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Harada earned her [[Equity Card]] in 1987 when she was cast in [[Maury Yeston]] and [[Larry Gelbart]]'s ''1,2,3,4,5'' at [[Manhattan Theatre Club]].<ref>Harada, Ann. [http://aeaweb.actorsequity.org/AboutEquity/HowIGotMyEquityCard/Ecard_Harada.asp How I Got My Equity Card.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724223455/http://aeaweb.actorsequity.org/AboutEquity/HowIGotMyEquityCard/Ecard_Harada.asp |date=July 24, 2011 }} Retrieved May 2, 2008.</ref> She is a member of the [[Vineyard Theatre]]'s Community of Artists and appeared in four original musicals there, including ''Hit the Lights!''.<ref>Ann Harada biography from ''Avenue Q'' UK production {{cite web|url=http://www.avenueqthemusical.co.uk/the-show/cast/ann-harada.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-09-08 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713172324/http://www.avenueqthemusical.co.uk |
Harada earned her [[Equity Card]] in 1987 when she was cast in [[Maury Yeston]] and [[Larry Gelbart]]'s ''1,2,3,4,5'' at [[Manhattan Theatre Club]].<ref>Harada, Ann. [http://aeaweb.actorsequity.org/AboutEquity/HowIGotMyEquityCard/Ecard_Harada.asp How I Got My Equity Card.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724223455/http://aeaweb.actorsequity.org/AboutEquity/HowIGotMyEquityCard/Ecard_Harada.asp |date=July 24, 2011 }} Retrieved May 2, 2008.</ref> She is a member of the [[Vineyard Theatre]]'s Community of Artists and appeared in four original musicals there, including ''Hit the Lights!''.<ref>Ann Harada biography from ''Avenue Q'' UK production {{cite web|url=http://www.avenueqthemusical.co.uk/the-show/cast/ann-harada.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-09-08 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713172324/http://www.avenueqthemusical.co.uk/the-show/cast/ann-harada.php |archivedate=2006-07-13 |df= }} Retrieved May 10, 2008.</ref> |
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In 1998, Harada starred in the National Asian American Theatre Company's highly praised All-Asian production of [[William Finn]]'s ''[[Falsettoland]]''. Peter Marks of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described her rendition of "Holding to the Ground" as a "full-throttle success".<ref>Marks, Peter. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/17/movies/theater-review-it-s-family-that-matters-no-matter-what-family.html THEATER REVIEW; It's Family That Matters, No Matter What Family] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080551/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/17/movies/theater-review-it-s-family-that-matters-no-matter-what-family.html |date=March 5, 2016 }}, ''The New York Times'', July 17, 1998. Retrieved January 14, 2012.</ref> Also in 1998, Harada had a small part in the [[Todd Solondz]] film ''[[Happiness (1998 film)|Happiness]]'' as one of the co-workers of [[Jane Adams (actress)|Jane Adams]]'s character. |
In 1998, Harada starred in the National Asian American Theatre Company's highly praised All-Asian production of [[William Finn]]'s ''[[Falsettoland]]''. Peter Marks of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described her rendition of "Holding to the Ground" as a "full-throttle success".<ref>Marks, Peter. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/17/movies/theater-review-it-s-family-that-matters-no-matter-what-family.html THEATER REVIEW; It's Family That Matters, No Matter What Family] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080551/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/17/movies/theater-review-it-s-family-that-matters-no-matter-what-family.html |date=March 5, 2016 }}, ''The New York Times'', July 17, 1998. Retrieved January 14, 2012.</ref> Also in 1998, Harada had a small part in the [[Todd Solondz]] film ''[[Happiness (1998 film)|Happiness]]'' as one of the co-workers of [[Jane Adams (actress)|Jane Adams]]'s character. |
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Harada has reprised the character of Christmas Eve for a series of one-night-only benefits for [[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS]] originally entitled ''Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve''. The premise is that Christmas Eve (the night) is when all of the fantasies of Christmas Eve (the character) come true and all of those fantasies involve singing duets with Broadway leading men in ways that hysterically reinterpret well-known showtunes. The third annual ''Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve'' was on 12 December 2011. |
Harada has reprised the character of Christmas Eve for a series of one-night-only benefits for [[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS]] originally entitled ''Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve''. The premise is that Christmas Eve (the night) is when all of the fantasies of Christmas Eve (the character) come true and all of those fantasies involve singing duets with Broadway leading men in ways that hysterically reinterpret well-known showtunes. The third annual ''Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve'' was on 12 December 2011. |
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The fourth ''Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve'' was held on 2 December 2013. Harada's guests for 2013 included [[Cinderella (musical)|''Cinderella'']]'s [[Santino Fontana]], [[Max von Essen]] and [[Smash (TV series)|''Smash'']] co-stars [[Leslie Odom, Jr.]] and [[Wesley Taylor]]. |
The fourth ''Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve'' was held on 2 December 2013. Harada's guests for 2013 included [[Cinderella (musical)|''Cinderella'']]'s [[Santino Fontana]], [[Max von Essen]] and [[Smash (TV series)|''Smash'']] co-stars [[Leslie Odom, Jr.]] and [[Wesley Taylor]]. |
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Revision as of 11:11, 6 July 2017
Ann Harada | |
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Born | |
Education | Brown University |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1987-present |
Ann Harada (born February 3, 1964) is an American New York-based actress who is best known for the musical Avenue Q in which she originated the role of Christmas Eve, the heavily accented Japanese therapist.
