In 2009, Christmas came early for Alex Chester, who fulfilled a longtime dream when she booked the role of Punky Who in the Los Angeles production of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Chester, a native of Long Beach, Calif., and a student at Cal State Long Beach, had always dreamed of appearing at the Pantages. "I grew up seeing shows there," she says. "It was just so amazing to be [working] at the Pantages, I actually kind of cried when I got the part."After reading about the audition in Back Stage, Chester attended the open call, which proved to be quite demanding. "They were looking for adults to play children," she says. "We did a dance combination—more like very stylized movement—and they wanted to see how kidlike we could be. Then I sang 16 bars, and they were like, 'Okay, now do that song...
- 1/13/2010
- backstage.com
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