{"id":22713,"date":"2022-12-16T08:18:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T08:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/ap-breakthrough-entertainer-joaquina-kalukango-in-paradise"},"modified":"2022-12-16T08:53:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T08:53:34","slug":"ap-breakthrough-entertainer-joaquina-kalukango-in-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/ap-breakthrough-entertainer-joaquina-kalukango-in-paradise","title":{"rendered":"AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Joaquina Kalukango, in paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>Winning a Tony Award as best lead actress in a musical cemented Joaquina Kalukango&#8217;s place in the Broadway firmament. But it also, surprisingly, cemented Kalukango \u0301s belief that she could actually do musicals.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was truly a powerful moment, especially for me, because I had such a fear of doing musicals for a very long time. 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