Sierra Boggess is a theater actress and singer, best known for originating the role of Ariel in The Little Mermaid on Broadway and for her multiple appearances as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. She also originated the role of Rebecca Steinberg in the 2015 Broadway production of It Shoulda Been You, and performed the role of school principal Rosalie Mullins in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical adaptation of School of Rock. Other roles include Love Never Dies (Christine Daaé); Master Class (Sharon Graham); Les Misérables (Fantine); and Love, Loss and What I Wore (Various Characters).
If you haven’t seen Sierra perform, then, well, you’ve missed out on seeing someone do exactly what they are supposed to be doing with their life. Her way with a song, a lyric, or just an introduction is as entertaining, uplifting or as heartbreaking as she wants . . . and she makes it all seem so easy. It’s no wonder why Disney tapped her for The Little Mermaid. Hear Sierra talk about all that, as well as …
- The big risk she took to get the role of Ariel and what put her over the edge in the room.
- How she stays positive when the business disappoints her, through no fault of her own.
- Her style of working with writers on new musicals and how that has changed over the years. (And she’s currently in Atlanta on a pre-Broadway tryout of Ever After!)
- Why she created “Light Lessons” for artists and everyone. (Click here to check them out. I’ve got a set on my desk.)
- Marketing for Performers: What’s important, necessary . . . and what isn’t.
This week’s podcast is sponsored by the Heartland Brewery which opened in New York in 1995, and back then, our city was not the hotbed of brewpubs, beer bars, and beer drinking it is today. Since then, Heartland Brewery has grown into the largest group of brewpubs in the region. They’ve got locations here, in Times Square, in Midtown West, and the Empire State Building.. Visit the Heartland Brewery at heartlandbrewery.com.
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