1. Lauren Kennedy was born on September 3,1973 and is an American actress and singer who has performed numerous times on Broadway.
15 Facts About Lauren Kennedy
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Lauren Kennedy is the producing artistic director of Theatre Raleigh in her home state of North Carolina.
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Lauren Kennedy started acting at the North Carolina Theatre while in high school.
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Lauren Kennedy left school at the age of 19, when she was cast in the 1993 Los Angeles production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, After a nine-month run, she moved to New York for the musical's 1994 Broadway opening.
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Lauren Kennedy frequently appeared in the original cast of the short-lived Side Show as the standby for Emily Skinner.
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Lauren Kennedy has starred in Monty Python's Spamalot on Broadway as a replacement for the Lady of the Lake.
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Lauren Kennedy has been seen on Broadway in Les Miserables, Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close, Side Show, and Cinderella with the New York City Opera.
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Lauren Kennedy originated the role of Cathy in Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years in its Chicago premiere, but opted to do South Pacific at the National Theatre in London instead of following the show Off-Broadway.
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Lauren Kennedy was nominated for a Barrymore Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.
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In 2006, Lauren Kennedy played the role of Princess Nefertari in The Ten Commandments: The Musical opposite Val Kilmer.
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Lauren Kennedy released two solo albums on PS Classics, an album of Jason Robert Brown material entitled Songs of Jason Robert Brown, and an album dedicated to new musical writers, titled Here and Now.
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Lauren Kennedy starred in the musical Vanities at the Pasadena Playhouse, in California from August to September 2008.
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Lauren Kennedy then followed the musical to its Off-Broadway venue Second Stage Theatre.
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Lauren Kennedy is the artistic director of Theatre Raleigh, a theatre company in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Lauren Kennedy portrayed Diana Goodman, a mother struggling with bipolar disorder, in the North Carolina Theatre's 2015 production of Next to Normal.