Gwen Stewart
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Gwen Stewart is an American
stage actress. She made her Broadway debut as the character Canibelle in the original cast of Starmites. She is perhaps best known for her role in the hit Broadway musical, Rent
. She was the first to play the role of Mrs. Jefferson, and Seasons of Love soloist. After the original Joanne, Fredi Walker-Browne, departed the cast in November 1997, Stewart took over the role. Her other Broadway credits include Truly Blessed, as an ensemble member, and the revival of Big River
, as Alice.
Stewart returned to Rent
on April 29, 2007, the anniversary of Rent's opening, to reprise her role as the Seasons of Love soloist, a role which she also reprised in the final cast of Rent, which was filmed for Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
. She finished a national tour of Rent, along with former castmates Adam Pascal
and Anthony Rapp
, reprising her role yet again. She reprised it for the fourth time in another production directed by Neil Patrick Harris
from August 6–8, 2010.
Stewart won the 2008 Ovation Award for Best Featured Actress In a Musical for her role as Sylvia in All Shook Up.
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stage actress. She made her Broadway debut as the character Canibelle in the original cast of Starmites. She is perhaps best known for her role in the hit Broadway musical, Rent
Rent (musical)
Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...
. She was the first to play the role of Mrs. Jefferson, and Seasons of Love soloist. After the original Joanne, Fredi Walker-Browne, departed the cast in November 1997, Stewart took over the role. Her other Broadway credits include Truly Blessed, as an ensemble member, and the revival of Big River
Big River (musical)
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with a book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller.Based on Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it features music in the bluegrass and country styles in keeping with the setting of the novel...
, as Alice.
Stewart returned to Rent
Rent (musical)
Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...
on April 29, 2007, the anniversary of Rent's opening, to reprise her role as the Seasons of Love soloist, a role which she also reprised in the final cast of Rent, which was filmed for Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway is a 2008 film of the final performance of the original Broadway production of the musical Rent on September 7, 2008, with some footage of the closing night celebration. The film had a limited theatrical release between September 24 and 28, 2008, in more than 500...
. She finished a national tour of Rent, along with former castmates Adam Pascal
Adam Pascal
Adam Pascal is an American actor and singer known for his performance as Roger Davis in the original cast of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent on Broadway 1996, the 2005 movie version of the musical, and the Broadway Tour of Rent in 2009...
and Anthony Rapp
Anthony Rapp
Anthony Deane Rapp is an American stage and film actor and singer best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of Rent in 1996 and later for reprising the role in the film version and the Broadway Tour of Rent in 2009...
, reprising her role yet again. She reprised it for the fourth time in another production directed by Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, singer, director, and magician.Prominent roles of his career include the title role in Doogie Howser, M.D., Colonel Carl Jenkins in Starship Troopers, the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, a fictionalized version of himself in the Harold...
from August 6–8, 2010.
Stewart won the 2008 Ovation Award for Best Featured Actress In a Musical for her role as Sylvia in All Shook Up.