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Desi Oakley
Desi Oakley, (born June 12, 1989), is an American singer and actress, known for her work in musical theatre. She has performed in shows such as ''Waitress'', ''Chicago'', and ''Wicked''. Early life and education Desiree or "Desi" Oakley was born in Wichita, Kansas. She was first exposed to professional theatre at Music Theatre Wichita and began performing at the age of 8 years. Some of her early roles included Dorothy Gale in '' The Wizard of Oz'', Eponine in ''Les Misérables'', Gabriella in ''High School Musical'', and Ariel in ''The Little Mermaid''. She graduated, BFA in Musical Theater, from the University of Michigan in 2011. Broadway career Oakley made her Broadway debut in ''Wicked'' at the Gershwin Theatre on January 3, 2012, as one of the show's swings. She was later cast as a member of the ensemble and understudied the roles of Elphaba and Nessarose Thropp. After her work on ''Wicked'', Oakley went on to appear in the 2012 Broadway revival of ''Annie'' at the Pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River. Wichita began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s and was incorporated as a city in 1870. It became a destination for Cattle drives in the United States, cattle drives traveling north from Texas to Kansas railroads, earning it the nickname "Cowtown".Miner, Prof. Craig (Wichita State Univ. Dept. of History), ''Wichita: The Magic City'', Wichita Historical Museum Association, Wichita, KS, 1988Howell, Angela and Peg Vines, ''The Insider's Guide to Wichita'', Wichita Eagle & Beacon Publishing, Wichita, KS, 1995 Wyatt Earp served as a police officer in Wichita for around one year before going to Dodge City, Kansas, Dodge City. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evita (musical)
''Evita'' is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón. The story follows Evita's early life, rise to power, charity work, and death. The musical began as a rock opera concept album released in 1976. Its success led to productions in London's West End in 1978, winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical, and on Broadway a year later, where it was the first British musical to receive the Tony Award for Best Musical. This has been followed by a string of professional tours and worldwide productions and numerous cast albums, as well as a 1996 film adaptation. The musical was revived in London in 2006, and on Broadway in 2012, and toured the UK again in 2013–14 before running for 55 West End performances at the Dominion Theatre in September–October 2014. Synopsis Act I On 26 July 1952, a crowd in a Buenos Aires, Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Musical Theatre Actresses
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1989 Births
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Krystina Alabado
Krystina Helena Alabado is an American actress and singer known for her work in Broadway musicals. She originated the role of Vanden in the 2016 Broadway production of '' American Psycho'' and starred as Gretchen Wieners in ''Mean Girls'' on Broadway from March 2019 until the show's final performance on March 11, 2020. Early life Alabado attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona, and studied musical theatre for one year at Arizona State University. Alabado's parents are immigrants from Mexico and Lebanon. Career At the age of 18, Alabado joined the national tour of '' Spring Awakening'' as part of the ensemble. She moved to New York City in 2009, and made her Broadway debut in 2011 as a replacement ensemble member and understudy in '' American Idiot'', later reprising her role in the show's first national tour. In 2013, she joined the national tour of ''Evita'' (based on the 2012 Broadway revival) playing Juan Perón's mistress. In 2016, she appeared in the short-lived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiani Pitts
Christiani Pitts is an American actress, singer and dancer. Her father is Byron Pitts, who is the anchor of ABC's, Nightline. Career Pitts began her career at age 8 in Montclair, New Jersey before moving to back to Atlanta, Georgia. In 2008 Christiani began recording her first EP. Along with love for acting and music, Christiani also pursued her career in dance and landed her first dance role in the film " Big Momma's House 3 Like Father Like Son". Christiani attended the Florida State University in the prestigious Musical Theatre Program. In 2018 she was cast as Ann Darrow in "King Kong" on Broadway. Filmography * Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son - Diva #2 * Elementary - Allison (Episode: Nobody Lives Forever) * Evil - Annie Commerce (Episode: 2 Fathers) * The Good Fight - Melanie Evers (Episode: The Gang Offends Everyone) *Live with Kelly and Ryan ''Live with Kelly and Ryan'' (or simply ''Live'') is an American syndicated morning talk show hosted by Kelly Ripa and R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Henningsen
Erika Leigh Henningsen (born August 13, 1992) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her work on Broadway and for originating the role of Cady Heron in the 2018 Tony-nominated musical ''Mean Girls'', for which she received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. Early life and education Henningsen was born and raised in Moraga, California. She is the youngest of three daughters born to Phil and Marybeth Henningsen. Henningsen started in theatre after her parents recognized her passion for "talking and being in front of people" from a young age. At the age of seven, her interest in theatre was piqued after reading the poem “The Turkey Shot out of the Oven” and hearing the audience's positive response to her performance. When she was 14 years old, Henningsen was cast in a local production of ''Grey Gardens'' and has stated in interviews that after performing in this production, she knew she wanted to pursue musical theatre as a career. Henningsen graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitlin Kinnunen
Caitlin Kinnunen (born November 8, 1991) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Emma Nolan in the musical '' The Prom'', for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical in 2019. Early life and education Kinnunen grew up in Camano Island, Washington. Her parents are Betsy Stam, an administrator at Everett Community College and Randy Kinnunen, a former law enforcement agent. She was homeschooled. Her parents enrolled her and her sister in theatre classes as children so they would not be afraid of public speaking. She moved to New York in 2008 to pursue her theatre career. Acting career Kinnunen made her Broadway debut at age 16, as a replacement for the role of Thea in ''Spring Awakening''. In 2010, Kinnunen was the understudy for the role of Natalie in the national tour of ''Next to Normal''. Following these theater performances, Kinnunen took on a number of television and film roles. She was the lead character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxie Hart
Roxanne "Roxie" Hart is a fictional character. She is the main character of the 1926 play ''Chicago'' and its various remakes and derivatives. Development The playwright, reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, was inspired by the trials, both of which ended in acquittals, of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner (for separate crimes), which she covered for the ''Chicago Tribune''. Annan's story served as the basis for the play: she had killed her paramour Harry Kalstedt and was able to convince her auto mechanic husband Albert to pay for her successful defense, only to dump him the day after the trial. For the play, Annan was fictionalized as Roxie Hart, Kalstedt became Fred Casely, and Albert became Amos Hart. Some of the details of Gaertner's crime, including her past as a vaudeville singer (Annan was a bookkeeper) and blaming of her misdeed on getting drunk, were also applied to the Roxie character. The 1975 musical adaptation bases Hart's mannerisms on Helen Morgan. Character background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelphi Theatre
The Adelphi Theatre is a West End theatre, located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, central London. The present building is the fourth on the site. The theatre has specialised in comedy and musical theatre, and today it is a receiving house for a variety of productions, including many musicals. The theatre was Grade II listed for historical preservation on 1 December 1987. History 19th century It was founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil ("Without Compare"), by merchant John Scott, and his daughter Jane (1770–1839). Jane was a British theatre manager, performer, and playwright. Together, they gathered a theatrical company and by 1809 the theatre was licensed for musical entertainments, pantomime, and burletta. She wrote more than fifty stage pieces in an array of genres: melodramas, pantomimes, farces, comic operettas, historical dramas, and adaptations, as well as translations. Jane Scott retired to Surrey in 1819, marrying John Davies Middleton (1790–186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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