Thursday, January 16, 2014

Broadway Ladies: Ms. January 2014: Beautiful's Anika Larsen

MS. JANUARY 2014ANIKA LARSEN

WHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: She's been an actress that I've seen several times in all different venues, and I have always enjoyed her work.She's a career stage actor that can do it all - comedy, camp, drama, sing, dance, roller skate and have puppet sex.I've seen her off-Broadway in Miracle Brothers, on tour and on Broadway in Avenue Q, and on Broadway in Xanadu.And I am looking forward to seeing her in Beautiful. But I have to admit that it was her moving, inspiring story as told by AN;KA LARSEN herself on Broadway.com ().It says it all about the woman and the Broadway community.It also explains why she is the perfect MS. BROADWAY for JANUARY 2014.




FUN FACTS:



* She grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

* She studied acting at Yale.

* She's one of ten kids of, as she describes it, "all different races and countries," some adopted.



IN PHOTOS:

CANDIDS



MORE FUN FACTS:



* Her professional debut came when she joined the L.A. Company of RENT, and she later made her Broadway debut in the same show.

* She likes to say that she's the only person to be in the original casts of both Xanadu and Zanna, Don't!

* She's appeared in the National Tour, Broadway and off-Broadway Companies of Avenue Q.



IN RENT AS MAUREEN AND MRS. COHEN

CHECK HER OUT IN CUT COSTUMES FROM ALL SHOOK UP(CHECK OUT A YOUNG CHEYENNE JACKSON, TOO!)

AS KATE MONSTER IN AVENUE Q



XANADU AND ZANNA, DON'T!

STILL MORE FUN FACTS:



* Her family was the subject of an autobiographical musical called Shafrika, The White Girl, in which she also starred.

* Among her regional credits was Paper Mill Playhouse's Godspell, and Signature Theatre's The Boy Detective Fails.

* Just before Beautiful, she was in the cast of Disaster!

* Her most recent off-Broadway appearances include Unbroken Circle, Closer Than Ever, Myths and Hymns, and How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes.

* Now, she and Mr January play couple Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.



SHAFRIKA, THE WHITE GIRL

GODSPELL, THE BOY DETECTIVE FAILS



TOP TO BOTTOM: UNBROKEN CIRCLECLOSER THAN EVERMYTHS AND HYMNS



BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL

MR. AND MS. JANUARY 2014: BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER!



CHECK OUT HER TERRIFIC WEBSITE .



Jeff

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