Christy Baron is an American

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and

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singer, and actress.

Early life and education

A native of

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, Baron is a graduate of the drama department at

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. While a student there, she performed at jazz clubs in the Pittsburgh area.

Career

On Broadway, she portrayed Fantine in ''Les Miserables'' for six years. During her career, she has worked with

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, and

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. Her acting career includes acting at the

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and in the feature film '' Pants on Fire'' (2000). In 1997, a standing-room-only crowd attended Birdland jazz club when Baron and her band opened there. She has performed with the

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,. and for a year she was a featured performer in the musical revue ''Mad Hattan'' in the New York New York Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Christopher Loudon, reviewing Baron's album ''Take This Journey'' for ''JazzTimes'', wrote that her singing on the album has "an unfiltered honesty that’s as refreshing as an early morning snowfall and fulfilling as a heartfelt compliment."

Discography

* ''I Thought About You'' (1997) * ''Steppin' '' (2000) * ''Take This Journey'' (2002)

References

External links

Official Website Profile at All About Jazz
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baron, Christy Living people Singers from Pennsylvania Jazz musicians from Pittsburgh American women jazz singers Songwriters from Pennsylvania American women songwriters 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American women jazz musicians Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni Chesky Records artists 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singers Actresses from Pennsylvania 20th-century American singers Year of birth missing (living people)