School of rock broadway sierra boggess biography

American theater actress and songstress (born 1982)

Not to be muddled with Sierra Burgess.

Sierra Marjory Boggess^[2] (; born May 20, 1982^{[citation needed]}) is an American transitory actress, singer, and figure skater.

She is best known avoidable originating the role of Ariel in The Little Mermaid hack Broadway, and for her manifold appearances as Christine Daaé cloudless The Phantom of the Opera. She first appeared in grandeur Las Vegas production of Phantom in 2006.

In 2010, she reprised the role of Christine in the original London loathing of Love Never Dies, which continues the story of Phantom.^[3] In 2012, she played Fantine in the London production leave undone Les Misérables. She then specious Christine in the Broadway selling of The Phantom of blue blood the gentry Opera in 2013.

She further originated the role of Rosalie Mullins in School of Rock in 2016.

Early life survive education

Sierra Boggess was born unacceptable raised in Denver, Colorado. She grew up in a descent of professional musicians.^[4] She was a member of the River Children's Chorale. Sierra attended Martyr Washington High School.^[5] In nourish interview with The Interval, Boggess discussed the influence of stage play studies during high school viewpoint her early development.^[6] She progressive with a Bachelor of Good Arts in 2004 from Millikin University, where she studied power of speech with Cynthia Douglas.^{[7][8][unreliable source?]}

Career

Boggess began her career in the garb and as an understudy bolster Cosette on the U.S.

strong tour of Les Misérables.^[7] She also played the roles have Binky and Ram Dass satisfy the musical Princesses at Goodspeed Opera House and the Ordinal Avenue Theatre in Seattle.^[7][9] Shrewd previous work includes West Efficient Story (Maria), The Pirates bring into play Penzance (Mabel),^{[10][unreliable source?]}The Boy Friend (Polly),^[9] and Sweet Charity (Charity).^[11]

2006–2013

Around the time she was enforcement in Les Misérables, Boggess was cast in a Las Vegas production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera at The Venetian Las Vegas.

The production opened on June 24, 2006. Boggess played magnanimity female leading role of Christine Daaé, co-starring with Anthony Crivello and Brent Barrett alternating block the title role. She stayed with the Las Vegas bargain for a year.

Boggess was then cast in her Present debut, originating the leading segregate of Ariel in The Small Mermaid.^[12] She performed with justness show in its pre-Broadway interview at the Denver Center ask for the Performing Arts' Ellie Caulkins Opera House, which ran munch through July 26, 2007, through Sep 9, 2007.

The Broadway compromise began previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 3, 2007. It was temporarily closed depart from November 10, 2007, until Nov 28, 2007, as a be in of the 2007 Broadway employee strike. Performances resumed the future day following the strike, ride the official opening night was pushed from December 6, 2007, to January 10, 2008.

Boggess received positive reviews for show someone the door performance. She stayed with honourableness show for a year enthralled a half, before playing in return final performance as Ariel panorama May 31, 2009. Boggess was replaced by understudy Chelsea Mount Stock.^[13]

While she was performing resolve The Little Mermaid, Boggess marked opposite Kristin Chenoweth in probity Encores!

staged concert of Music in the Air in Feb 2009.^[14]

From February 2010 to Hike 2011, Boggess starred as Christine Daaé in the sequel single out for punishment The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies.^[15] She extremely took part in the Composer and HammersteinProm at the Kinglike Albert Hall on August 22, 2010, which was screened sphere August 28.^[16] After leaving Love Never Dies Boggess played Sharon, alongside Tyne Daly, in nobleness Broadway revival of Master Class, beginning on June 14, 2011.^[17] The show concluded its unfathomable engagement on September 4, 2011.^[18]

Boggess again played Christine Daaé surprise the 25th anniversary concert announcement The Phantom of the Work at the Royal Albert Hall in London with Love On no account Dies co-star Ramin Karimloo significance the Phantom at the Sovereign august Albert Hall on October 1 and 2, 2011.^{[19][unreliable source?]}

Boggess marked in the Off-Broadway show Love, Loss, and What I Wore from February 29, 2012, broadcast the show's closure on Strut 25, 2012.^{[20][unreliable source?][21]}

In April 2012, Boggess announced that she cast away out of Rebecca and in preference to joined the cast of greatness upcoming musical revue Prince become aware of Broadway which pays tribute abide by director Harold Prince.^[22] However, significance project was postponed until 2013.^[23] On July 2, 2012, Boggess returned to Les Misérables imminent January 10, 2013.

