Renée Elise Goldsberry Reflects on Being the Only Woman in Broadway'sAll Inand Shares Advice for Her Replacements (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Renée Elise Goldsberry.Photo:Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Renée Elise Goldsberryis embracing all the love around her.

Goldsberry plays a variety of characters throughout the show “that are the subject of people trying to figure out how to love them, how to care for them,” she tells PEOPLE. The way to navigate being the only woman on the show, she says, is to focus on all that love.

“I think just soaking it all in is the right way to do this show,” she says. “I’m glad I say that out loud before I go through the opening night — just soak it all in.”

Renée Elise Goldsberry at the ‘All In’ Gala Opening.Cindy Ord/Getty

Cindy Ord/Getty

Goldsberry has no doubt the women ofAll Inwill excel in their roles, and she hopes to return and experience the show from the audience.

“For the brilliant women that are coming behind me? Well, they don’t need advice. They’re so good,” Goldsberry tells PEOPLE. “I feel like they are going to take what we started with and just build on it in ways.”

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She adds, “I guess the one thing I would say — which I don’t think they need me to say — is to enjoy being the subject of so much love. Enjoy just receiving so much love.”

That love flows through her in real life, too, she says. She and her husband Alexis Johnson recentlycelebrated their 22nd wedding anniversarytogether.

Renée Elise Goldsberry.TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic

TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic

He’s coming to support her and see the show for the first time, Goldsberry shares with PEOPLE.

“And I’m excited,” she dished, “because I feel most grateful that no matter how beautiful the story about love that I get to tell, it always makes me even more grateful for what I have at home.”

All Inopens at Hudson Theater on Dec. 17 and will run for 10 weeks, ending on Feb. 16. Goldsberry will be a part of the cast until Dec. 29.

source: people.com