Janet Dacal received the Drama Desk Award for her performance in the Broadway musical In the Heights.
13 Facts About Janet Dacal
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Janet Dacal moved to Miami when she was 17, where she continued to be involved in the arts.
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In 2004, Janet Dacal made her Broadway debut in the original cast of Good Vibrations.
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Janet Dacal then originated the role of beauty salon worker Carla in the 2007 off-Broadway musical In the Heights, for which she won a Drama Desk Award.
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Janet Dacal reprised this role for the musical's 2008 Broadway transfer.
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Janet Dacal returned to In the Heights on February 19,2010, as Nina Rosario, playing her last performance in August 2010.
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At the 2011 Outback Bowl, held on January 1,2011, in Tampa, Florida, Janet Dacal performed "The Star-Spangled Banner".
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Janet Dacal participated in the Young People's Chorus fundraising gala, titled Dreamer, at the Frederick P Rose Hall in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on March 7,2011.
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Janet Dacal then starred in several out-of-town tryouts of the musical Wonderland, for which she received encouraging reviews.
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From July to November 2017, Janet Dacal starred in the limited-run musical Prince of Broadway where she was a leading performer.
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From January 3,2020, until the March 2020 coronavirus shutdown, Janet Dacal played Dina in the national tour of The Band's Visit.
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Janet Dacal resumed playing Dina when the tour restarted in autumn 2021.
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Janet Dacal can be heard on the cast recordings of In the Heights, Wonderland, and Prince of Broadway.