'What - the great honour of understudying my own part?

In understudying Ms. Mazzie in "Ragtime," Ms. Goble made her Broadway debut.

Massey is currently tour around North America with the Nation tour of Oprah Winfrey's "The Color Purple" understudying the characters of Celie and Nettie.

She made her stage debut understudying in the comedy Daisy Pulls it Off at Southampton's Nuffield Theatre, which moved to London's Gielgud Theatre in 1983 where she graduated to a leading role.