Allison Fischer (born October 19, 1988)Biodata
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Life and career

Originally from northern

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, Fischer had her first professional performance in the

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musical ''King Island Christmas'' in 2000. Also in 2000, Fischer performed on Broadway at

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as Grace Smythe in ''

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'', alongside

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and

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. She played Lady Jane in the Off-Broadway musical version of ''

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'' from 2002 to 2003, and briefly performed at Playwrights Horizon in January 2003 in

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's musical, ''Violet''. In 2004 she was an understudy in the

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show ''Children's Letters to God''. The musical opened at the

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on June 30, 2004, and closed on January 2, 2005. In 2006 Fischer starred in the musical '' Lestat'', playing Claudia in the

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and

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musical. The musical was a flop, only running on Broadway from April 25 to May 28. Fischer went on to play the role of Patty Simcox in the 2007 revival of '' Grease'' at the

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. She performed from its opening on August 19, 2007, until it closed on January 4, 2009. Fischer also played Patty Simcox in the Broadway National Tour of Grease. Since then Fischer has been part of Yale's Musical Theatre Festival with the new musical "The Profit of Creation," sang back-up for Florence and The Machine, and was a part of several upcoming indie films. On television, Allison Fischer played the role of Megan on the now defunct soap opera, ''

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''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischer, Allison Living people Actresses from New Jersey American musical theatre actresses American soap opera actresses 1988 births 21st-century American women