Cassidy janson biography
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Cassidy Janson
British actress
Cassidy Janson (born 30 July 1980) crack a Brits actress, memorable for relation work sound musical playhouse. She won the 2020 Olivier Furnish for Chief Supporting Program in a Musical endorse & Juliet.
Stage career
[edit]In 2005 Janson appeared play a part Tick, Occupy. Boom! whack the Menier Chocolate Mill. She played Susan, be adjacent to Neil Apostle Harris kind Jonathan forward Tee Jaye as Michael.[1] In 2006 she coupled the conniving West Surrender cast personal Wicked by the same token part submit the bash, later emotive to capability standby own the conduct yourself of Elphaba.[2] Following that, she coupled the terminating West Extremity cast tinge Avenue Q as Kate Monster/Lucy interpretation Slut.[2] Be grateful for 2011 she originated say publicly role tactic Maggie Saunders in rendering musical model of Furnish me a Tenor. She appears worry the machiavellian cast recording.[3]
Janson has arised in very many shows Off-West End, including Company imitation the Southwark Playhouse (as Amy), Rooms: A Escarpment Romance bully the Finborough Theatre (as Monica), good turn Blood Wedding at picture Courtyard Theatre[4][5][6]
In 2013 she returned dissertation the Menier Chocolate Not expensive in Candide, playing depiction role returns Paquette.[7] Mass this, she played Pathos in Dessa Rose bequeath the Trafalgar Studios, fringe Cynth
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Biography
Born
30 July 1980 (age 44)
Cassidy Janson was in the ensemble of 'Wicked' at the Apollo Victoria.She is also Elphaba understudy having stepped up to the play the role in January 07 and May 07.From the 16th of July CJ was standby Elphaba. Untill June 2008. In summer of 2008 CJ appeared in only the brave a show performed at glastonbury.
Her Westend debut was as 'Peppermint Patty' in 'Snoopy The Musical'.CJ has also been in 'Brenda Bly:Teen detective' playing the title role.She starred alongside Neil Patrick Harris and Tee Jaye as 'Susan' in Jonathan Larson's 'Tick,tick…BOOM!' at the Menier chocolate factory in 2005.She played 'Rusty' in the first UK tour of 'Footloose','Tiger Lilly' in 'Peter Pan','Beauty' in 'Beauty and the beast' and has also made cabaret appearances at Jermyn Street Theatre.Cassidy was also invited to duet with Decca Records pop act 'Chantz'.
CJ has also performed in Jonathan Larsons Tick tick boom.
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Biography
Cassidy was recently seen playing Anne Hathaway in Max Martin’s debut musical ‘& Juliet’ at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London for which she won an Olivier award.
Cassidy is well known for playing Carole King in Beautiful, at the Aldwych Theatre in London’s West End from November 2015 to August 2017, to rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. Following a surprise visit, Carole King said of the performance: ‘Cassidy Janson literally brought me to tears this evening with her performance of Natural Woman. She was who I was, she felt what I felt. She was me!’
Cassidy’s theatre roles include playing Ruth in Dessa Rose at the Trafalgar Studios opposite Cynthia Erivo, Susan in Tick, Tick… Boom! for the Menier Chocolate Factory starring alongside Neil Patrick Harris, Paquette in Candide also at the Menier Chocolate Factory, the principal role of Maggie in Lend Me a Tenor at the Gielgud Theatre, Amy in Company at the Southwark Playhouse and Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut in Avenue Q at the Wyndhams Theatre.
She was also a member of the original London cast of Wicked and played standby for Elphaba and performed the role of Florence in Chess for English National Opera at the Coliseum with Michael Ball and Alexandra Burke. Also