Marla Schaffel ) is an American actress, especially in musical
theatre, noted for her award winning performance in the title role in
the musical adaptation of Jane Eyre.Schaffel was raised in Miami,
Florida, and attended Miami Palmetto High School. She attended the
Juilliard School's drama division, as a member of Group (â€"), where
her classmates included Jeanne Tripplehorn and Laura Linney. She then
attended the Moscow Art Theatre School and was featured at the first
Soviet International Theatre Festival. She graduated from Juilliard in
.Schaffel's first major acting job was in with the original Broadway
production of Les Misérables, as a swing and understudying the role
of Fantine. She performed opposite Natalie Toro (as Eponine) and J.
Mark McVey (as Valjean). She left the theatre after turning down the
coveted role of Christine Daaé in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom
of the Opera. She had a small role in the television series Kung Fu:
The Legend Continues, as Tyler Smith, Peter Caine's girlfriend in
season .In , she won over several competitors for the title role in
the Manhattan Theatre Club workshop of Jane Eyre - The Musical. She
was featured alongside Anthony Crivello as Edward Rochester and Mary
Stout as Mrs. Fairfax. Later that year, she was featured in the world
première of the musical, starring these two as well, in Wichita,
Kansas at the Center for Arts. In , the musical had its Canadian
premiere at The Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. The show released
a cast recording.
theatre, noted for her award winning performance in the title role in
the musical adaptation of Jane Eyre.Schaffel was raised in Miami,
Florida, and attended Miami Palmetto High School. She attended the
Juilliard School's drama division, as a member of Group (â€"), where
her classmates included Jeanne Tripplehorn and Laura Linney. She then
attended the Moscow Art Theatre School and was featured at the first
Soviet International Theatre Festival. She graduated from Juilliard in
.Schaffel's first major acting job was in with the original Broadway
production of Les Misérables, as a swing and understudying the role
of Fantine. She performed opposite Natalie Toro (as Eponine) and J.
Mark McVey (as Valjean). She left the theatre after turning down the
coveted role of Christine Daaé in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom
of the Opera. She had a small role in the television series Kung Fu:
The Legend Continues, as Tyler Smith, Peter Caine's girlfriend in
season .In , she won over several competitors for the title role in
the Manhattan Theatre Club workshop of Jane Eyre - The Musical. She
was featured alongside Anthony Crivello as Edward Rochester and Mary
Stout as Mrs. Fairfax. Later that year, she was featured in the world
première of the musical, starring these two as well, in Wichita,
Kansas at the Center for Arts. In , the musical had its Canadian
premiere at The Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. The show released
a cast recording.
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