Priscilla Lopez is perhaps best known for originating the role of Diana Morales in A Chorus Line.
16 Facts About Priscilla Lopez
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Priscilla Lopez has had the distinction of appearing in two Broadway landmarks: one of its greatest hits, the highly acclaimed, long-running A Chorus Line, and, as a teenager, in one of its biggest flops, the infamous musical version of Breakfast at Tiffany's, which closed before opening night.
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Priscilla Lopez graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts, where she majored in drama; her experiences as a drama student are depicted in the musical A Chorus Line.
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Priscilla Lopez's luck was no better the following year when Priscilla Lopez's First Roman lasted two weeks.
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Priscilla Lopez introduced the hit song "What I Did for Love", and sang "Nothing", a song about a disastrously unsupportive drama class at the High School of Performing Arts.
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Priscilla Lopez appeared on Broadway in the critically acclaimed play Anna in the Tropics in 2003.
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From 2008 to 2011, Priscilla Lopez appeared as Camilla in the Broadway production of In the Heights.
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Priscilla Lopez took over the role of Berthe in the revival of Pippin from Annie Potts on July 22,2014 through August 31 2014.
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In 2021, Priscilla Lopez was featured as Mabel in the internet musical Ratatouille: The Tiktok Musical, referencing both "Nothing" and "What I Did For Love" with alternated lyrics for the character and situation.
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Priscilla Lopez starred in The Gardens of Anuncia, a musical by Michael John LaChiusa about the life of Graciela Daniele, portraying the older version of Daniele.
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Priscilla Lopez starred as a liberal nun in an unsuccessful Norman Lear series In the Beginning with McLean Stevenson in 1978.
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Priscilla Lopez had a guest role on the ABC drama Family, starring Kristy McNichol and Sada Thompson; she played Buddy's dance friend in the disco episodes.
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Priscilla Lopez had a key role in the short-lived 1986 medical drama Kay O'Brien.
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In 1993, Priscilla Lopez starred in the television movie For the Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story, in which she played a mother who, along with her husband, conceives a child to provide a suitable bone-marrow donor for their older daughter.
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Priscilla Lopez had a brief role in Center Stage, and she appeared in Maid in Manhattan playing the mother of Jennifer Lopez's character, and had a role in the film version of the long-running off-Broadway hit Tony n' Tina's Wedding.
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Priscilla Lopez is married to Vincent Fanuele; they have two children, Alex and Gabriella.