That first play I did in New York, Rogelio Martinez's 'When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba,' I played a young Fidel Castro.
I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.
I played Big Mama in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' when I was 20 years old at the University of Michigan.
The dream is to originate a role in a show on Broadway. That's the ultimate goal.
I was in the original cast of 'Sunset Boulevard.' I played Betty. But I wasn't on the cast album.
I think the first role I ever played was the Magic Carpet in 'Aladdin Jr.' I did a lot of tap dancing and not a lot of dialogue. But I loved it so much, and I loved the way people responded to the characters.
I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage.
I sang and played keyboard, so I was virtually a statue at the back of the stage. I'm not complaining about that; I enjoyed that role.
I toured Ontario in the winter of '48, in a touring company of The Drunkard, in which I played the bartender.
My mother sent me to dance and drama classes when I was young, and then I got a stage role in 'Set To Partners' when I was 12, followed by Benjamin Britten's 'Let's Make An Opera.'
Musical theatre is something that I always wanted to be a part of, and my first ever role on the West End as Joseph in 'Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat' gave me a taste for it.
I would love to be in 'Wicked': that's my dream show. I don't care if I'm just the guy who is swirling the ribbon at the beginning of 'One Short Day,' I love that show; I love the message of the show, and I would love to be in it some day.
I remember my first role as a sunflower at nine.
I played more performances of 'Chris' in 'Miss Saigon' than anyone else.
In 2011, I earned a Tony nomination for my role in 'The Book of Mormon.'
As the lead actor, you naturally get involved with a show.
I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
It was a complete no-brainer. Literally, the call came through: Andrew Lloyd Webber wanting to offer you, with no audition, The Wicked Witch of the West at the London Palladium - I'm in!
The first role I played was Madame Ranevsky in 'The Cherry Orchard.'
Most of the time I was in the background. I never played [the Virgin] Mary. I was always kind of the third angel.
When I was in high school, the drama teacher picked me to play Iago in 'Othello.'
I'd be quite excited to play somebody British.
I got my Equity card playing Helena in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' and I think that's the first job I got that was an offer.
Cleopatra is one of the roles that I would love to do!
I remember I was like five or six years old; I played the devil. That was my first role.
