Heather Parcells is an American

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, singer and dancer. She is a graduate of

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's musical theatre training BFA program. She has toured the US as Velma Kelly in the musical show ''

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'', as well as Miss Dorothy in ''

Thoroughly Modern Millie ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' is a 1967 American musical romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay by Richard Morris, based on the 1956 British musical ''Chrysanthemum'', follows a naïve young ...

'' and the ensemble in ''

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''. She made her Broadway debut in ''

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' is a 1968 children's film, children's Musical film, musical fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli. It stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, ...

'' and in 2007 played Judy in the revival of ''

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'' on Broadway. She attended

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in Newport News, Virginia, where she got her first taste of performing when she landed the role of Audrey in ''

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'' during her junior year of high school. Her first paying performance was playing Gordon the Dragon (immersed in a sweltering full-body costume) at

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. Her most recent appearance on Broadway came in ''

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.''Tuck Everlasting

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. 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016 In 2024 she performed in Timberlake Playhouses production of “Anything Goes” in the lead role of Reno Sweeney

References

External links

Official website
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