Interview: Kristin Chenoweth, Actress, Singer, Broadway Diva from Wicked and Glee
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Kristin Chenoweth! More of the "
Extra" interview, stuff you missed, and see things the normal viewers don't. Sam starts this adventure with his friend Kristin Chenoweth, who share quite a bit in common. At the time, staring in the hit
ABC show "
Pushing Daisies"
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Kristin Chenoweth is an award-winning
American singer and musical theatre, film and television actress. Some of her best-known roles have included
Glinda in
Broadway's
Wicked and
Annabeth Schott in television's
The West Wing. She is currently appearing in the role of
Olive Snook on the ABC dramedy Pushing Daisies for which she received an
Emmy Award nomination for
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Comedy. She is also the face of
Jude Frances jewelry. Chenoweth has a distinctive speaking voice. In
FHM's
March 2006 issue, she compared her voice to that of
Betty Boop. Chenoweth is a soprano known for her powerful singing technique.
Chenoweth was born Kristi
Dawn Chenoweth (she added an "n" in her first name later because she thought that "
Kristin" was a more operatic name than "Kristi") in
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and was adopted at birth. Chenoweth's ancestry includes one-quarter
Cherokee lineage. After studying drama at
Broken Arrow High School under
Billie Sue Thompson, Chenoweth attended
Oklahoma City University, where she was a member of
Gamma Phi Beta (
Beta Omicron)
Sorority. She earned a bachelor's degree in musical theater and a master's degree in opera performance, studying under
Florence Birdwell who taught
Miss America 1981 Susan Powell and three-time
Tony nominee
Kelli O'Hara. While at
OCU, Chenoweth won the title of "Miss OCU" and went on to win second runner-up in the
Miss Oklahoma pageant in
1991. She also performed at
Opryland USA.
Chenoweth made her Broadway debut in a production of
Molière's Scapin starring
Bill Irwin, followed in the spring of
1997 by the musical
Steel Pier by
John Kander and
Fred Ebb, for which she won a
Theatre World award.
The following season, she appeared in the
City Center Encores! production of the
George and Ira Gershwin musical
Strike Up the Band and the
Lincoln Center Theater production of
William Finn's
A New Brain. She has performed several times on the radio program
A Prairie Home Companion.
During the 19981999 season, she performed in the
Broadway revival of You're a
Good Man,
Charlie Brown as the title character's sister,
Sally, a character that was not present in the original production. (That character replaces the obscure Peanuts character
Patty, not to be confused with
Peppermint Patty.) The production won Chenoweth the Tony,
Drama Desk, and
Outer Critics Circle Awards as the season's
Best Featured
Actress in a
Musical. She then starred in the Broadway comedy
Epic Proportions, followed by appearances in
ABC's television
adaptation of the musical
Annie (as
Lily St. Regis), and in the leading role of
Daisy Gamble in the City Center Encores! production of
On a Clear Day You Can See
Forever.
In
2003, Chenoweth performed songs from her album
Let Yourself Go in concert for
Lincoln Center's 5th
American Songbook. She also performed in City Center Encores!
10th Anniversary Bash.
In London, she was involved in Divas at Donmar for director
Sam Mendes, then appeared in the
Actor's Fund
Benefit Concert of the musical
Funny Girl in
New York City.
In
October 2003, Chenoweth returned to Broadway in Wicked, the smash hit musical about the early years of the witches of Oz. She was nominated for a
Tony Award as Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as Glinda. After playing Glinda for nine months (not including the years leading up to the Broadway run where she played the role in all of the show's workshops), Chenoweth left Wicked on 18 July
2004 along with co-stars
Joel Grey and
Norbert Leo Butz. Chenoweth was replaced by
Jennifer Laura Thompson.
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