Sara Gettelfinger Explained

Sara Gettelfinger
Birth Place:Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Education:University of Cincinnati (BFA)
Occupation:Actress, singer, dancer
Years Active:1999–present

Sara Gettelfinger (born 1977[1] in Louisville, Kentucky[2]) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.

Early life and education

Gettelfinger was raised in Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana.[2] [3] She graduated from the Youth Performing Arts School at duPont Manual High School in 1995.[4] Gettelfinger studied at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she earned a BFA in 1999.[5] [6]

Career

Three weeks after moving to New York City, Gettelfinger got her first professional acting role as "April" in the Helen Hayes Theatre Company's production of Stephen Sondheim's Company in Nyack, New York.[2] [7]

Gettelfinger performed in regional theater across the country before landing her first Broadway role as "Bird Girl" in the musical Seussical. Her first starring role on Broadway was as "Carla" in the musical Nine with Antonio Banderas.[3]

Gettelfinger originated the role of "Jolene Oakes" in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,[8] with John Lithgow, Sherie Rene Scott, Gregory Jbara, and Joanna Gleason, briefly leaving the role to play "Little Edie" in the original off-Broadway run of Grey Gardens[9] (replaced by Erin Davie when the show moved to Broadway).

Gettelfinger is one of the singing trio Three Graces, which blends the musical styles of its three members' backgrounds: Broadway (Gettelfinger), Opera (Joy Kabanuck), and Pop (Kelly Levesque). Their first public performance was October 29, 2007, at the second annual Cole Porter-Like Salon, a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit.[10] In early 2008 the group toured the United States, Canada, and Mexico with Paul Potts, stopping in 20 cities.[11] Three Graces released its debut album on March 4, 2008.[12] [13]

Gettelfinger played Morticia Addams in the first national tour of The Addams Family, which ran from September 2011 through December 2012.[14]

Theatre credits

Broadway

Off-Broadway

Regional

National tours

Television

Film

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Filichia . Peter . Fabulous and Fickle (Gettel)Finger of Fate . TheaterMania.com . December 4, 2003 . May 18, 2022 . The 26-year-old is still not sorry that she didn't change her name..
  2. Web site: Gans . Andrew . DIVA TALK: Chatting with Scoundrels Sara Gettelfinger Plus News of Mazzie, Skinner and Brightman . . September 30, 2005 . May 18, 2022.
  3. http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Star_File.aspx?ci=40854 Broadway.com Star File
  4. Web site: Manual High School Alumni Web Page > "Hall of Fame" > "D-G" . January 8, 2008.
  5. Web site: Communique Winter 2006 . 22 . CCM.UC.edu . January 8, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060922165131/http://www.ccm.uc.edu/communique/CommuniqueSp05.pdf . September 22, 2006.
  6. Web site: UC alumni currently or recently on Broadway . UC Magazine . . September 13, 2011.
  7. News: Sara Gettelfinger: CCM grad dances through musicals . . May 27, 2001.
  8. Web site: Gettelfinger bio . DirtyRottenScoundrelsTheMusical.com.
  9. Web site: Gettelfinger Temporarily Leaves Scoundrels to Join Starry Grey Gardens Cast . BroadwayWorld.com . January 3, 2006.
  10. Web site: BC/EFA's 2nd annual Cole Porter-Like Salon . BroadwayCares.org . October 29, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071202021649/http://www.broadwaycares.org/events/salon2007.cfm . December 2, 2007.
  11. http://www.threegracesmusic.com/news.html Three Graces official site - News
  12. http://www.threegracesmusic.com Three Graces official site
  13. http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-etledew5600285mar04,0,5279879.column Newsday.com, see "Also in stores" paragraph, accessed 3/4/08
  14. Web site: The Addams Family – Broadway Musical – Tour . Internet Broadway Database . May 18, 2022.
  15. Web site: Sara Gettelfinger Credits on Broadway . Internet Broadway Database . January 8, 2008.
  16. Web site: Simonson . Robert . Gettelfinger Officially Named as Nines New Carla . Playbill.com . October 13, 2003 . May 18, 2022.
  17. Book: Broadway Yearbook 1999-2000 . January 7, 2008. 9780195139556 . Suskin . Steven . 2001 . Oxford University Press .
  18. http://www.nycitycenter.org/encores/encseasons.cfm NYCityCenter.org - Previous Seasons
  19. Book: Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002 . January 7, 2007. 9781853175817 . Wenger . Nanette Kass . 1998-10-21 . Taylor & Francis .
  20. Web site: Photo Flash: Grey Gardens at Playwrights Horizons . BroadwayWorld.com . February 16, 2006 . January 8, 2008.
  21. http://www.papermill.org/_media/about/ProductionHistory.pdf Papermill.org - History (page 32)
  22. http://www.greatlakestheater.org/history/archives/default.shtm#2001-2002 GreatLakesTheater.org History 2001–2002
  23. Web site: Jones . Chris . Review: Lone Star Love . Variety . May 18, 2022 . November 11, 2001.
  24. http://www.nsmt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=438&Itemid=898 North Shore Music Theatre - Tom Jones 2004 (NSMT.org)
  25. https://web.archive.org/web/20070305180326/http://www.oldglobe.org/newsletter/2005/Jan-Feb.html The Old Globe - Upstage Online January/February 2005 issue
  26. Web site: Windy City Will Sizzle Sept. 22, When Streamlined Fosse Tour Opens . Playbill.com . September 22, 1999 . May 18, 2022.
  27. Web site: Sara Gettelfinger . TV.com.
  28. Web site: Sara Gettelfinger . TV.Yahoo.com.
  29. Web site: Lipton . Brian Scott . Review: Sex and the City . TheaterMania.com . May 29, 2008 . May 18, 2022.

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