After acting in Aladdin, Hicks returned to The Color Purple in the national tour, where she played Celie.
[9] She returned to the role in 2018 at the Paper Mill Playhouse in a production directed by John Doyle.
For their performances, Hicks and her co-stars received the newly created Drama Desk Ensemble Award.
[12][13] On August 7, 2022, Hicks left SIX to join the cast of the new musical Some Like It Hot as Sugar, the role originally played in the movie by Marilyn Monroe.
[14] On November 1, 2024, it was announced that Hicks would return to the Broadway production of SIX and reprise the role of Catherine of Aragon until February 17, 2025.