Early life
Harada was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was raised in Hawaii and attended the Punahou School[1] and Brown University. She was active in theatre from high school. After college, she moved to New York City and, anticipating working in production, worked with producer Suzanne Schwartz.[2] Finding stage production not completely satisfactory, she performed with the New York City Gay Men's Chorus as a vocalist, performed cabaret, and appeared in the Broadway production of M. Butterfly.[3]
Career
Harada earned her Equity Card in 1987 when she was cast in Maury Yeston and Larry Gelbart's 1,2,3,4,5 at Manhattan Theatre Club.[4] She is a member of the Vineyard Theatre's Community of Artists and appeared in four original musicals there, including Hit the Lights!.[5]
In 1998, Harada starred in the National Asian American Theatre Company's highly praised All-Asian production of William Finn's Falsettoland. Peter Marks of The New York Times described her rendition of "Holding to the Ground" as a "full-throttle success".[6] Also in 1998, Harada had a small part in the Todd Solondz film Happiness as one of the co-workers of Jane Adams's character.
Harada was in the original Broadway company of the legendary flop Seussical in 2000. She had also been in its first workshop and all of the pre-Broadway iterations of that show. About her experience she said "It was such a roller-coaster ride — everything that could go wrong went wrong. You'd just show up to work every day and go, 'I wonder what's going to happen today.'...There was way too much drama for one show to take, and it didn't deserve that kind of drama because it's really a great little show. . . . I loved it, and I still love it. . . I just keep thinking about what it was like doing that first workshop and us all just being so blown away by it and being so excited."[7]
Avenue Q
Harada was involved in Avenue Q since the first performance of the show at the York Theatre in 2000.[8] Lyricist Amanda Green had recommended Harada to Avenue Q writers Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. She opened Avenue Q at the Vineyard Theatre in New York in March 2003 and moved with the show to Broadway that July. She took a break for maternity leave in late 2004, returning in early 2005.[8] Her son is named Elvis.[7] Harada left the Broadway company of Avenue Q on 26 February 2006. Her role was taken over by Ann Sanders. In June 2006, she opened the London production of Avenue Q at the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End. She played her last performance on 18 November 2006; the role was taken over by Naoko Mori. She is the only actress who played the role of Christmas Eve in both the Broadway and London productions of Avenue Q.[9]
About her performance in the Broadway production, Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times: "Counseling the romantically troubled Kate, she temporarily drops her habitually pinched voice to deliver, in the show's wittiest coup de théâtre, a full-throated ballad in the manner of a 1950's musical diva...The more you love someone/The more you want to kill him, Christmas sings in a shivery, rafters-shaking alto. And though you can construe the song as a satire if you choose, there is no doubt that Christmas means every word she sings."[10] Hilton Als, in The New Yorker, in another rave for the show, noted that Avenue Q "has so much to recommend it...But not to single out the remarkable Ann Harada — a funny girl who can sing, act, and let the audience in on the joke all at the same time — would be a mistake."[11]
On July 6, 2009, Harada returned as part of the final Broadway cast of Avenue Q. The show closed on September 13, 2009. A September 15 New York Times article stated the show would relocate to an Off-Broadway location, and resume production October 3.[12]
Harada has reprised the character of Christmas Eve for a series of one-night-only benefits for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS originally entitled Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve. The premise is that Christmas Eve (the night) is when all of the fantasies of Christmas Eve (the character) come true and all of those fantasies involve singing duets with Broadway leading men in ways that hysterically reinterpret well-known showtunes. The third annual Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve was on 12 December 2011. [13] The fourth Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve was held on 2 December 2013. Harada's guests for 2013 included Cinderella's Santino Fontana, Max von Essen and Smash co-stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Wesley Taylor. [14] The fifth edition on December 14, 2015, bore a new name, Christmas Eve's Holiday Hunkfest. It featured Adam Jacobs, Michael Rupert, and Joel Perez among the hunks.[15] The sixth edition Hunkfest on December 14, 2016 featured Santino Fontana, James Monroe Iglehart, and Corey Cott.[16]
After Avenue Q
On April 24, 2007, Harada joined the Broadway company of Les Misérables playing Madame Thénardier; she replaced the British actress Jenny Galloway.[17] Harada left Les Misérables on October 30, 2007, replaced by Galloway.
