Ms. Broadway May 2020: Jagged Little Pill's Lauren Patten

She literally stops the show nightly with her blistering take on "You Oughta Know" in the hit musical Jagged Little Pill. And being in quarantine hasn't stopped her, either. If you did catch her in the show's webcast earlier this month, you missed her doing that same number accompanying herself on an acoustic guitar. Amazing. Or maybe you saw her in her previous Broadway appearance as Medium Alison in Fun Home. No matter what you see her in, be it on or off Broadway or on television, you know you are going to get a thoughtful, deeply human and vocally intense performance. That alone makes Lauren Patten the perfect choice for Ms. Broadway May 2020.

Ms. Broadway May 2020

Jagged Little Pill's

Lauren Patten

     

GETTING TO KNOW LAUREN PATTEN:

BIRTH DATE: September 22

BIRTHPLACE: Downers Grove, IL

EDUCATION: NYU, USC, The New School

SELECT THEATER CREDITS: Broadway: Jagged Little Pill, Fun Home; Off-Broadway: Days of Rage, The Goree All-Girl String Band, The Wolves, Home Street Home; Regional: Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T.), Spring Awakening (Deaf West); Television: The Good Fight, Blue Bloods

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Where Are They Now? Ms. Broadway Update: Stephanie J. Block

Six years ago, we named Stephanie J. Block as Ms. Broadway November 2013. At the time, she was starring in off-Broadway's Little Miss Sunshine. Between now and then, she's kept pretty busy with two Broadway shows, an off-Broadway show, and featured roles in two TV series. Oh, and she's won a Tony Award and, probably her greatest achievement, has a daughter! We congratulate her on all of that, and can't wait to see what she does next!

Where Are They Now?

Ms. Broadway Update:

Stephanie J. Block

Falsettos (Trina - Walter Kerr Theatre)

Tony Award Nomination - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Brigadoon (Meg - City Center)

Madam Secretary (Abby Whitman - CBS)

Rise (Patricia Saunders - NBC)

The Cher Show (Star - Pre-Broadway - Oriental Theatre)

The Cher Show (Star - Neil Simon Theatre)

Tony Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role in a Musical

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Ms. Broadway October 2019: Broadway's Jennifer Ashley Tepper

The only thing surprising about this month's Ms. Broadway is that we've waited so long to celebrate her. She lives the life most of us hardcore theater fans dream of. And she has earned it. Not only does she produce theater on and off Broadway, she is an accomplished author and noted expert on theater history. As if she didn't have enough on her plate, Jennifer Ashley Tepper is also the Creative and Programming Director of Feinstein's/54 Below! Part of a new generation of producers, Tepper really has her finger on the pulse of the theater scene, mining social media and digital opportunities to reach the broadest possible audience. Her latest projects center around the late Jonathan Larson: The Jonathan Larson Project, the concert, the recording, as well as serving as historical adviser on the upcoming film version (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) of Tick, Tick...BOOM! See what we mean? Hard to believe we took so long to honor this amazing person.

Ms. Broadway

October 2019

Jennifer Ashley Tepper

GETTING TO KNOW JENNIFER ASHLEY TEPPER

BIRTH DATE: March 5

HAILS FROM: Florida

EDUCATION: NYU Tisch School

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Author: The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volumes I-III; Director: Creative and Programming: Feinstein's/54 Below, Joe Iconis and Family, The Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza  ; Creator: If It Only Runs a Minute Series, The Jonathan Larson Project; Production Staff: [title of show], Godspell, The Performers; Producer/Co-Producer: Off-Broadway: Smokey Joe's Cafe, Be More Chill, Broadway Bounty Hunter; Broadway: The Parisian Woman, Be More Chill

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54 BELOW

CO-PRODUCER/PRODUCTION STAFF

OFF-BROADWAY

BROADWAY

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