Further Broadway performances include Marie Leroux/ Is He Dead?, Penny Pingleton/ Hairspray, multiple roles/ A Year with Frog and Toad, and Urleen/ Footloose. On Broadway she created the role of Jane/Disney’s Tarzan and starred with Cheyenne Jackson as Natalie/ All Shook Up. Gambatese starred as Maria in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of The Sound of Music in April and May 2014 opposite Billy Zane as Captain von Trapp. “She was unforgettable in her Lyric debut last season as Maria in The Sound of Music. We cannot wait to see her interpretation of this brilliant character.” “We could not be more delighted to welcome Jenn Gambatese to our Carousel cast as the irrepressible Carrie Pipperidge,” said Anthony Freud, Lyric’s general director. Gambatese joins fellow Broadway stars Steven Pasquale and Laura Osnes, who portray Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan, in this new production directed and choreographed by Tony, Emmy, and Olivier Award winner Rob Ashford. Gambatese returns to Lyric following her critically acclaimed performance as Maria in last year’s production of The Sound of Music, which just won 2014’s Best Special Theatrical Event at the Broadway World Chicago Awards. Jenn Gambatese to play Carrie Pipperidge in Lyric’s new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel April 10 – opening night April 11ĬHICAGO – Lyric Opera of Chicago announced today that Jenn Gambatese will portray Carrie Pipperidge in Lyric’s new production of Carousel, on stage April 10 through (opening night April 11).

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