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Full given name:
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Rhonda LaChanze Sapp
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Hometown:
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Bridgeport, CT
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Audition song:
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"Heatwave" by Martha and the Vandellas (up tempo); "Inseparable" by Natalie Cole (slow)
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Special skills:
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Tap dancing
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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Chicago
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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Jesus Christ Superstar
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Most played song on your iPod:
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"Everybody Loves the Sunshine" by Incognito
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Web obsession:
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Facebook
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Last book you read:
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"A Perfectly Good Family" by Lionel Shriver
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Must-see TV show:
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"True Blood" on HBO
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Last good movie you saw:
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"Slumdog Millionaire"
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Favorite board game:
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Scrabble
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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Watching Beyoncé do anything!
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First stage kiss:
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In Once on this Island with Jerry Dixon
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Favorite post-show meal:
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Steak & potatoes
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How you got your Equity card:
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In the production of Uptown Is Hot! just out of college
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Worst onstage mishap:
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I caught the Holy Spirit while doing a gospel number on stage, and my wig flew into the audience.
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Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition?
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A school teacher and a prisoner on "SVU"
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Worst costume ever:
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My costume as Marta in Company
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Pet's name:
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A cat named William
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Favorite junk food:
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Chocolate covered almonds
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Kimberly Elise
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Worst job you ever had:
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Selling cemetery plots as a summer job
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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"The Cosby Show"
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Leading lady role you've been dying to play:
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Evita
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What other single-named stars would you like to work with?
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Prince
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