The Little Voice Big Enough to Fill A Broadway House
April 17th, 2009
Last night, Scott and I spent part of the evening at the Paley Center with Kristin Chenoweth and some of her fans, to celebrate her multifaceted career and new autobiography.
We saw some amazing clips of her work on stage and screen and heard some great stories about her life.
A pattern came to light early on in the evening: Kristin took on some of her biggest roles to date without any guarantees, without anything fully fleshed out — she just went with her inner voice.
She was offered Glinda in Wicked when that role had barely a few scenes and helped develop it. The same was true for Pushing Daisies. She agreed to do Charlie Brown without even having a scripted role at all — she helped the creative team come up with Sally from newspaper comic snippets.
To do Charlie Brown, for which she won the Tony, she turned down a role in Annie Get Your Gun with Bernadette Peters!
At the end of the night, when she signed my book, I told Kristin how much I respected what she said about listening to her inner voice and following through on risks. She rolled her eyes and said, “Everrryyybody told me to do “Annie Get Your Gun”…Everybody.”
Her inner voice was louder than the din, and she followed what she knew to be right, even if she wasn’t sure why… and look how far that little voice has taken her.
Bravo! Bravo!
–Sue
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