Farah Alvin (born September 28, 1976) is an American theatre actress. She is the daughter of cinematic poster artist

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Early life

Alvin grew up in Los Angeles, the daughter of the artists

and Andrea Alvin. In 1993, at the age of sixteen, she won the Spotlights Award, a scholarship competition for the

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and performed at the

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. At eighteen, she received a scholarship to the

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music conservatory and moved to New York City.

Career

During her senior year of high school, Alvin earned her

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card when she performed in the Los Angeles premiere of '' Fame: The Musical''. Three weeks after moving to New York, she obtained a role in the musical ''

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'' at

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. Alvin's first

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credit came was in the revival of the musical '' Grease''. Subsequent Broadway credits have included the musical productions of ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Look of Love''. Alvin appeared as Marcy in an

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production of the

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I Love You Because ''I Love You Because'' is a musical set in modern-day New York. It is based on Jane Austen's novel ''Pride and Prejudice''. It features lyrics by Ryan Cunningham, set to music by Joshua Salzman. Production history Cunningham and Salzman first met ...

'', as well as several other Off Broadway productions. In 2009, Alvin was nominated for a

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, for her role as Missy in ''

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.'' In 2011, she performed the title role of the Off Broadway musical ''One Night with Fanny Brice.''

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