born february award winning american actress new_york studying purchase appeared musicals career singing soprano soprano roles broadway debut came played serving replacement original actress role 1980s appeared musicals oliver chess welcome club operas played character walker new production called tommy musical success resulting broadway praised critics performance received nomination best featured actress musical category eventually leave tommy broadway run ended reaction smoke effect won ovation award los drama critics circle award portrayal awarded ovation award role mother staging musical theatre latest role musical production ucla appeared concerts guest star appearances numerous television shows films playing live action animated roles voiced characters animated series simpsons including hired departed pay dispute heard return lent voice television radio advertisements currently married owner film marketing company early life born february new_york_city new_york raised siblings village hastings hudson new_york mother previously career art father directed television specials commercials living went new_york young time certain wanted work business result lie able study school open inhabitants new_york_city drama major purchase degree said interview new_york_times kicked missed major rehearsal applied appearance broadway purchase performed student productions drums career theatre prominent career musical theatre appeared rock musicals told thinks kinds musicals harder sing compared standard musicals nature rock roll edge written dangerously careful time don dangerously run risk losing impact career sung soprano soprano roles cited according theatre critic new_york_times soprano noted strong voice told sound technician new_york turn sing need march years old served replacement actress character original broadway production broadway debut late cast lead role musical ran nights tells story couple find lost night end laboratory alien doctor cast including praised critics played revival oliver broadway major role nancy year broadway revival played role widow eventually death townspeople held responsible suicide young boy fell love portrayed character wife italian film director production starred new_york_city opera broadway revival played story mysterious scottish village appears day years villagers according magazine huge crowd role cast new_york_city opera spring revival female lead character nurse works island world war week run alternating cast portrayed later year july new_york_city opera regular season appeared opera company makes sells meat victims serial killer fall production goes played lead role nightclub singer set ocean liner helps character win heart engaged hope fallen love reviewing musical news commented sensational sassy heart gold arresting presence golden voice better stage end returned musical oliver theatre stars production houston starring nancy critic houston_chronicle commended performance writing acts nancy warmth spirit sings strong voice character played russian chess player wife short lived broadway production musical chess praised critics following year appeared broadway musical welcome club revolves men jail paying musical shows ended wives played chess welcome club unsuccessful criticized musical review praised performance writing cast ranges hopeless mess manages stand crowd gets right right fine associated_press drama critic wrote negatively welcome club giving praise projecting sympathy character isn apparent book december appeared nancy revival oliver time production 5th avenue theatre seattle washington theatre critic noted voice anchor care 5th avenue theatre 5th avenue performers sound speaking singing football stadium public address system oliver appeared production performed april june los_angeles california worked 5th avenue theatre december musical love portrayed divorced single working mother girl doubts existence spring played love interest male songwriter best friend musical tin pan man set theatre starting beginning july appeared new musical called tommy san_diego based rock opera album tommy starred walker mother boy tommy sees father murder walker new boyfriend tommy ultimately non responsive leading people believe deaf mute blind parents try find cure condition later told initially want musical idea staged theatrical piece hoped agents wouldn ask audition cast walker audition sang song heaven help heart performed chess rock musical tommy biggest success result run lengthened weeks later year played love time theatre stars production late announced success tommy produced broadway open april production cost million dollars broke box office record biggest non opening day earned april james theatre musical opened april beating guys dolls record directed musical broadway decided bring actors original cast despite weeks auditions thousands actors trying roles broadway production featured changes musical new song devoted tommy parents thought helps story told biggest difference increased money earned praised critics portrayal walker broadway production critic miami herald writing alto voice makes wish tommy mother sing announced tommy received nominations tying kiss spider woman nominations year received nomination best featured actress musical category result reaction perform musical nights interviewed los_angeles_times noted biggest life clouds cross face time conversation room tony citation recognizing nomination best featured actress musical describes throat infected reaction oil making compound designers pump onstage enhance lighting effects missed lot performances number tony voters missed performance help wonder affected outcome point took place consecutive weeks recovered eventually leave tommy months opened disliked idea performing musical year late cast musical sweet featured music lyrics previously written originally played middle november december extended run january january july played role partly african american actress music circus adaptation boat california spring following year reprised production returned chess summer small scale production time lead character story involves romantic triangle players american russian world chess championship woman florence manages falls love received ovation award best lead actress musical los drama critics circle award best lead performance work musical present seventeen known musical theatre artists appeared music staged raise proceeds described new organization formed help musical theater southern_california singing dancing numbers previously appeared different broadway musicals june september played role mother los_angeles production musical theatre received second ovation award best lead actress musical performance musical tells story ethnic groups united_states white anglo saxon african americans harlem european immigrants played mother protestant family director praised los_angeles_times grace beauty magnificent voice keen intelligence deep reader text commented stage energy critics praised los_angeles_times wrote played mother shade effort wall_street_journal cited best single performance production following year appeared production musical previously staged broadway set ran days sacramento california featured role philosopher reappeared adaptation boat davis enterprise critic wrote positively voice criticized performance credible writing gives uneven performance singer mixed race passes white betrayed discovered act having fallen decline obviously influence liquor bottle carries delivery song bill song performed straight hint alcohol taken body voice later year played role production ucla performed called fundraising gala august consisted female cast singing songs playing piano december celebrating fifteenth anniversary tommy rest original broadway cast reunited concert august wilson theatre new_york_city performance benefit career television film voice acting career lending voice television radio advertisements playing animated characters pink red planet small soldiers working advertisements earned money playing theatre hour week theater said guest star appearances live action television series ellen smart drew carey cooper beverly_hills addition minor role film mile left animated series simpsons spring pay dispute hired fill characters characters included killed episode open new storylines returned simpsons reaching deal fox record lines home worked year personal life resided los_angeles new_york_city act tommy stay city short reaction moved los_angeles performing musicals protective vocal affected personal life told miller life gave example somebody cinema immediately husband avoid shouting currently married owns film marketing company acting credits theatre television film
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