Danette and Freda Payne

Danette and "Ms. Band of Gold" have a photo op at their performance of "Red Hot Braodway" on Long Island, NY

Danette and Freda Payne

Hamming it up while performing in "Red Hot Braodway" on Long Island, NY

Danette & Patti

Danette meets one of her idols: the marvelous Patti LaBelle!

Danette & Patti

Danette poses with Patti LaBelle in front of the Phi Theta Kappa banner

Danette & Patti

Danette poses with Patti as she prepares to depart in the limo waiting behind them

Danette & Patti: Heart to Heart

Danette and Patti have a heart-felt conversation in Patti's dressing room

Patti dries her tears...

As the conversation gets emotional, Patti is moved to tears

Patti dries Danette's tears...

Danette sheds a few tears of her own as the conversation continues

PTK Convention Program

An autographed program from the Phi Theta Kappa convention in Texas where Patti and Danette were both featured

Danette & Deborah Gibson

Danette poses for a photo-op with Deborah Gibson after their performance of Red Hot Broadway at the Prince Theater in Philadelphia

Danette & Deborah...

Have fun at the after-party now that the hard work of performance is done!

Danette & Stepp

Danette poses with Stepp Stewart - director of "Red Hot Braodway"

Danette in "Smokey Joe's Cafe"

Danette and some of her castmates mug for the camera

Danette in "Ain't Misbehavin'"

Danette croons the lively tune "Cash For Your Trash"

Danette with Gladys Knight

Danette poses with Gladys Knight during their run of "Smokey Joe's Cafe"

Danette in "Smokey Joe's Cafe"

Danette poses for a picture at the Byron Center in between acts while on tour with Gladys Knight

On tour with Gladys Knight

Danette poses for the camera in front of a white stretch limo while touring with "Smokey Joe's Cafe"

Danette in Grand Rapids

Danette as she prepares for her next performace

Danette in "Red Hot Broadway"

Danette mugs for the camera backstage

Danette in "Jesus Christ, Superstar"

Danette poses backstage in her costume as "the handmaiden" in "Jesus Christ, Superstar"

Danette in "Jesus Christ, Superstar"

Danette poses with fellow castmates Alex and Christina

Danette in orange

Danette poses backstage in-between acts

Danette in "Chicago"

Danette as Mama Morton in "Chicago"

Danette in "Ain't Misbehavin'"

Danette mugs for the camera backstage at the Playhouse on the Green in Connecticut

Danette in "The Last Session"

Danette is lovely in red leather as she sings in the show "The Last Session"

Danette in "Smokey Joe's Cafe"

Danette is stylin' in her top-hat posed in front of a purple wall of grafitti for the song "Kansas City"

Danette & Ben Vereen in "Freedom Train"

Danette mugs for the camera with her fellow castmates from the show "Freedom Train" where she played the mother of legendary freedom fighter Harriett Tubman

Danette gets "Red Hot"

Danette is dressed for the number "Squeeze Me" in the show "Red Hot Broadway"

Danette as Sister Hubert

Danette gets penguiny as Sis Hubert in the beloved show "Nunsense"

Danette sports a beehive...

for the show Rockin' Christmas Party in Austin Texas at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center

Danette does it up in NewHope, PA

In "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" at the Bucks County Playhouse

Danette in "The Last Session"

Danette blows in the musical "The Last Session"

Danette in the dressing room

of the Struthers Library Theatre in Warren, PA during her first run of "Ain't Misbehavin'"

Heavy Weight!

Danette & her brother, Jonesy, pose with Danette's trophies after she won the NYPD 46th Precinct Annual Showcase

Lady in Purple

Danette performs for the New York State Nurse's Association at the HIlton Hotel in New York

Danette in Austria

Danette poses in a mountain cave during her European tour of "Jesus Christ, Superstar"

Danette as "Jewel"

Danette poses in character during "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, PA

Danette & Brett

Danette mugs with Brett Smock, director of Chicago and Smokey Joe's Cafe at Merry Go Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY

Red Hot!

Danette in "Red Hot Broadway" at the Keswick Theatre in Pensylvannia

Danette & BJ Crosby

Danette gets to mug with one of her idols during a run of the show "Red Hot Broadway"

Learning & Having Fun

Danette poses for the camera during a workshop for "Red Hot Braodway"

Hanging at the VMAs

Danette preps backstage for her role as a dancer for "Fatboy Slim' during the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards

Smokin'!

Danette is pretty in purple during her run of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" at the Maine State Theatre