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On this episode I talked with Chilina about her impressive resume, making her Broadway debut as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar, how she put herself in Mary’s shoes and put her own spin on the character, staying positive in one’s own life while playing such an emotional role, what makes fans love Jesus Christ Superstar, her audition Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, how she portrayed Carole King’s growth and journey on stage, what she learned about Carole King’s story that she previously didn’t know through doing research for the show, what made her want to continue playing Carole King in Beautiful over 1,200 times, getting to meet Carole, being part of The Band’s Visit tour as Dina, what attracted her to the role of Dina, balancing her home life with theatre, working on self confidence in the theatre industry, her original album “What You Find In A Bottle”, the musical she wrote called “Call It Love”, and MUCH MORE!
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Chilina is known for playing Carole King in the musical Beautiful on Broadway for over 1,200 performances. She also recently originated the Tony-award winning role of Dina on the First Broadway National Tour of The Band’s Visit. Chilina’s first appearance on Broadway was in 2012 when she played Mary Magdalene in Des McAnuff’s Jesus Christ Superstar, which also had successful runs at the Stratford Festival of Canada and the La Jolla Playhouse. Other US credits include the world premiere of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, in which she originated the role of Phoebe at Hartford Stage and The Old Globe in San Diego (San Diego and Connecticut Outer Critics nominations), the world premiere of A Sign Of The Times as Cindy (Delaware Theatre Company), Binky in the Off-Broadway world premiere of This Ain’t No Disco (Dir. Darko Tresnjak/Chor. Camille A. Brown) and Sophie in the 1st US National Tour of Mamma Mia!. Selected Canadian credits include the title role in Ted Dykstra’s Evangeline (Charlottetown Festival and original recording), the title role in Ross Petty’s Pantomime The Little Mermaid (Toronto Critic’s Award), three seasons at the Stratford Festival (three Broadways World Awards) including Maria in Gary Griffin’s West Side Story, Eva Peròn in Evita, Lois Lane in Kiss Me Kate, three seasons at the Shaw Festival, the World Premiere of The Lord of the Rings (Mirvish), Philia in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Stratford/Toronto), Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest (Neptune) and the title role in Mary Poppins (Theatre Aquarius).
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