Ariana Grande's Leading Lady Debut on Broadway
What a week. Let me back up to July. In July i began producing 14 year old Ariana Grande. Envision the voice of Christina Aguilara with loads of charisma, excellent acting skills and stage presence, etc... I produced 4 songs for her which are getting mastered in a couple days. they came out spectacular, i'm very happy with them. Well, Ariana is also in the cast of the new critically acclaimed Broadway play "13" the Musical. Envision the Junior School version of High School Musical, except more honest and realistic and you have "13". Nothing against High School Musical at all, but you know, its Disney, there are only so many subjects they can honestly tackle without the Disney censor.
Anyway, out of over 7,000 kids who auditioned for the play, Ariana was cast as "Charlotte" and she also understudys the lead role of "Patrice". Well, last night was Ariana's time to shine. She got the call 3 hours before curtain that Friday Nov 14th would be her debut as Patrice in the leading role. She has understudied the role for a couple months, but has never had a full rehearsal with the cast, so there was plenty of tension and anticipation as to how well the show would go and how she would handle the pressure and opportunity. Well. Lets back up to Wednesday night.
Wednesday night i saw "13" for the first time, with Ariana in her cast role as "Charlotte" which she totally rocked. and I got to see the regular Patrice lead (her name escapes me but she's fantastic). So, from the Wednesday show, i knew how the Patrice role was supposed to be played and could compare Ariana's performance in the role on Friday night. Ariana ROCKED the lead role of Patrice and her lead debut! She flawlessly stepped into the role and onto the stage last night and hit every note, every cue, every stage position like she was born for the role. Scary good. I think this girl hasa very bright future, she's one to watch, and i'm lucky i get to watch from up close. check her out at Myspace.com/arianagrande and check out "13" at www.13themusical.com
-Ken Lewis
Anyway, out of over 7,000 kids who auditioned for the play, Ariana was cast as "Charlotte" and she also understudys the lead role of "Patrice". Well, last night was Ariana's time to shine. She got the call 3 hours before curtain that Friday Nov 14th would be her debut as Patrice in the leading role. She has understudied the role for a couple months, but has never had a full rehearsal with the cast, so there was plenty of tension and anticipation as to how well the show would go and how she would handle the pressure and opportunity. Well. Lets back up to Wednesday night.
Wednesday night i saw "13" for the first time, with Ariana in her cast role as "Charlotte" which she totally rocked. and I got to see the regular Patrice lead (her name escapes me but she's fantastic). So, from the Wednesday show, i knew how the Patrice role was supposed to be played and could compare Ariana's performance in the role on Friday night. Ariana ROCKED the lead role of Patrice and her lead debut! She flawlessly stepped into the role and onto the stage last night and hit every note, every cue, every stage position like she was born for the role. Scary good. I think this girl hasa very bright future, she's one to watch, and i'm lucky i get to watch from up close. check her out at Myspace.com/arianagrande and check out "13" at www.13themusical.com
-Ken Lewis
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