of movies ranging from "U.S. Marshals" and "Strange as Angels". In "The Temptations", Christian Payton was cast as Paul Williams, one of the original famous Temptations, and sang most of his own parts.
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Tyler Perry Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, writer, and songwriter, specializing in the gospel genre. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2011, "Forbes" named him the highest paid man in entertainment; he earned US$130 million between May 2010 and 2011. With new shows lined up, along with older successful shows, his net worth in 2017 is estimated to be $600 million.
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Ridge Canipe Ridge Canipe (born July 13, 1994) is an American actor. Ridge is best known for his roles in "Walk the Line" (in which he played Johnny Cash as a boy), the thriller "Baby Blues" in 2008 and the 2005 version of "Bad News Bears". He also co-starred in the 231st presentation of the Hallmark Hall of Fame production "Pictures of Hollis Woods" which aired on CBS in December 2007. He helped "Walk the Line" castmate and friend Hailey Anne Nelson, write and issue a vegan cookbook for children by PETA.
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Cody Linley Cody Martin Linley (born November 20, 1989) is an American actor and singer. He played a recurring role as Jake Ryan in the television series "Hannah Montana", and was a contestant on the seventh season of "Dancing With The Stars", in which he was partnered with Julianne Hough and finished fourth.
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Bring Ya to the Brink Tour The Bring Ya To The Brink Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American singer-songwriter and actress Cyndi Lauper to support her album "Bring Ya to the Brink". It was the tenth official Cyndi Lauper's own tour that she was promoting an album. The shows were in Australia, Japan, Europe and South America, with over 40 concerts in 22 countries. Lauper raised more than 30 million dollars with this tour. In the UK, her opening act was Jessie J who later joined Cyndi on stage to sing with her on Girls Just Want To Have Fun. The North American (United States and Canada) leg of this tour was covered by her True Colors 2008 tour in the summer of 2008 where she performed an almost identical set to promote "Bring Ya to the Brink".
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Mark Janicello Mark Janicello (born November 3, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer, actor, painter, producer and author.
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Jason Raize Jason Raize Rothenberg (July 20, 1975 – February 3, 2004), known professionally as Jason Raize, was an American actor, singer and former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. He was best known for his roles as the adult Simba in the Broadway stage musical version of "The Lion King" and the voice of Denahi in the animated Disney film "Brother Bear".
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Keith Robinson (actor) Keith Robinson (born January 17, 1974) is an American actor and R&B singer.
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Ryan Gentles (actor) Ryan Gentles is an American actor who has worked with Tyler Perry studios in several stage plays and movies including "Madea Goes to Jail" playing Nate, Sonny's boss and Vanessa's boyfriend. He also made an appearance in the movie version of "Madea's Family Reunion" as a stripper. He appeared In the stage play What's Done in the Dark and was Jennifer Hudson's love interest in her hit video "Spotlight". Gentles made his theatrical debut in E. Lynn Harris' play Not a Day Goes By in which he played Zurich, a sports agent. Gentles has also appears in stage plays by John Ruffin and TJ Hemphill and is a regular celebrity trainer and personality on the annual Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage.
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Andrew Rannells Andrew Scott Rannells (born August 23, 1978) is an American actor, voice actor, and singer.
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Robert Hanley Robert Hanley (born June 17, 1947), also known as Broadway Bob. and Bob Hanley, is an American actor, entertainer, comedian, singer, and writer. Hanley has been cast in over 100 starring and co-starring roles in television variety, comedy and drama series including "Crazy Like a Fox" with Jack Warden, and "Pros & Cons" with James Earl Jones and Richard Crenna. Hanley hosted television game shows for the ABC and CBS networks, and, as stand-up comedian Broadway Bob, appeared on "The Merv Griffin Show". He headed the Robert Hanley Actors Studio for eighteen years. Currently, as a singer/entertainer with his own seventeen-piece orchestra, he performs at civic and fundraising events. He is the founder of the nonprofit Entertainment Fellowship.
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Lisa Gaye Leslie Gaye Griffin (March 6, 1935 – July 14, 2016), better known as Lisa Gaye, was an American actress, singer, and dancer.
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Molly Burnett Molly Kathleen Burnett (born April 23, 1988) is an American actress and singer.
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Leigh Zimmerman Leigh Zimmerman (born March 28, 1969) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She has appeared on Broadway in "The Will Rogers Follies", "Crazy for You" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" with Nathan Lane and in London's West End in "The Seven Year Itch", "Chicago", "The Producers" and "A Chorus Line ", for which she won an Olivier Award in 2013.
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Matt Caplan Matt Caplan is an American actor, singer, voice actor and musician.
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Bobbie Eakes Bobbie Diane Eakes (born July 25, 1961) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Macy Alexander on "The Bold and the Beautiful" (1989–2000, 2001, 2002–2003) and for her role as Krystal Carey on "All My Children" (2003–2011).
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Joel Grey Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz; April 11, 1932) is an American actor, singer, dancer, and photographer. He is best known for portraying the Master of Ceremonies in both the stage and film versions of the Kander & Ebb musical "Cabaret". He has won an Academy Award, Tony Award, and Golden Globe Award.
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Lillias White Lillias White (born July 21, 1951) is an American singer and actress of stage, television, and film who is particularly admired for her performances in Broadway musicals. In 1989 she won an Obie Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway musical "Romance in Hard Times". In 1992 she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Pre-School Children's or Family Viewing Program for her portrayal of Rhonda the pink singing squirrel on "Sesame Street". In 1997 she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for portraying Sonja in Cy Coleman's "The Life". She was nominated for a Tony Award again in 2010 for her work as Funmilayo in Fela Kuti's "Fela!".