
The pregame festivities for the Super Bowl are full of pageantry and fanfare, but you’ll sometimes get a performance like we got from Sheryl Lee Ralph on Sunday. The Abbott Elementary star belted an absolutely stunning rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” that left everyone in awe.
Ralph, who has had roles on Broadway over the course of her career, took to the small stage at midfield after the Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott won the 2023 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award (which earned him some enthusiastic boos from the Philadelphia Eagles fans in attendance).