{"id":1236251111,"date":"2026-05-18T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/?p=1236251111"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:35:48","slug":"tlc-crazysexycool-musical-cast-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/tlc-crazysexycool-musical-cast-photo-1236251111\/","title":{"rendered":"TLC Musical \u2018CrazySexyCool\u2019 Reveals Cast: See the Lead&nbsp;Actresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"\n>\n\tHolli\u2019 Gabrielle Conway, Jade Milan and Stoney B. Woods are set to portray Tionne \u201cT-Boz\u201d Watkins, Lisa \u201cLeft Eye\u201d Lopes and Rozonda \u201cChilli\u201d Thomas, respectively, in <em>CrazySexyCool \u2014 The TLC Musical. <\/em>As noted in an earlier <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/tlc-crazysexycool-musical-announcement-1235947158\/\"  >Billboard story,<\/a> the show \u2014 produced by special arrangement with Bill Diggins \u2014 will debut this summer at Arena Stage\u2019s Kreeger Theater in Washington, D.C. It will run from June 12 through Aug. 9. The musical&#8217;s debut will precede the upcoming <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/salt-n-pepa-tlc-en-vogue-tour-dates-its-iconic-tour-1236204550\/\"  >It\u2019s Iconic Tour<\/a>, co-headlined by <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/tlc\/\"  >TLC<\/a> and Salt-N-Pepa with special guest En Vogue. The tour launches Aug. 15 in Franklin, Tenn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"\n>\n\tBased on music recorded and performed by the four-time Grammy Award-winning group \u2014 featuring signature songs such as Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits \u201cNo Scrubs,\u201d \u201cCreep,\u201d Waterfalls\u201d and \u201cUnpretty\u201d \u2014 <em>CrazySexyCool<\/em> is written and directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah. His credits include <em>One Love: The Bob Marley Musical<\/em>. Additional members of the production\u2019s creative team include choreographer Chloe O. Davis (<em>Gypsy<\/em>), Tony Award-nominated music supervisor David Holcenberg (<em>MJ the Musical<\/em>) and music director Jaret Landon (<em>Smokey Joe\u2019s Caf\u00e9<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"\n>\n\t\u201c<em>CrazySexyCool<\/em> is as bold, fearless and unapologetic as TLC themselves,\u201d said Arena Stage artistic director Hana S. Sharif in the press release. \u201cIt holds space for the music we love and the reality that lies behind it, making room for both the joy of their success and the complexity of everything that came with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image   lrv-u-margin-t-125 u-padding-b-10 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((683\/1024)*100%);\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arena-Stage-CrazySexyCool-2026-press-cr-Ambe-J.-Willisms-Billboard-1800_38c5b3.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arena-Stage-CrazySexyCool-2026-press-cr-Ambe-J.-Willisms-Billboard-1800_38c5b3.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arena-Stage-CrazySexyCool-2026-press-cr-Ambe-J.-Willisms-Billboard-1800_38c5b3.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arena-Stage-CrazySexyCool-2026-press-cr-Ambe-J.-Willisms-Billboard-1800_38c5b3.jpg?resize=681,454 681w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column a-font-accent-xs lrv-u-color-black u-margin-t-n4px lrv-u-padding-lr-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-1 u-font-size-11 u-line-height-19px u-word-spacing-n0156px u-letter-spacing-0026 u-padding-b-0625@mobile-max\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\u201cCrazySexyCool\u201d cast (l-r): Jade Milan (Lisa \u201cLeft Eye\u201d Lopes),&nbsp;Holli&#8217; Gabrielle Conway (Tionne \u201cT-Boz\u201d Watkins) and&nbsp;Stoney B. Woods (Rozonda \u201cChilli\u201d Thomas). <\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"u-letter-spacing-0094 lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-font-size-10 u-margin-t-2px\">Ambe J. Williams<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"\n>\n\tThe actresses playing the three members of the pioneering R&amp;B\/pop group have previously performed on Broadway. Conway appeared in <em>Tina: The Tina Turner Musical<\/em>, Milan was in <em>Hell\u2019s Kitchen<\/em> and Woods acted in <em>The Book of Mormon. <\/em>\u201cOne of the most meaningful parts of this process is showing how TLC\u2019s impact has lasted for generations,\u201d said the trio in a joint statement. \u201cEvery song brings you back to a moment in your life. Stepping into that nostalgia, while furthering TLC\u2019s legacy of resilience, creativity and sisterhood has been one of the coolest and most rewarding parts of telling this story. The chemistry and trust between us have become a huge part of what makes this show feel special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"\n>\n\tIn speaking about the musical\u2019s titular group, cast and creative team, Kwei-Armah commented, \u201cTLC\u2019s music was the soundtrack to a very meaningful part of my life. The cast we have assembled is<em> fire, <\/em>and the creative team is out of this world. I haven\u2019t been this excited in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"\n>\n\tFor additional information about <em>CrazySexyCool \u2014 The TLC Musical<\/em> and tickets, visit the<a  rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"https:\/\/arenastage.org\/tlc\"  target=\"_blank\"  > show&#8217;s website here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The show premieres ahead of the group&#8217;s It&#8217;s Iconic Tour starring Salt-N-Pepa &amp; TLC with special guest En Vogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3010,"featured_media":1236251102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"authors":[],"contributors":[],"styled_by":[],"_image_credit":"","_wp_attachment_image_alt":"","pmc_selected_wwd_video_media":"","pmc_top_video_source":"","pmc_top_video_duration":"","wwd_top_video_source":"","wwd_top_video_duration":"","pmc_selected_featured_media":"","pmc_selected_video_media":"","pmc_selected_variety_video_media":"","variety_top_video_source":"","variety_top_video_duration":"","pmc_featured_media_has_alt_text":true,"_pmc_featured_animated_media_id":0,"_pmc_featured_video_override_data":"","_pmc_featured_video_override_url":"","_pmc_featured_video_response_data":"","pmc-gallery-linked-gallery":{},"pmc_list_item_description":"","primary_category":"","primary_vertical":"","_mt_pmc_exclude_from_seo":"","_pmc_opengraph_title":"","_pmc_opengraph_description":"","categories":0,"subcategories":8695069,"pmc-gallery":[],"thr_post_headlines":"","_variety-sub-heading":"","mt_seo_title":"'CrazySexyCool: The TLC Musical' Cast Photo Revealed","mt_seo_description":"TLC musical \u2018CrazySexyCool\u2019 reveals cast: See the photo exclusive. 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