NaTasha Yvette Williams (Queenie) is an American actress, singer, and entertainer. Since she began singing at age three in the tiny tot choir at her church, she has performed from the subway to Broadway. She portrayed Aretha Franklin in A Night with Janis Joplin, and has been seen in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Oprah Winfrey’s The Color Purple. Ms. Williams has previously performed with the Indianapolis Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, and Baltimore Symphony orchestras. Her current recording project is How Deep is the Ocean, a collection of standards, and she has released a Gospel project, Songs That Carry Me Through ... Some Old, Some New. Ms. Williams was the first winner of the Kraft Foods New Voice of Gospel contest. Her Broadway credits include A Night with Janis Joplin, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (as Mariah), The Color Purple (Sofia), and Stephen Flaherty’s Dessa Rose at Lincoln Center. Her West End credits include Trevor Nunn’s production of Margaret Martin’s Gone with the Wind (Mammy). She appeared in the national tours of John Farrar and Jeff Lynne’s Xanadu (Melopmene), Greg Morrison and Lisa Lambert’s The Drowsy Chaperone (Trix the Aviatrix), Joe DiPietro’s Elvis musical All Shook Up (Sylvia), Stephen Flaherty’s Seussical the Musical (Sour Kangaroo), Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Grace), Jason Robert Brown’s Parade, and Marvin Hamlisch’s The Goodbye Girl (Mrs. Crosby). Regional appearances have included Crowns at Arkansas Repertory Theater and Arena Stage (Velma and Mabel, respectively), Marc Shaiman’s Hairspray (MotorMouth Maybelle) and Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Papermill Playhouse, and the title role in Mahalia: A Gospel Musical at the Cleveland Playhouse. These performances will mark NaTasha Yvette Williams’s New York Philharmonic debut.