Grammy winner joins local play opening Thursday

For Grammy-winning singer Ann Nesby, taking part in Charleston resident Cynthia Wilson's play "Battered but not Broken" was a no-brainer. The play, which comes to the Capitol Center Theater Dec. 6-8, revolves around the issue of domestic violence, and Nesby, who led the contemporary gospel group Sounds of Blackness for eight years before pursuing a solo career in 1996, is an advocate for abused women.