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Ashley Brown

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Actor b. 1982 On stage 19942024

Ashley Brown (born February 3, 1982) is an American singer and actress who is best known for playing the titular character in the United States national tour and Broadway productions of Mary Poppins.

On stage 3 productions, 30 years

1994 Beauty and the Beast Palace Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Jess Roth 5,461 perf.
2006 Mary Poppins New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Richard Eyre 2,619 perf.
2024 Elf Marquis Theatre · Revival 56 perf.

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Worked with more than once9 names

Michelle Lookadoo 2 productions
Matthew Gumley 2 productions
Marlon Sherman 2 productions
Jonathan Freeman 2 productions
Henry Hodges 2 productions
Cass Morgan 2 productions
Ann Arvia 2 productions
Andrew Keenan-Bolger 2 productions
Alexander Scheitinger 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 4 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature2 passages

  • Cast: Ashley Brown, Gavin Lee, Rebecca Luker, Jane Carr, Ruth Gottschall, Michael McCarty, Cass Morgan, Nick Corley, James Hindman, Sean McCourt, Katherine Doherty, Kathryn Faughnan, Matthew Gumley, Henry Hodgesebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • In the title role, Ashley Brown managed to share the aura that Julie Andrews created for Disney’s Mary—a lot sweeter than the impenetrably temperamental fay of the original books. That’s quite an accomplishment, but then the production was almost recklessly brilliant, rethinking an all but untouchably beloved classic while respecting the…ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/Anything Goes_ A History of American Musical Theatre - Ethan Mordden.txt

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