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Samantha Massell | |
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| Born | January 15, 1990 |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Website | samanthamassell |
Samantha Massell (born January 15, 1990) is a New York-based American actress and singer notable for playing Hodel in the 2015 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof . [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She has received positive reviews of her singing and acting performance. [7] Her genre is pop.
Massell attended Hunter College High School (where she interned for Lin-Manuel Miranda) [8] and the University of Michigan, where she studied musical theater and English, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. [5]
She made her Broadway debut at age 12 in La Boheme. [5] She originated the role of Florika in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame [5] and performed in the cast album. [9] [10]
She played Rapunzel in the 2015 revival of Into the Woods at The Muny.
She won the role of Hodel in a 2015 revival of the classic Broadway show Fiddler on the Roof . [11] [12] [2]
In 2021, Massell collaborated with other actors to produce an off-Broadway production of the musical entitled The Flamingo Kid . [13]
In 2022, she featured in a recurring capacity in the final season of The CW's Dynasty as Stacey Moore. [14]
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Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters and other tales by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye, a milkman in the village of Anatevka, who attempts to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon his family's lives. He must cope with the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters who wish to marry for love; their choices of husbands are successively less palatable for Tevye. An edict of the tsar eventually evicts the Jews from their village.
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Ciara Renée Harper is an American actress and musician. She is best known for her roles on Broadway as The Witch in Big Fish, the Leading Player in Pippin, Jenna in Waitress, and Elsa in Frozen. She played Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Paper Mill Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse. She starred as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl in the CW series DC's Legends of Tomorrow, a spin-off of Arrow and The Flash. Her vocal type is mezzo-soprano.
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Erik Liberman is an American actor, author, and director.
...Actors Ben Fankhauser, left, Jimmy Brewer, center, and Alex Wyse sing to Samantha Massell in "The Flamingo Kid" ...
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