The Grammy-winning singer will play Tallulah Clarke, mother of the legendary outlaws the Sisters Clarke.

Solea Pfeiffer, Ledisi and Liisi LaFontaine perform "Wanted" unplugged. Thomas Mundell

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Singular vocalist Ledisi is no stranger to Broadway — or the world beyond the recording studio in general, for that matter. In addition to roles in the films Selma and Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story , the Grammy-winning, genre-blending R&B singer (who is featured on the new Devil Wears Prada 2 soundtrack) has previously made notable appearances on the New York stage in Caroline, or Change and Hair .

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But she will take on her biggest Broadway role yet this fall: Billboard can exclusively announce that she will join the cast of the highly-anticipated new musical WANTED .

WANTED tells the “mostly true story” of twin sisters Mary and Martha Clarke, two Black women who “passed” as white and became legendary outlaws in post-emancipation Texas.…