GRETHA BOSTON

Little Rock connection: A native of Arkansas, she has appeared in performance at Wildwood Park for the Arts and at Baptist Health’s Bolo Bash.  She has also been inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame. (While she was in Little Rock for the Wildwood performance, the Culture Vulture drove her around.)

Tony Awards connection: Won the 1995 Tony for Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Show Boat.  She was also nominated in the same category in 1999 for It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues.