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Leenya Rideout as Texas in the original cast of the Tony Award winning 1998 Revival of Cabaret

Leenya Rideout, Kate Guyton, Jennifer Garner, & Ginifer King in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Richard Rodgers Theater

We won the 2007 Tony for best revival of a musical! Leenya Rideout (Jenny) and Fred Rose (David) from Company

watch Leenya as Jenny in Company on
PBS Great Performances
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DIRECTORS
Marianne Elliot, Tom Morris, David Leveaux, John Doyle, Sam Mendes, Rob Marshall, Les Waters, DJ Salisbury, Danny Goldstein, Isaiah Sheffer, Barry McNabb, Stephen Terrell, Michael Bogdanov, Lori Steinberg, Martin Issep, John Ruocco, Eleanor Reissa, George Faison
TRAINING
Graduated highest honors University of Colorado in Boulder with a
Bachelor of Music; voice performance major, violin performance minor
VOICE TEACHERS:
Barbara Doscher, Robert Harrison, Patrick Goeser, Brian Gill
VOCAL COACHES:
Craig Carnelia, Bill Lewis
ACTING TEACHERS:
Michael Howard, Sally Johnson, Geoffrey Owens, Sean Kelly
VIOLIN TEACHERS:
Oswald Lehnert, Allison Sherman, Denis Koromzay
DANCE TEACHERS:
Bill Hastings, John Deblass, Maria Zannieri
PLAYBILL BIO
B r o a d w a y :
Baby Joey and Matron Callahan in
War Horse at Lincoln Center,
Cyrano de Bergerac,
Jenny in
Company,
Cabaret,
1998 revival (original cast), Fred Estaire Award for best Ensemble.
O f f - B r o a d w a y :
Eternal Anniversary
at 59 E. 59th,
Yiddle with a Fiddle
at American Jewish Theatre.
The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show
at the Melting Pot Theatre, and
Cowgirls
at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
R e g i o n a l :
Aldonza/Dulcinea in
Man of La Mancha
at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina,
The Chalks
at The Bay Street Theater,
Clear
at the O'Neill Music Theater Festival,
Cardenio
at ART,
Company
at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park,
'Lily' in
Swingtime Canteen
at Gateway Playhouse,
The Summer of '42
at Mill Mountain Theater,
The Canterbury Tales
at The Guthrie Theater,
'Sgt. Sarah Brown' in
Guys & Dolls
at North Carolina Theatre,
Avenue X
at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park & Merrimack Repertory Theatre,
Honky Tonk Highway
at Florida Studio Theatre, “Maria” in
The Sound of Music,
and “Julie” in
Carousel.
I n t e r n a t i o n a l T o u r :
“Eliza Doolittle” in
My Fair Lady.
C o n c e r t :
Nothing Like a Dame 2007
at the Marquis Theater,
2008 Silver Medal and 2010 Bronze Medal Winner of the American Traditions Vocal Competition at the Savannah Music Festival,
My Favorite Broadway
PBS,
Bringing Broadway Back Home
with the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra.
F i l m :
Mona Lisa Smile,
Loser,
Columbia Pictures;
Bittersweet, and The Singing Biologist,
(independent films).
T e l e v i s i o n:
Nashville Star,
featured from 2004 Regional Finals and the
Jerry Lewis Telethon
with the Chalks
Radio:
Selected Shorts on National Public Radio

In rehearsal for Cyrano de Bergerac with Kevin Kline
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Leenya Rideout & Raul Esparza in Company at the Barrymore Theater
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