A FAMILY AFFAIR:TERRENCE HOWARD AND HEAVEN STAR IN PLAY TOGETHER
Terrence Howard has three children in all,but it is his daughter Heaven who is starring alongside her dad in his latest role on Broadway. It’s certainly a family affair for the duo;read below as BroadwayBuzz questions daddy Terrence on how he feels about his daughter’s acting:
BB: And your daughter Heaven is in the show.
TH:Yes. It’s a family affair.
BB:How did that come together? Did she ask to be in it?
TH:Yeah, she wanted to do it, so I asked Debbie if she could audition.
BB:Had she acted before?
TH:No. So her first acting job is on Broadway in a Tennessee Williams production. I’m pretty impressed with that.
BB:Do you think she wants to pursue acting as a career?
TH:Well, she told me today she wants to be a fashion designer [laughs].
BB:She’ll win Project Runway. She’s just doing Broadway for now!
TH:[Laughs] Yeah, she’s coming quite well.
BB:How did she get her name?
TH:She was my only child born from a c-section. You know, I’ve never seen a pretty baby come out of that birth canal. They look a little twisted. So when my first daughter was born, the first thing I thought was, “Wow. She looks like a troll baby.” She turned out to be very beautiful but because Heaven didn’t have to go through that cramped little space, her head wasn’t bent or squeezed and she had a little curl of hair right in the middle of her forehead and once they wiped off whatever that stuff is, she was beautiful. I thought, “She looks heavenly.”







I am almost 35 and my name is Heaven (my middle name is Star). Every so often I hear of a girl with the name, what is your daughter’s middle name? Tell her to break a leg and I hope she has a wonderful experience.