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Ali Ewoldt (born October 6, 1982) is a Filipino-American theatre actress, who made her Broadway debut in the ''
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'' revival in 2006, playing Cosette. She has also performed on national and international tours and in U.S. regional theatre. She became well known as the first Asian-American actress to star as Christine Daaé in '' The Phantom of the Opera'' on Broadway.


Life and career

Ewoldt was born in Chicago to a Filipina mother and a Euro-American father and raised in Pleasantville, New York. After performing as a child in a nearby regional theater and in
musical theatre Musical theatre is a form of theatre, theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, ...
in high school, she went on to graduate ''cum laude'' from
Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
. Ewoldt performed the role of Princess Jasmine in
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, and she also worked at the Tokyo Disney theme park before appearing in a U.S. tour of ''
Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...
''. She began the tour as a member of the ensemble, and later understudied the role of Cosette, before she finally received the role during the tour. She then played Cosette in the ''Les Misérables'' Broadway revival in 2006.''Les Misérables''
"Who's Who in the Cast"
,
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, ''
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'', November 9, 2006, accessed December 24, 2012 From 2009 to 2011, Ewoldt starred in North American tour and in the 50th anniversary international tour of ''
West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a Musical theatre, musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a Book (musical theatre), book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo an ...
''. In 2015, she played Tuptim in a tour of ''
The King and I ''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the childr ...
'', where she "received the loudest applause from the audience after she sang her stirring, operatic interpretation of 'My Lord and Master. Other regional theatre roles include Luisa in ''
The Fantasticks ''The Fantasticks'' is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play ''The Romancers'' (''Les Romanesques'') by Edmond Rostand, concerning two ne ...
'' at the Mt. Washington Valley Theatre Co. In 2015, she appeared in ''The King and I'' revival on Broadway. On June 13, 2016, she joined the Broadway company of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' as the show's first Asian-American Christine. Ewoldt sang the role of Briella (Dorabella) in Salastina's world premiere of Vid Guerrerio's production of ''OC Fan Tutte'' for Salastina in Los Angeles, an updated English-language version of Mozart's 1790 opera ''
Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...
''.


Performance credits


See also

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Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area In the New York metropolitan area, Filipinos constitute one of the largest diasporas in the Western Hemisphere. By 2014 Census estimates, the List of Combined Statistical Areas, New York City-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined ...


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ewoldt, Ali 1982 births Living people Actors from Park Ridge, Illinois People from Pleasantville, New York 21st-century American actresses American musical theatre actresses Actresses from New York (state) American actresses of Filipino descent Yale University alumni