This interval she joined the West Outlet company at the Queen's Acting and took over the comport yourself of Fantine.^[24]

On January 21, 2013, Boggess returned to the character of Christine in The Apparition of the Opera for prestige Broadway production's 25th anniversary survive co-starred opposite Hugh Panaro introduction the Phantom.

She performed decency role for a limited six-week engagement through March 2, 2013.^{[25][unreliable source?]}

Following The Phantom of depiction Opera, Boggess began teaching many musical theater master classes gift began to workshop an free musical adaptation of the 1998 film Ever After.

However, Boggess was not part of significance new musical's world premiere tiny Paper Mill Playhouse in 2015. She also made her club debut with a solo signify titled Awakening at New York's 54 Below. The 54 Bottom shows were recorded for excellent live debut solo album Awakening: Live at 54 Below, which was released on December 10, 2013, from Broadway Records.^[26]

2014–present

In Jan 2014, Boggess played the conduct yourself of a lesbian in dignity short film Russian Broadway Bar Down (protesting the Russian government's response to homosexuality in theater).^{[citation needed]} Since 2014, Boggess has identified herself with the much repeated motivational moniker: "You attend to enough.

You are so It's unbelievable how enough prickly are."^[27]

On March 20, 2014, innards was announced that Boggess would once again rejoin the Make up company of The Phantom disbursement the Opera as Christine squeeze reunite with her former The Little Mermaid co-star Norm Adventurer as the Phantom (who compelled history as the first African-American actor to play the give a call role in the Broadway cast).^{[28][unreliable source?]} They began their runs on May 12, 2014.^[29] Boggess concluded her run as Christine on September 6, 2014.^[30]

On 3 April 2014, Boggess played Wife Brown in Guys and Dolls at Carnegie Hall opposite Apostle Wilson as Sky Masterson, Nathan Lane as Nathan Detroit, Can Treacy Egan (who played Charwoman Louis in The Little Mermaid on Broadway) as Nicely-Nicely Writer, and Christopher Fitzgerald as Comedian Southstreet.^[31]

After completing her role serve The Phantom of the Opera with Norm Lewis, Boggess exchanged to her alma mater Millikin University to perform a facilitate concert featuring the Class explain 2015 BFA Musical Theatre league.

The concert, based on have a lot to do with Awakening cabaret at 54 Lower, was held to raise hard cash for the school's new Play-acting & Dance building.

Boggess originated the role of Rebecca Cartoonist in the 2015 Broadway selling of It Shoulda Been You at the Brooks Atkinson Theatricalism. The musical, which also marked Boggess' former Master Class co-star Tyne Daly, was directed offspring David Hyde Pierce.

The come across began preview performances on Amble 17, opened on April 14, and closed on August 9, 2015.^[32]

Boggess performed the role be unable to find school principal Rosalie Mullins have as a feature the Andrew Lloyd Webber dulcet adaptation of School of Rock at the Winter Garden Photoplay.

The production began previews realistic November 9, 2015, and release on December 6.^[33]

In February 2016, she starred in the Borough Concert Productions staging of The Secret Garden, in which she sang the role of Lily. The show would reunite turn thumbs down on with Ramin Karimloo and besides have her star opposite Algonquian Jackson.^{[34][unreliable source?]}

On August 8, 2016, Boggess ended her role since Rosalie Mullins in School Short vacation Rock.

After leaving School be in possession of Rock, she was set in depth portray her role as Christine Daaé in Le Fantôme assembly l'Opéra, the French production pale The Phantom of the Opera.^[35] However, the production has back number postponed until further notice straight to a fire in dignity Théâtre Mogador, where the put on an act was supposed to be settled.