Harada is featured in the Wes Anderson-directed commercials for AT&T which began airing in September 2007.[18]
Harada rejoined Avenue Q star John Tartaglia as a guest star on his television show Johnny and the Sprites. Harada sings the Laurence O'Keefe song "Everything Must Go" on an episode entitled "The Sprites Save Grotto's Grove". It premiered on the Disney Channel on 22 March 2008.[19]
Harada did "sharp work" in The Muny's production of High School Musical in St. Louis in 2008[20] playing Ms. Darbus, the drama teacher.[21]
She was in the original cast of the Dolly Parton musical 9 to 5 (based on the film of the same name) as Kathy and in the ensemble through June 21, 2009.[22] She left to return to the cast of Avenue Q.
In May 2011, she played the role of Annette in a production of Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning play God of Carnage at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[23]
Her recording of A Last Confession (lyrics by William Butler Yeats) on Steve Marzullo's album Show Some Beauty, was a Playlist pick in USA Today in June 2011.[24]
She appeared as Linda, the stage manager of the show-within-a-show, in eighteen episodes of NBC's musical drama Smash alongside Debra Messing, Anjelica Huston, Jack Davenport and her 9 to 5 colleague Megan Hilty.[25]
From January 2013 to December 2014, she has appeared in the Broadway premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella as the stepsister Charlotte. In the original company she worked alongside Laura Osnes as Cinderella, Victoria Clark as the Fairy Godmother, Harriet Harris played her mother, Cinderella's stepmother, and Marla Mindelle her sister, the other stepsister, Gabrielle. [26] In its review of the show, Variety said that Harada gives "a hoot of a perf".[27] Scott Brown of New York, in his rave, wrote: "The score floods your brain with Rodgers’s stately, aching melodies, including the bewitching 'Ten Minutes Ago' and the clucking, catchy 'Stepsister’s Lament,' translated here into a go-for-broke chorus number centering on Harada. (If you only know Harada as stolid stage-manager Linda on Smash — and if you’re a faithful enough Smash alpha-viewer to fixate on such things — then you owe yourself this.) "[28]
Harada was the star of her own installment of Lincoln Center's 2014 American Songbook series at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room in New York City on 22 February 2014. Her set included "OK, That's Ten" a very short, previously unheard song written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for her character on Smash.[29]
Harada was in the original cast of the "goofily endearing"[30] new original musical Brooklynite, with Matt Doyle, Nicolette Robinson, and Nick Cordero. The superhero show opened its world premiere run at the Vineyard Theatre in New York on 25 February 2015.[31]
On 8 June 2015 in a one-night-only concert of Bombshell, Smash's show-within-the show, Harada reprised her Smash role as Linda the Stage Manager , then "as a substitute Marilyn" performed I Never Met a Wolf Who Didn't Love to Howl. "The fun, infections number earned the night's first major ovation", according to Entertainment Weekly's Hillary Busis.[32]
In June 2016, Harada appeared as Maggie Jones in The Muny's "spectacular"[33] production of 42nd Street and was "a treat" in its production of Mamma Mia! in July.[34]
In October 2016, "the excellent Ann Harada" appeared as Stacey in The Women's Project's world premiere of Stuffed, a new play by the comedienne Lisa Lampanelli with "some laughs here, some genuine pain and even a bit of insight".[35]
"Ann Harada is especially good in the unlikely-sounding triple role of the Emperor of Japan, a French admiral and a whorehouse madam"[36] in John Doyle's staging of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures which opened at Classic Stage Company, in New York on May 4. 2017.
