'Motown: The Musical' Diva Valisia LeKae Opens Up About Cancer Battle And Love From The Broadway Community

'Motown: The Musical' Star Opens Up About Cancer Battle
Valisia LeKae arrives on the red carpet at the 67th Annual Tony Awards, on Sunday, June 9, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Valisia LeKae arrives on the red carpet at the 67th Annual Tony Awards, on Sunday, June 9, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Earlier this year, Valisia LeKae made a splash on The Great White Way playing — what many thought was to be — the role of her lifetime as Diana Ross in Motown The Musical. A little over six months after the Berry Gordy-produced show became one of Broadway's biggest box-office hits of 2013, the Tony Award-nominated performer discovered she has ovarian cancer.

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