She’s so Jada
Lee Walter, center, and the cast of Jada Bells (Photo courtesy of Uptown Players) Lee Walter brings her alter ego to the stage in Uptown Player’s ‘Jada Bells’ RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer rich@dallasvoice.com Uptown Players kicks off its new season by getting into the holiday spirit on Friday, Dec.
1, when the company opens its original musical Jada Bells — A Holiday Extravaganza. The show is written by B.J. Cleveland and stars Lee Walter performing as her famous alter, ego Jada Pinkett Fox, and is sure to stir up some holiday cheer.
In some ways, this show begs the question: Where does Walter end and Fox begin? Or vice versa? “I’m playing myself basically,” Walter said with a laugh, just before entering a rehearsal. “It’s quite fun.” As Fox, Walter has become a mainstay in the Gayborhood.
And as Walter, she’s become a mainstay throughout Dallas, with singing gigs and, of course, a number of marquee roles, the most recent of those roles being Frank-N-Furter in Dallas Theater Center’s production of The Rocky Horror Show.
