Country music star Jennifer Nettles finds herself in an unusual place for an artist with a twang - Broadway. And she credits her two-year-old son for getting her there.
Says the singer-songwriter: “Having a child allowed me to explore in a different way. It gave me different confidences.”
Nettles makes her Broadway debut on Monday night in the musical Chicago as Roxie Hart, fulfilling a childhood dream. Born and raised in Douglas, Georgia, she did community theatre after being enchanted by musicals during a visit to New York to see A Chorus Line.
Nettles says she’s making her debut to challenge and excite herself, but she’s also doing it for her little guy, Magnus. She says: “I hope that he can be fearless and pursue his passions that way, too.”
