In 2018, Ariana DeBose took her high school prom date with her to see the Broadway show The Prom. There's a semi-secret character in Hamilton. The show moved to Broadway later that year, and became an overnight sensation. ".
"Ariana is extraordinary in that moment," Washington says. And it was really fun for me to be able to show that part of my culture, but also to talk about the challenges that come with that. | Cookie Settings.
DeBose, who studied musical theater at Western Carolina University, first broke into show business in 2009 on the Fox reality show So You Think You Can Dance and rose to prominence in the role of The Bullet, a harbinger of death that eventually kills Alexander Hamilton in the Broadway production.
Some of these include: Tabitha and Napoleon D’umo, Tyce Diorio & Martha Nichols of So You Think You Can Dance, Wes Veldink, Josh Bergasse, Joe Lanteri, and Elizabeth Parkinson. FACEBOOK A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Version 1), https://jimsteinman.fandom.com/wiki/Ariana_DeBose?oldid=4933. She was nominated for an Astaire Award for her dancing in … "We just cried," DeBose says, of seeing the show. To simplify subscriber access, we have temporarily disabled the password requirement.
", In The Prom, DeBose’s character has a complex relationship with her conservative mother, played by Kerry Washington, which culminates in a scene that rests in part on DeBose’s lovability. However, she's been playing an essential part in the show that the story of Alexander Hamilton couldn't even exist without. "Musicals, throughout history, have been able to talk about what is actually going on in the world," DeBose says. Jim Steinman Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. "I remember being in high school, having a bit of a crush on girls, but I never really felt like I could walk down the hallway holding their hands. We probably have over 30 new Latinx actors who are going to be introduced through this film.
It was an opportunity to celebrate the culture and our love of dance, but also get into these social issues.". All Rights Reserved. You just want to dance with them, but your environment and the community doesn’t quite understand that yet. Pride, by definition, is the feeling of deep pleasure/satisfaction derived from one's own accomplishments. Privacy Policy
She made her New York debut in Steven Sondheim’s COMPANY with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Paul Gemigani, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Martha Plimpton of Raising Hope, Christina Hendricks of Mad Men, Stephen Colbert, and the great Patti LuPone. Terms of Use But watching the production of The Prom touched her in a personal way, and took her back to her high school experience in Raleigh, North Carolina — like Emma, the lead character in the show who isn’t allowed to bring her girlfriend to prom. Click here to subscribe. But watching the production of The Prom touched her in a personal way, and took her back to her high school experience in Raleigh, North Carolina — like Emma, the lead character in the show who isn’t allowed to bring her girlfriend to prom. I said then, ‘If this show ever has another life, I’d love to be a part of it.'". Terms of Use | In the 2013 Broadway season she originated the role of Mary Wilson of the Supremes (Diana Ross cover) in Motown the Musical & Nautica in Andy Blankenbuhler’s Bring It On the Musical. DeBose, who has an Afro-Puerto Rican father and a white mother, says the new West Side Story, which was written by Tony Kushner, gave her an opportunity to express her Latinx roots. "Steven really allowed my own life experience to imbue some of Anita," DeBose says.
Ariana left Pippin to appear as the Bullet in the ensemble of the off-Broadway show Hamilton in early 2015. DeBose is queer (though she doesn’t claim any label) and her prom date had been a boy, a friend from the high school theater group. The Hollywood Reporter, LLC is a subsidiary of Prometheus Global Media, LLC.
She appeared in the Tony Winning revival of Pippin as a Leading Player, directed by Diane Paulus.