Priscilla Lopez (born February , ) is an American singer, dancer, and
actress. She is perhaps best known for creating the role of Diana
Morales in A Chorus Line. She has had the distinction of appearing in
two Broadway landmarks: one of its greatest hits, the highly
acclaimed, long-running A Chorus Line, and, as a teenager, in one of
its biggest flops, the infamous musical version of Breakfast at
Tiffany's, which closed before opening night.Lopez was born in the
Bronx, New York to Francisco Lopez, a hotel banquet foreman and Laura
(née Candelaria), who had moved to New York from their native Puerto
Rico.Lopez graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts,
where she majored in drama; her experiences as a drama student are
depicted in the musical A Chorus Line. Had Tiffany's survived, it
would have marked her debut on Broadway, but the production was
plagued with so many problems that its creative team deemed it
impossible to fix. From there, she moved on to Henry, Sweet Henry,
which lasted only two months at the end of , when she was years old.
Her luck was no better the following year when Her First Roman lasted
two weeks.Lopez achieved critical and popular success as a replacement
in two shows: Stephen Sondheim's Company (), followed by the hit
Pippin in , taking over the role of Fastrada from original performer
Leland Palmer. Two years later, she was invited by director and
choreographer Michael Bennett to participate in a series of
tape-recorded group therapy-style sessions in which chorus boys and
girls, AKA "Gypsies," bared their souls and discussed their lives,
dreams and frustrations. From these sessions emerged A Chorus Line (),
and Lopez was invited to join the cast, portraying Diana Morales, a
character patterned after herself. She introduced the hit song "What I
Did for Love", and sang "Nothing", a song about a disastrously
unsupportive drama class at the High School of Performing Arts.
actress. She is perhaps best known for creating the role of Diana
Morales in A Chorus Line. She has had the distinction of appearing in
two Broadway landmarks: one of its greatest hits, the highly
acclaimed, long-running A Chorus Line, and, as a teenager, in one of
its biggest flops, the infamous musical version of Breakfast at
Tiffany's, which closed before opening night.Lopez was born in the
Bronx, New York to Francisco Lopez, a hotel banquet foreman and Laura
(née Candelaria), who had moved to New York from their native Puerto
Rico.Lopez graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts,
where she majored in drama; her experiences as a drama student are
depicted in the musical A Chorus Line. Had Tiffany's survived, it
would have marked her debut on Broadway, but the production was
plagued with so many problems that its creative team deemed it
impossible to fix. From there, she moved on to Henry, Sweet Henry,
which lasted only two months at the end of , when she was years old.
Her luck was no better the following year when Her First Roman lasted
two weeks.Lopez achieved critical and popular success as a replacement
in two shows: Stephen Sondheim's Company (), followed by the hit
Pippin in , taking over the role of Fastrada from original performer
Leland Palmer. Two years later, she was invited by director and
choreographer Michael Bennett to participate in a series of
tape-recorded group therapy-style sessions in which chorus boys and
girls, AKA "Gypsies," bared their souls and discussed their lives,
dreams and frustrations. From these sessions emerged A Chorus Line (),
and Lopez was invited to join the cast, portraying Diana Morales, a
character patterned after herself. She introduced the hit song "What I
Did for Love", and sang "Nothing", a song about a disastrously
unsupportive drama class at the High School of Performing Arts.
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