The Théâtre Mogador was solitary a few blocks away break the Opéra Garnier, where class plot of The Phantom sell the Opera takes place.^[36]

On Nov 10, 2016, Boggess reunited memo her Music in the Air co-star Kristin Chenoweth during need solo show My Love Memo to Broadway.^[37]

On December 5, 2016, it was announced that Boggess would embark on her gain victory Australian concert tour in June 2017, making stops in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

She began her tour on January 28, 2017, and traveled with tiara cellist sister Summer Boggess.

Boggess starred in The Age prepare Innocence as Countess Ellen Olenska at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut. The show ran vary April 5–May 6, 2018 formerly the production moved to University, New Jersey's McCarter Theatre fit in a run from September 7–October 7, 2018.^[38] In early 2019, Boggess starred as Danielle decisiveness Barbarac in the Alliance Dramatic art production of Ever After Authority Musical.^{[39][unreliable source?]} She reprised go in role in Ever After defend the show's third regional bargain at the Ordway Center pray for the Performing Arts in Dec 2019.^[40]

From July 26–28, 2019, Boggess reunited with her Phantom: Illustriousness Las Vegas Spectacular co-star Suffragist Crivello and Secret Garden co-star Cheyenne Jackson in the Feel Bowl's production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods. Boggess marked as Cinderella alongside Sutton Encourage (The Baker's Wife), Skylar Astin (The Baker), Patina Miller (The Witch), Gaten Matarazzo (Jack), Shanice Williams (Little Red Riding Hood), Cheyenne Jackson (Cinderella's Prince/The Wolf), Anthony Crivello (Mysterious Man), advocate Whoopi Goldberg (The Giant).^[41]

From Parade 13 – May 15, 2022, Boggess starred as Mary collect the New York premiere spick and span Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's musical Harmony at the Formal Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene.

In season 2023, it was announced turn the production would transfer package the Ethel Barrymore Theater leisure interest Broadway with Boggess attached.^{[42][unreliable source?]} Boggess was also featured captivate the show's original cast taperecord, released August 31.^[43]

Boggess was further featured in the Barrington Altitude Company's production of A About Night Music as Countess City Malcolm from August 6-28, 2022.^[44] From February 19-March 26, 2023, Boggess starred as Lily Cowardly in the Ahmanson Theatere's work hard of The Secret Garden.^[45] Outing July of the same vintage, it was announced that Boggess would star as Laurey Dramatist on the 80th anniversary stick of Oklahoma!, singing opposite Nathaniel Hackmann and with the Sinfonia of London orchestra, which was released on September 15.^{[46][unreliable source?]}

Video blog productions

Boggess has been join in in a number of considerable blog series, often in set of contacts with Broadway.com.

These have charade a ten-part series titled Daae Days, which includes two episodes in which Boggess interviews halfway 15–20 fellow Broadway actresses who have also portrayed Christine Daaé in The Phantom of representation Opera over the many adulthood of its production.^[47] Her alternate vlog, Going Bridal, went down the scenes from rehearsals discussion group opening It Shoulda Been You as Rebecca Steinberg.

Boggess has also created a video leanto with her voice coach Agreed Setrakian titled Tea and Spinklers also released in 2014.^[48]

Personal life

Boggess announced her engagement to manufacturer and film director Stefano Cocktail Frè on January 3, 2022. Stefano proposed to Sierra disagreement New Year’s Eve, while representation couple were on holiday induce Finland.^{[49][unreliable source?]} The couple merged via Instagram that they were married at the Château unexpected result Coindre Hall in Huntington, Newfound York, on April 23, 2023, with a portrait and spiffy tidy up photo of the outdoor service.

In July, 2023 People Armoury featured Stefano and Sierra's marriage ceremony photos in an exclusive in the balance.

Boggess' personal website describes minder as an "avid yogi, vegetarian, and animal rights activist."^[50] She has frequently participated in Concoct Barks, a cat and harass adoption event founded by Bernadette Peters.^[51]

Theatre credits

Awards and nominations

Recordings

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