Danielle Ferland

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Danielle Ferland
Born (1971-01-31) January 31, 1971 (age 53)
Derby, Connecticut
Alma mater New York University
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Known for Into the Woods
SpouseMichael Goldstein (m. ca. 2002)
Children2

Danielle Ferland (born January 31, 1971) is an American actress and singer, best known for originating the role of Little Red Ridinghood in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods on Broadway.

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Career

Ferland attended Frank Scott Bunnell High School in Stratford, Connecticut, from 1985–1989 and attended New York University.

She made her Broadway debut at age 13 as Louise in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (1984). She next appeared off-Broadway in Paradise! (1985). In 1987 she was the singing child star in Woody Allen's Radio Days .

She returned to Broadway, originating the role of Little Red Riding Hood in the 1987 musical Into the Woods . For her performance in Into the Woods she received the 1988 Theatre World Award and also was nominated for the 1988 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. She reunited with the original cast for three performances in 1989, which were filmed for the Season 10 premiere episode of PBS’s American Playhouse. [1]

Other credits include The Crucible (1991), Fredrika in A Little Night Music Lincoln Center Revival in 1991, Uncommon Women and Others (1994), Tartuffe at the Delacorte Theatre in 1999, A Year with Frog and Toad (2003), Engaged (2004), [2] She Stoops to Conquer at the Irish Repertory Company in 2005, the concert and recording of the York Theatre production of Summer of '42 (2006), [3] Like Love, New York Music Festival, 2007 [4] and All My Sons (2008).

She teaches Master Classes including in 2009 at the Boston Children's Theatre. [5]

Ferland narrated an audio book version of ''A Mile In My Flip-Flops'' written by Melody Carlson. [6]

Since 2010, she has often performed in Sondheim Unplugged. She has sung for each of their three volumes, singing “Children and Art” in the second volume, “Hello Little Girl” in the second, and “It Takes Two” in the third. “Sondheim Unplugged NYC Sessions Volume 3” was nominated for a Grammy for the 2024 ceremony.

In 2011 she directed A Year with Frog and Toad with Boston Children's Theatre.

In 2012 Ferland starred in the Baltimore CenterStage and Westport Country Playhouse production of Into the Woods as the Baker's Wife. [7]

In 2014 Ferland played the role of Estelle in HBO's drama The Normal Heart .

In 2015 Ferland appeared in Season 1 of the Netflix show Marvel's Jessica Jones .

In 2021, she appeared in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick… Boom! .

Personal life

Ferland was born in Derby, Connecticut. She married Michael Goldstein ca. 2002; they have two sons. [5]

Acting credits

Theatre

Year [8] ProductionRoleLocationCategory
1983 Sunday in the Park with George Boy bathing in the River, Louise Playwrights Horizons Off-Broadway
1984-1985 Booth Theatre Broadway
1987-1989 Into the Woods Little Red Ridinghood Martin Beck Theatre Broadway
1990 A Little Night Music Fredrika Armfeldt David H. Koch Theater New York City Opera
1991-1992 The Crucible Mercy Lewis Belasco Theatre Broadway
1992A Little Hotel on the SidePervenche Belasco Theatre Broadway
1994 Sunday in the Park with George Louise St. James Theatre Broadway [9]
1997 The Wizard of Oz Dorothy Gale Actors Theatre of Louisville Regional
Into the Woods Little Red Ridinghood Broadway Theatre Broadway [10]
1999 The Secret Garden Martha North Shore Music Theatre Regional
2003 A Year With Frog and Toad Bird, Turtle, Squirrel, Mother Frog, Mole Cort Theatre Broadway
2008-2009 All My Sons Lydia Lubey Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Broadway
2012 Into the Woods The Baker’s Wife Westport Country Playhouse / Baltimore Center Stage Regional, 25th Anniversary Production

Filmography

YearProductionRoleNotes
1990 Live from Lincoln Center Fredrika ArmfeldtEpisode: A Little Night Music
1991 American Playhouse Little Red RidinghoodEpisode: Into the Woods
2002 The Education of Max Bickford Marnie Ludlow1 episode
2007 Rescue Me Confessional Woman1 episode
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Tori1 episode
2014 The Normal Heart EstelleTV film
2015 Marvel's Jessica Jones Clair4 episodes
2016 The OA Hospital Admin1 episode
2017 Wonder Wheel Party GuestFilm
2019 Orange Is the New Black Sharon2 episodes
Blue Bloods Colleen Becker1 episode
2021 tick, tick... BOOM! KimFilm
2022 Alaska Daily Rita1 episode

Awards and nominations

YearAward ceremonyCategoryShowResult
1988 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Into the Woods Nominated
1988 Theatre World Award Distinguished Performance Into the Woods Honoree

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References

  1. ↑ "1991 Television Version" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine SondheimGuide.com, accessed March 19, 2012
  2. ↑ Hernandez, Ernio."Frozen Director Gets Engaged as Farce Plays Off-Broadway, April 20-May 16", playbill.com, April 20, 2004
  3. ↑ Gans, Andrew."Summer of '42 CD — with York, Keenan-Bolger and Ferland — Due in Fall" playbill.com, August 21, 2006
  4. ↑ Hetrick, Adam."DeLaria Rolls in With Ferland, Bodnar and Evan for Sept. 20 NYMF Openings", playbill.com, September 20, 2007
  5. 1 2 Nargi, Jan.Broadway's Danielle Ferland Accentuates the Positive in BCT Master Class broadwayworld.com, August 12, 2009
  6. ↑ 2009 by Recorded Books, LLC
  7. ↑ "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Into the Woods Arrives! Previews Begin Tomorrow for Sondheim’s Fairy Tale Musical", press release, CENTERSTAGE, State Theater of Maryland, BALTIMORE, March 2012.
  8. ↑ "Danielle Ferland Internet Broadway Database". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  9. ↑ Sunday in the Park with George Broadway Concert", Playbill, retrieved February 20, 2023
  10. ↑ " Into the Woods Broadway", Playbill, retrieved December 16, 2022
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