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Shayna Steele

Shayna Steele

Musical artist

Shayna Steele (born September 23, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter and a Broadway stage actress.

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Career

Steele's Broadway credits include Rent at the Nederlander Theatre, the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Foxwoods Theatre (formerly the Ford Center for the Performing Arts), and the original Broadway cast of Hairspray, in which she played a member of the girl group The Dynamites. She went on to appear in Hairspray Live!, broadcast on December 7, 2016.

Steele sings background vocals for Bette Midler in "The Showgirl Must Go On" in Las Vegas.[1] She has also performed on several albums, including Moby's Hotel,[2] and Moby's single "Disco Lies", which reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play list. In 2004, Steele released her first self-titled EP[3] and in 2009 released her first album, I'll Be Anything.[4] In 2011, Steele was hired to sing background vocals for Rihanna on her Australian tour of Last Girl on Earth.[5] She toured again with Rihanna on her North American and European "LOUD" tour starting on June 4, 2014, in Baltimore, Maryland,[6] as a background vocalist.

References

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    "Bette Midler". Bette Midler. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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    "Moby – Hotel CD". Cduniverse.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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    "Shayna Steele : Shayna Steele". AllMusic. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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    "I'll Be Anything : Shayna Steele". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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    "Rihanna 'Last Girl On Earth' Australian Tour – Rihanna at Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Broadmeadow, Newcastle, NSW on 28 Feb 11". Liveguide. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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    "Live – RihannaRihanna". Rihanna. Archived from the original on June 5, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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