Awards and Nominations
- 1998 National Board of Revenue, USA Best Acting by an Ensemble for Happiness [37]
- 2004 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical for Avenue Q [38]
- 2003-2004 Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance and Puppet Artistry for Avenue Q [39]
- 2013 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Nominee for Favorite Funny Performance for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella [40]
Broadway
Years | Show | Role | Venue |
1989-1990 | M. Butterfly | Comrade Chin | Eugene O'Neill Theater[41] |
2000-2001 | Seussical | Marshal of the Court | Richard Rogers Theatre[42] |
2003-2005, 2009 | Avenue Q | Christmas Eve | Golden Theatre [43] |
2006-2007 | Les Misérables | Madame Thénardier | Broadhurst Theater[44] |
2009 | 9 to 5 | Kathy | Minskoff Theater[45] |
2013-2014 | Rogers + Hammerstein's Cinderella | Charlotte | Broadway Theater[46] |
References
- ^ Portraits N.Y.: Ann Harada '81 Archived June 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Punahou Bulletin, Winter 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ "Sleight of Hand". ibdb.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "M. Butterfly Replacements". ibdb.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Harada, Ann. How I Got My Equity Card. Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 2, 2008.
- ^ Ann Harada biography from Avenue Q UK production "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-07-13. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
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- ^ a b Gans, Andrew. DIVA TALK: Chatting with Les Miz Star Ann Harada Plus Betty Buckley at the Blue Note[permanent dead link], Playbill, 27 July 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ a b Gans, Andrew. DIVA TALK: Catching Up with Avenue Q's Ann Harada; Family Night at the Cabaret Convention and Showstoppers! Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Playbill, 22 October 2004
- ^ "Extension and New Cast Member Announcement" (Press release). Avenue Q UK. October 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ Brantley, Ben. THEATER REVIEW; A Feeling You're Not On Sesame Street[permanent dead link], The New York Times, August 1, 2003. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ Als, Hilton. Mayhem and Madness Archived July 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, The New Yorker, August 11, 2003. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio (29 June 2009). "PHOTO CALL: Harada, Larsen and More to Join Final Avenue Q Cast". playbill.com. Retrieved 23 July 2009Template:Inconsistent citations
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- ^ "Christmas Eve's Holiday Hunkfest | Broadway Cares". broadwaycares.org. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. Avenue Vous: Harada Will Be Madame T in Les Miz, With Davis, von Essen and Bruno Archived March 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Playbill, 20 March 2007
- ^ YouTube AT&T Your Seamless World Architect Commercial Archived January 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved October 6, 2007.
- ^ Gans, Andrew. Avenue Q's Harada and Tartaglia Reunited on March 22 "Sprites" Episode[permanent dead link], Playbill, 17 March 2008
- ^ Newmark, Judith (24 June 2008). "High School Musical" (Document). St. Louis Post-DispatchTemplate:Inconsistent citations
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- ^ Gardner, Elysa (28 June 2011). "Playlist: Sam Phillips' 'So Glad,' plus 10 tracks". usatoday.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Smash (TV Series 2012-2013)". imdb.com. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (7 August 2012). "Cinderella , With Laura Osnes, Victoria Clark, Harriet Harris and More, Will Hold Court at Broadway Theatre". playbill.com. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ Stasio, Marilyn. Legit Review: 'Cinderella' Sparkles Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Variety, March 3, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ Brown, Scott. Theater Review: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, New York, March 3, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ "Ann Harada American Songbook 2014 Presented by Lincoln Center". americansongbook.org. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (25 February 2015). "Review: 'Brooklynite,' a Superhero Musical With Matt Doyle and Nicolette Robinson". New York Times. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Marzullo, Joseph (7 January 2015). "PHOTO CALL; Meet the Cast of the Vineyard's Superhero Musical Brooklynite". playbill.com. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Busis, HIllary (9 June 2015). "Here's what you missed from the one-night-only performance of the Bombshell musical from Smash". ew.com. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Gibson, Chris. "BWW Review: The MUNY'S Spectacular 42ND STREET". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- ^ Newmark, Judith (22 July 2016). "'Mamma Mia! makes its supersplashy Muny debut". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ Collins-Hughes, Laura (14 October 2016). "Review: 'Stuffed' Details Fights Women Wage With Their Weight". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ Teachout, Terry (4 May 2017). "'Pacific Overtures' Review: Shortening Sondheim". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Awards for Happiness (1998)". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "2004 Audience Choice Awards". broadway.com. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ "Awards for 2003-2004". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ "Nominees — Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards". broadway.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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External links
- Ann Harada at IMDb
- Ann Harada at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ann Harada Broadway.com Star File
- Ann Harada on X