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There’ll soon be a new witch in town onBroadway, and she’s setting records!
Fox announced the news on social media Friday, explaining that her triumphant moment was a long time coming — 15 years, to be exact.
“I was living in OKC struggling to stay afloat, working at the mall with major student debt and itching to start my career,” she explained in a lengthy post on Instagram. “Checking playbill.com for auditions in NYC every day, I came across an open call forWicked. This was it for me — I had never been to NYC before, but spent almost all the money in my bank account to fly up with zero clue what I was doing.”
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“I had $18 in my bank account and didn’t know if I could afford to eat that weekend,” she recalled. “Within two days I packed up my life to move to SF…I spent the year in the SF cast ensemble, green in EVERY way.”
After netting two appearances on stage in San Francisco, Fox moved back to New York City and attempted to keep afloat for two years.
From there, she said, “I had to push. I had climbed this ladder all the way so close to the top. I wanted to be lead with every fiber of my being.”
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And now? “I am stepping into the light. I will reap what I have sown,” she proudly noted.
Her groundbreaking accomplishment for the Asian American theater community was marked as well, with the hashtag #Mixed and the notation of “A child of both worlds.”
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Fox will succeed current cast member Talia Suskauer, who plays her final performance at the Gershwin Theatre on March 5.
Wickeddebuted on Broadway in October 2003 withIdina Menzel,Kristin ChenowethandJoel Greyas the original Elphaba, Glinda and the Wizard, respectively. The show went on to win threeTony Awardsand even aGrammy Award.
source: people.com
