On Broadway she played Ayah in "The Secret Garden", Carrie Pipperidge in "Carousel", Sharon Graham in "Master Class", Sarah in "Ragtime", Marie Christine L'Adrese in "Marie Christine", Lady Percy in "Henry IV", Ruth Younger in "A Raisin in the Sun", Lizzie Curry in "110 in the Shade", Olivia in "Twelfth Night", Bess in "Porgy and Bess", Billie Holiday in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill", and Lottie Gee in "Shuffle Along: Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed". She won Tony Awards for "Carousel", "Master Class", "Ragtime", "A Raisin in the Sun", "Porgy and Bess", and "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill", and was nominated for "Marie Christine" and "110 in the Shade". She was also nominated for a Grammy Award for "Porgy and Bess".