New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Laurissa "Lala" Romain's newest music video is for her single "Black Girl Magic," which features Once on this Island's
Juliet Benn and Kenita Miller. The video was directed by Sea McHale, Shot by Zach Grullon, Produced by Laurissa "Lala" Romain & Sea McHale, Edited by Laurissa "Lala" Romain,
Wardrobe provided by Ofuure, Shoes provided by Tiannia Barnes, Makeup by
Grace O'Neill, Hair by Earon DiAnna and Monique Rance.
Her other singles "Wasn't Love" and "
Marathon" were written by herself and Eren Cannata, and was recorded at Cove City Sound Studios and mixed by John Arbuckle with Live Piano by Chris Clark.
Lala is best known for her work in the role of Ngana for the entire run of the Tony Award Winning Broadway Revival of "South Pacific" at Lincoln Center Theater, Directed by Bartlett Sher.
She has been a singer in concert for with Donnie Kehr's, "Rockers on Broadway" at Le Poisson Rouge, Feinstein's/54 Below, The Metropolitan Room, Ben Cameron's "Broadway Sessions", Joe's Pub, The Cutting Room, The Bitter End, The Delancey, The Mailroom, Sardi's, Alan Cummings' club, "Club Cumming", in Breedlove & Chew Fu's "Tragic Tuesday's" at Arlene's Grocery and most recently at the Highline Ballroom in Broadway Sings Alanis Morrisette, Produced by Corey Mach.
Lala was honored to be introduced by
David Friedman and sing his song, "Help is on the Way" in the Benefit Concert of "Broadway's Got Guts". She hopes to sing his song in BCEFA's Easter Bonnet Competition.
Lala plays
Rosario Dawson's daughter,
Grace in Chris Rock's Film, "Top Five".
On TV, she was featured in the Valentine's Day Special of "Are We There Yet", Directed by Alfonso Riberio, starring Terry Crews, Coy Stewart, Teala Dunn, Essence Atkins, Christian Finnegan, Keisha Sharp and Telma Hopkins.
Lala is also a dancer and was featured in Jordan Matter's Book, "Dancers Among Us" is featured in The NYLON Project's book "It Can Be You". Lala is with TRUE
Models and was featured in a campaign for Tiannia Barnes Shoes.
Lala was a featured singer in The IZZE Concert, Hosted by Shawn Mendes, which also served as a kick off to the annual T.J. Martell Fundraising
New York Family Day along with Yara Shahidi, Jax from American Idol, Sabrina Carpenter, Ocean Park and Gaten Matarazzo from Netflix "Stranger Things" and Broadway's "
Les Miserables".
She has been in a variety of commercials, including "Heelys", "BMW". Some of the voiceovers she can be heard singing on is "HESS", "Kleenex" & "GE".
Lala is grateful to have had the opportunity to sing back-up for Mariah Carey, choreographed by Debbie Allen for The
Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting and for
Keri Hilson at the 5th Avenue UNICEF Snowflake Lighting Ceremony.
