Danielle Ferland (born January 31, 1971) is an American actress and
singer, best known for originating the role of Little Red Ridinghood
in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods on Broadway.Ferland attended
Frank Scott Bunnell High School in Stratford, Connecticut, from
1983â€"1987 and attended New York University.She made her Broadway
debut at age 13 as Louise in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park
with George (1984). She next appeared off-Broadway in Paradise!
(1985). In 1987 she was the singing child star in Woody Allen's Radio
Days. She returned to Broadway, originating the role of Little Red
Ridinghood in the 1987 musical Into the Woods. For her performance in
Into the Woods she received the 1988 Theatre World Award and also was
nominated for the 1988 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress
in a Musical. She reunited with the original cast for three
performances in 1989 for the Season 10 premiere episode of PBS’s
American Playhouse.Other credits include The Crucible (1991), Fredrika
in A Little Night Music Lincoln Center Revival in 1991, Uncommon Women
and Others (1994), Tartuffe at the Delacorte Theatre in 1999, A Year
with Frog and Toad (2003), Engaged (2004), She Stoops to Conquer at
the Irish Repertory Company in 2005, the concert and recording of the
York Theatre production of Summer of '42 (2006), Like Love, New York
Music Festival, 2007 and All My Sons (2008).
singer, best known for originating the role of Little Red Ridinghood
in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods on Broadway.Ferland attended
Frank Scott Bunnell High School in Stratford, Connecticut, from
1983â€"1987 and attended New York University.She made her Broadway
debut at age 13 as Louise in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park
with George (1984). She next appeared off-Broadway in Paradise!
(1985). In 1987 she was the singing child star in Woody Allen's Radio
Days. She returned to Broadway, originating the role of Little Red
Ridinghood in the 1987 musical Into the Woods. For her performance in
Into the Woods she received the 1988 Theatre World Award and also was
nominated for the 1988 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress
in a Musical. She reunited with the original cast for three
performances in 1989 for the Season 10 premiere episode of PBS’s
American Playhouse.Other credits include The Crucible (1991), Fredrika
in A Little Night Music Lincoln Center Revival in 1991, Uncommon Women
and Others (1994), Tartuffe at the Delacorte Theatre in 1999, A Year
with Frog and Toad (2003), Engaged (2004), She Stoops to Conquer at
the Irish Repertory Company in 2005, the concert and recording of the
York Theatre production of Summer of '42 (2006), Like Love, New York
Music Festival, 2007 and All My Sons (2008).
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