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Liz Callaway

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Actor b. 1961 On stage 19822009

Liz Callaway (born April 13, 1961) is an American actress and singer, who is best known for having provided the singing voices of many female characters in animated films, such as Anastasia in Anastasia, Odette in The Swan Princess, Jasmine in the Aladdin sequels The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves, adult Kiara in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, a dancing napkin ring in Beauty and the Beast, and the Speaker of God in Hazbin Hotel. She was also the original Ellen in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon.

On stage 8 productions, 27 years

1982 Cats Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn 7,485 perf.
1983 Baby Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Revival · directed by Wayne Cilento 241 perf.
1984 The Three Musketeers Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Tom O'Horgan 9 perf.
1991 Miss Saigon Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Nicholas Hytner 4,092 perf.
1995 Something Wonderful Gershwin Theatre · Original 1 perf.
2003 The Look of Love Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by David Thompson 56 perf.
2004 Hair New Amsterdam Theatre · Revival 1 perf.
2009 Chance & Chemistry Minskoff Theatre · Original · directed by Christopher Gattelli 1 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Susan Goodman 2 productions
Steve Geary 2 productions
Raymond Patterson 2 productions
Rachelle Rak 2 productions
Peter Samuel 2 productions
Paul Castree 2 productions
Norm Lewis 2 productions
Michael Gruber 2 productions
Michael Brian 2 productions
Maryann Hu 2 productions
Lillias White 2 productions
Laura Benanti 2 productions

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Also credited on4 works

Aladdin
Anastasia
Beauty and the Beast
The Lion King

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga, Hinton Battle, Willy Falk, Barry K. Bernal, Liz Callaway, Kam Chengebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • 61 . The recordings by Robert Goulet, Peggy Lee, and the Four Freshmen were released in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Liz Callaway’s rendition appears on the first Lost in Boston CD (see Appendix B ). The score for the song is included in the Sheldon Harnick Songbook (Warner Brothers, 1996).ebooks/Lambert, Philip/B00590X4L8 EBOK - Philip Lambert.txt
  • We made a mighty sound in unison, but the most impressive voices emerged early on: Liz Callaway—who understudied Mary—was one of those ego-less singers who made us all marvel. Jim Walton’s voice was bright—he started in our ensemble and ultimately replaced the leading man, Jim Weissenbach, as Frank. Lonny Price, who played Charley from th…ebooks/Pogrebin, Abigail/Showstopper - Abigail Pogrebin.txt
  • For their Broadway debut with Baby in 1984, Maltby and Shire wrote a much heralded score, with the jewel in the crown being “The Story Goes On”. The song, premiered by Liz Callaway, is often pointed to as a landmark in modern musical theatre, a song that chronicles a moment no other song ever had (the first time a woman feels her baby kic…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • When I interviewed Liz Callaway, she told me about the time, a decade after Baby , when she got to go into Cats at the Winter Garden, as Grizabella:ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • I did Cats for a year and a half. While I was there, Loni Ackerman was Grizabella, then Laurie Beechman, then Liz Callaway, then Lillias White.ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt

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