Katherine Doherty
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Katherine Leigh Doherty is an American child actress who has performed in the Broadway
cast of "Mary Poppins
" as Jane Banks.
She appeared on the Disney Channel show "Disney 365" giving a tour of the Mary Poppins set.
Doherty recently finished the role of Fredrika Armfeldt in "A Little Night Music" on Broadway opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones.
She's performed since she was a young child in various theatre organizations. Her first professional show was in Irving Berlin
's White Christmas
.
She has also played the lead in the Regis College
production of Still Life with Iris in the Spring of 2006.
Doherty is from Dover, Massachusetts
and regularly attends the summer camp Stagedoor Manor
for aspiring performing artists. Doherty finished a Dover-Sherborn Middle School production of Guys and Dolls along with fellow up and coming actors Teddy Mosher (who played Sky Masterson), Jessica Kiami (Doherty's double) and Goldie Flavelle (who played Adelade). She starred as Sarah Brown, the missionary in the production. Doherty also recently starred as Annie in the musical "Annie", with Open Fields theater group. Katherine has been in many Open fields productions since she was a little girl. In Spring 2009, she played a primary hotel girl and was Andrea Ross
's under-study (for Millie) in the Noble and Greenough School
's Spring Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie
. She recently performed in Noble and Greenough's production of Bat Boy, as Shelley.
Doherty has been in a lot of community theatre plays, such as The Secret Garden, where she starred as Mary Lennox and received a Best Child Actor EMACT Award, The Sound of Music
, Sara Crewe: A Little Princess, and she has sung the National Anthem
and God Bless America
at Fenway Park
in Boston
and Gillette Stadium
in Foxborough.
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
cast of "Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins (musical)
Mary Poppins is a Walt Disney Theatrical musical based on the similarly titled series of children's books by P. L. Travers and the Disney 1964 film. The West End production opened in December 2004 and received two Olivier Awards, one for Best Actress in a Musical and the other for Best Theatre...
" as Jane Banks.
She appeared on the Disney Channel show "Disney 365" giving a tour of the Mary Poppins set.
Doherty recently finished the role of Fredrika Armfeldt in "A Little Night Music" on Broadway opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones.
She's performed since she was a young child in various theatre organizations. Her first professional show was in Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
's White Christmas
White Christmas
A white Christmas refers to the presence of snow on Christmas Day. This phenomenon is most common in the northern countries of the Northern Hemisphere...
.
She has also played the lead in the Regis College
Regis College
Regis College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts and sciences college located in Weston, Massachusetts. Founded as a women’s college in 1927, Regis became co-educational in 2007.-History:...
production of Still Life with Iris in the Spring of 2006.
Doherty is from Dover, Massachusetts
Dover, Massachusetts
Dover is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,589 at the 2010 census.Located about southwest of downtown Boston, Dover is a residential town nestled on the south banks of the Charles River. Almost all of the residential zoning requires or larger...
and regularly attends the summer camp Stagedoor Manor
Stagedoor Manor
Stagedoor Manor is a performing arts summer camp located in Loch Sheldrake, New York. Over the past 36 years, it has trained thousands of young actors, many of whom have gone on to success in film, television, and theatre....
for aspiring performing artists. Doherty finished a Dover-Sherborn Middle School production of Guys and Dolls along with fellow up and coming actors Teddy Mosher (who played Sky Masterson), Jessica Kiami (Doherty's double) and Goldie Flavelle (who played Adelade). She starred as Sarah Brown, the missionary in the production. Doherty also recently starred as Annie in the musical "Annie", with Open Fields theater group. Katherine has been in many Open fields productions since she was a little girl. In Spring 2009, she played a primary hotel girl and was Andrea Ross
Andrea Ross
Andrea Christine Ross is an American singer and actress. She has been an award-winning lead actress on stage in her local area of Boston, Massachusetts since the age of eight years old...
's under-study (for Millie) in the Noble and Greenough School
Noble and Greenough School
The Noble and Greenough School, commonly known as Nobles, is a coeducational, nonsectarian day and boarding school for students in grades seven through twelve. It is located on a campus in Dedham, Massachusetts. The current enrollment of 550 students includes a balance of boys and girls, of whom...
's Spring Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 1967 American musical film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay by Richard Morris focuses on a naive young woman who finds herself in the midst of a series of madcap adventures when she sets her sights on marrying her wealthy boss.The...
. She recently performed in Noble and Greenough's production of Bat Boy, as Shelley.
Doherty has been in a lot of community theatre plays, such as The Secret Garden, where she starred as Mary Lennox and received a Best Child Actor EMACT Award, The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
, Sara Crewe: A Little Princess, and she has sung the National Anthem
National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
and God Bless America
God Bless America
"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. The later version has notably been recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song ....
at Fenway Park
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
and Gillette Stadium
Gillette Stadium
Gillette Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, 21 miles southwest of downtown Boston and from downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It serves as the home stadium and administrative offices for the New England Patriots football team and the New England Revolution...
in Foxborough.