Erin Mackey
| Erin Mackey | |
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 In Los Angeles during August 2008 |
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| Born | June 19, 1986 Fullerton, California |
Erin Mackey (Born Erin Ashley Mackey, June 19, 1986, Fullerton, California) is a stage actress/singer, best known for playing the role of Glinda in the Chicago, Los Angeles and Broadway productions of Wicked.
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[edit] Career
She is the winner of the 2003 L.A. Music Center's Spotlight Award for Non-Classical Voice. At Fullerton Children's Repertory Theater she was spotted by a manager and offered the opportunity to audition professionally for film and TV. Her first audition was for Disney's The Parent Trap, in which she was cast as Lindsay Lohan's acting double. In reality Lohan and Mackey have kept in contact with each other since they filmed the movie in 1997. [1]
In 2004, after graduating from Fullerton Union High School, she decided to pursue her main passion, theater, attending Carnegie Mellon University.[1] From 2006 until 2010, she played the role of Glinda in various productions of the musical Wicked.
After Wicked, she starred in the new Broadway musical Sondheim on Sondheim, which began previews at Studio 54 on March 19, 2010 and officially opened on April 22, 2010. The show ended its limited engagement on June 27, 2010.[2] She was most recently seen in the York Theatre production of I Remember Mama, which ran from October 8–10, 2010.[3]
In June 2011, Mackey played the role of Lucy Steele in the reading of a new musical based on Jane Austen's novel, Sense & Sensibility.[4]
Mackey succeeded Laura Osnes as Hope Harcourt in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes on September 13, 2011.[5]
[edit] Wicked
After her freshman year of college, she auditioned for the musical Wicked[1] and was offered a role as a swing on the national touring production. After appearing on tour for sereval months, she was offered a role in the Chicago company as an ensemble member and understudy for Glinda.[6] After six months, she succeeded Stacie Morgain Lewis in the lead role of Glinda on October 24, 2006.[7] She starred opposite Kristy Cates and later, Dee Roscioli in the co-lead role of Elphaba. She left the Chicago production on April 13, 2008 at the end of her contract, and was replaced by Kate Fahrner. Mackey remains the youngest actress to play Glinda in the history of the show.
She then transferred to the Los Angeles production, replacing Megan Hilty as Glinda from May 20, 2008, and starred opposite Teal Wicks (as Elphaba) in that role, through September 28, 2008. In 2009, she married former co-star Stanton Nash, who starred alongside her as Boq in Chicago.
Then, making her Broadway debut, she reprised the role of Glinda in New York, beginning August 11, 2009, replacing Alli Mauzey. She starred alongside former co-star Dee Roscioli as Elphaba.[8] She played her final performance as Glinda, to date, on January 10, 2010. She was succeeded by Katie Rose Clarke.[9]
[edit] Credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | The Parent Trap | Hallie/Annie Double | |
| 1999 | You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Fashion Party | Jenna | Video |
| 2000 | Mad Song | ||
| 2002 | Family Affair | Patricia | Episode: "No Small Parts" |
| 2002 | Do Over | Bonnie | Episode: "Halloween Kiss" |
| 2003 | Greetings from Tucson | Erica | Episode: "Ball and Chain" |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Rachel | Episode: "Re-Do" |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2006-2010 | Wicked | Swing, Ensemble, u/s Glinda, Glinda (v. productions) |
| 2010 | Sondheim on Sondheim | Performer |
| 2011 | Anything Goes | Hope Harcourt |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Hodgins, Paul."Erin Mackey of O.C. having a 'Wicked' good time," ocregister.com, June 13, 2008
- ^ Sondheim on Sondheim Extends Broadway Run playbill.com
- ^ Howard McGillin, George S. Irving, Erin Mackey and More Cast in Mufti I Remember Mama
- ^ Reading of Sense & Sensibility Musical Featured Christiane Noll, Sebastian Arcelus, Brandi Burkhardt
- ^ Hope Springs Eternal: Erin Mackey Will Be New Ingenue of Anything Goes
- ^ BWW News Desk."Erin Mackey is Chicago's New Glinda, October 24," broadwayworld.com, October 24, 2006
- ^ Gans, Andrew.Chicago Wicked Welcomes a New Glinda Oct. 24," playbill.com, October 24, 2006
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Federer to Return to Broadway's Wicked; Mackey to Join Cast", playbill.com, August 5, 2009
- ^ Katie Rose Clarke Begins Performances as Glinda in WICKED 1/12/2010
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