Coming up this Saturday on Finding Your Bliss, Broadway star Chilina Kennedy is our exclusive guest! Bliss Expert and Life Coach Judy Librach is looking forward to sitting down with the talented star about some of the exciting things Chilina is up to now! 

Chilina is known for playing Carole King in the musical “Beautiful” on Broadway for over 1,200 performances. She also recently originated the Tony-award winning role of Dina on the “First Broadway National Tour of The Band’s Visit”. Chilina’s first appearance on Broadway was in 2012 when she played Mary Magdalene in Des McAnuff’s “Jesus Christ Superstar”, which also had successful runs at the Stratford Festival of Canada and the La Jolla Playhouse. Other U.S. credits include the World Premiere of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”, in which she originated the role of Phoebe at Hartford Stage and The Old Globe in San Diego (San Diego and Connecticut Outer Critics nominations), the World Premiere of “A Sign Of The Times” as Cindy (Delaware Theatre Company), Binky in the Off-Broadway World Premiere of “This Ain’t No Disco” (Dir. Darko Tresnjak/Chor. Camille A. Brown) and Sophie in the 1st U.S. National Tour of “Mamma Mia!”.

 

 

Selected Canadian credits include the title role in Ted Dykstra’s “Evangeline” (Charlottetown Festival and original recording), the title role in Ross Petty’s “Pantomime: The Little Mermaid” (Toronto Critic’s Award), three seasons at the Stratford Festival (three Broadway World Awards) including Maria in Gary Griffin’s “West Side Story”, Eva Peròn in “Evita”, Lois Lane in “Kiss Me Kate”, three seasons at the Shaw Festival, the World Premiere of “The Lord of the Rings” (Mirvish), Philia in “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” (Stratford/Toronto), Cecily in “The Importance of Being Earnest” (Neptune) and the title role in “Mary Poppins” (Theatre Aquarius). 

What a resumé! 

Chilina is also a singer/songwriter with a debut album “What You Find In A Bottle”, released in 2015. Chilina has written a new musical “Call It Love” with Eric Holmes, who is known for being a writer for “The Good Fight” on CBS. Featuring music and lyrics by Chilina, book co-written by Eric and Chilina, and musical arrangements by Rick Fox, “Call It Love” has been developed in the New York City area by Eclipse Theatre Company with the first Canadian workshop planned for May 2020. Chilina has also worked with Burt Bacharach, guest starred in concert with the TSO, Colm Wilkinson and Jason Robert Brown. You can hear Chilina’s voice on CBC’s “Celebrate The Seasons” and “Carols For A Cure”. Chilina is a graduate of Sheridan College and the Birmingham Conservatory for classical theatre in Stratford. 

 

 

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