Amber Iman Brings ‘Goddess’ Alive on the Public Theater Stage

The week after the opening of “Goddess” at the Public Theater, the musical’s lead Amber Iman was busy as ever. A cofounder of Black Women on Broadway, Iman was in final meetings and preparation in the days leading up to the initiative’s fourth annual award ceremony. This year’s event, which took place on Monday, honored LaTanya Richardson Jackson, LaChanze and Khaila Wilcoxon. “ I’m a pretty busy girl in the daytime,” Iman says in the lead up the event. Recently, she’s also been pretty busy in the evenings. Iman is in the last stretch of performances for the New York debut of “Goddess,” closing out a well-received run at the off-Broadway theater. “The Public is such a New York institution. It’s been a dream of mine to work at the Public forever,” Iman says. “It’s the house that built ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and so many others. New York audiences, they come to listen and be engaged and to be able to feel that energy is so wonderful.”  “Goddess” also marks Iman’s first time leading a musical, 13 years after she first moved to New York from Atlanta. “I and the entire cast and the crew, we’ve poured so much into getting the

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