Goddess Wheel first starred which five-time Tony Award nominated actress?
Goddess Wheel Goddess Wheel is a musical adaptation of "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. The show contains music by "Hair" composer Galt MacDermot and lyrics/book by Matty Selman. The first presentations of the musical starred Tony Award winner Cherry Jones at Harvard’s American Repertory Theatre and the Prince Theatre in Philadelphia. In 2005, Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21) further developed the musical and presented it from November 30 - December 10.
Estelle Hemsley Estelle Hemsley (May 5, 1887 - November 5, 1968) was a prominent early African American actress of stage and screen. She appeared in the stage and screen versions of "Take a Giant Step", earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the 1959 movie directed by Philip Leacock. Her other notable film roles include playing Grandmother Topouzoglou in Elia Kazan's 1963 movie "America, America" (nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture), the role of Cla-Cla in Mel Ferrer's 1959 film "Green Mansions", the mother of Ruby Dee in "Edge of the City" (1957), and Catherine in Robert Mulligan's 1965 movie "Baby the Rain Must Fall".