PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Broadway's Final Mary Poppins, Steffanie Leigh
By Matthew Blank
26 Feb 2013
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| Steffanie Leigh |
Previous regional credits include Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 42nd Street, Grease and Les Misérables.
| Full given name: | Steffanie (with two "F's" in honor of Steffi Graf) Leigh | |||
| Where you were born/where you were raised: | Talent, Oregon | |||
| Zodiac Sign: | Gemini | |||
| What your parents did/do for a living: | Dad: retired ER doctor. Mom: personal trainer. | |||
| Siblings: | An older sister, Amber, and older brother, Dane. | |||
| Current audition song/monologue: | The song usually changes depending on the project and I don't think I've ever been asked to do a monologue in an audition. Maybe I should get one! | |||
| Special skills: | Britney Spears impression, Jennifer Garner "scared/sad face," and I can perform the entire role of "Usnavi" from In the Heights | |||
| Something you're REALLY bad at: | Riffing is not my forte! | |||
| First Broadway show you ever saw: | Hairspray | |||
| Did you have any particular mentors or inspirations when first starting out? | I grew up five miles from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and got to see amazing theater all the time. | |||
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady. And if I could travel back in time even farther, I'd see the premiere of Macbeth at the Globe Theater. | |||
| Current or recent shows you recommended to friends: | Peter and the Starcatcher, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Sleep No More. | |||
| Favorite showtune(s) of all time: | "Trouble" from The Music Man, the opening from In the Heights, "The Light in the Piazza," "Through the Mountain" from Floyd Collins, "Princess" from A Man of No Importance, "I Remember" from Evening Primrose, "Sunday" from Sunday in the Park with George and "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins! | |||
| Some favorite modern musicals: | Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Urinetown, The Light in the Piazza, Floyd Collins | |||
| Some favorite classic musicals: | Gypsy, Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Sweet Charity | |||
| Broadway or screen stars of the past you would most have loved to perform with: | Angela Lansbury, Julie Andrews, Robert Preston, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Carol Burnett | |||
| Your personal vocal or acting idols, living or dead: | Barbara Cook, Julie Andrews, Kelli O'Hara, Audra McDonald | |||
| The one performance – attended - that you will never forget: | In 4th grade, I remember watching a local high school's production of Hamlet, knowing I wanted to be an actor. | |||
| Music that makes you cry, any genre: | "Mama a Rainbow" can always jerk a tear from my eye. | |||
| MAC or PC? | MAC | |||
| Most played song on your iPod: | Any song from Regina Spektor's new album | |||
| Most-visited websites: | playbill.com!!!!! | |||
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