![]() She performed her final Broadway performance on March 18, 2012, and was replaced by Raven-Symoné on March 27. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for this role. Miller made her Broadway debut in this production as well. ![]() Miller played Deloris Van Cartier again in the Broadway production of Sister Act, which premiered on March 24, 2011, at the Broadway Theatre and officially opened on April 20, 2011. She stayed with the show until it ended on October 30, 2010. The Times’ Benedict Nightingale praised her “terrific voice.” Miller received the Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this role, and she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The London production premiered on June 2, 2009, at the London Palladium, and received mixed reviews, with most critics praising Miller’s performance. Boasting a score that includes such favorites as "Children Will Listen," "No One Is Alone," and its title song, the musical has become one of Sondheim's most beloved and frequently performed works both on professional stages and at schools and community theatres worldwide.In the summer of 2008, she appeared in a Central Park production of Hair, and in the fall, she appeared in the musical Romantic Poetry at the Manhattan Theatre Club.Following a year-long international search, Miller was cast as the lead role of Delores Van Cartier in Sister Act, a role she had understudied for six months during its initial run in the United States. With a book by Lapine and a score by Sondheim, Into the Woods combines the fairy-tale stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and more, ultimately going beyond "ever after" to explore what happens next. Justin Scribner is production stage manager, and music coordination is by Seymour Red Press and Kimberlee Wertz. Casting is by The Telsey Office's Craig Burns, and Cody Renard Richard serves as production supervisor. See the cast take their first bows in the video above.Īlso in the cast are Julia Lester as Little Red Riding Hood, Cole Thompson as Jack, David Patrick Kelly as Narrator/Mysterious Man, Annie Golden as Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Giant, Nancy Opel as Cinderella's Stepmother, Aymee Garcia as Jack's Mother, Ta'Nika Gibson as Lucinda, Albert Guerzon as Cinderella's Father, Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda, Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White, David Turner as Steward, and Alysia Velez as Rapunzel.īack at the helm after directing the City Center run is Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, who has reunited her Encores! creative team: music director Rob Berman choreographer Lorin Latarro scenic designer David Rockwell costume designer Andrea Hood lighting designer Tyler Micoloeau sound designer Scott Lehrer, co-designing with Alex Neumann puppet designer James Ortiz and hair and makeup designer Cookie Jordan. Sara Bareilles, Brian d'Arcy James, Patina Miller, Phillipa Soo, Gavin Creel, and Joshua Henry lead the Sondheim revival as the Baker's Wife, Baker, Witch, Cinderella, Cinderella's Prince, and Rapunzel's Prince, respectively, with Bareilles and Creel reprising their performances from the Encores! run last month. The limited engagement will continue through August 21. ![]() James Theatre June 28, with opening night scheduled for July 10. The New York City Center Encores! Into the Woods began its Broadway transfer at the St.
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