SONGSTRESS Alicia Keys will guest-star on an upcoming episode of Jimmy Smits’ new CBS drama, “Cane.”
Keys will play herself in the episode, scheduled to film Thursday at the Thom Thom Club in Santa Monica, Calif.
She will perform “No One,” a song from her new CD, “As I Am,” and will interact in the episode with club owner Henry Duque (Eddie Matos). She’ll also have some dialogue with Pancho Duque (Hector Elizondo), Henry’s father who runs the Duque family’s rum-and-sugar cane empire (which is the basis for the series).
Smits plays Pancho’s adopted son, Alex Vega. It’s his first starring role since leaving “NYPD Blue” in 1998.
“Cane,” premiering Sept. 25 (10 p.m./Ch. 2), co-stars Rita Moreno, Nestor Carbonell and Paola Turbay.