Farah Alvin

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Farah Alvin
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
SpouseDan Winerman

Farah Alvin (born September 28, 1976) is an American theatre actress. [1] She is the daughter of cinematic poster artist John Alvin.

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Early life

Alvin grew up in Los Angeles, the daughter of the artists John Alvin and Andrea Alvin. In 1993, at the age of sixteen, she won the Spotlights Award, a scholarship competition for the Los Angeles Music Center and performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. At eighteen, she received a scholarship to the Brooklyn College music conservatory and moved to New York City. [2]

Career

During her senior year of high school, Alvin earned her Equity card when she performed in the Los Angeles premiere of Fame: The Musical . [2] Three weeks after moving to New York, she obtained a role in the musical A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden. [2] Alvin's first Broadway theatre credit came was in the revival of the musical Grease . Subsequent Broadway credits have included the musical productions of Saturday Night Fever , Nine and The Look of Love . Alvin appeared as Marcy in an Off Broadway production of the musical I Love You Because , as well as several other Off Broadway productions.

In 2009, Alvin was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, for her role as Missy in The Marvelous Wonderettes. [3] In 2011, she performed the title role of the Off Broadway musical One Night with Fanny Brice. [4]

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