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Kandi Burruss returned to Broadway after eight years, starring as Angélique in the hit musical & Juliet

The Grammy winner tells PEOPLE performing helps her focus amid her divorce from Todd Tucker after 11 years of marriage

Burruss celebrated her debut with a standing ovation and support from family, friends and Real Housewives of Atlanta alums

Kandi Burruss is stepping into a new chapter, onstage and off.

Amid her divorce from Todd Tucker after 11 years of marriage , the Grammy winner and Real Housewives of Atlanta alum is back on Broadway, beginning performances in the hit musical & Juliet on Thursday, Dec. 11.

The timing, she admits to PEOPLE, is — like the Max Martin song she sings in the musical — "f--kin' perfect."

"There's obviously a lot going on

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