Shayna McPherson
Biography
Training: The Urdang Academy. Theatre includes The Artist (Theatre Royal, Plymouth), Sunset Blvd. (West End), Johannes Radebe: Freedom Unleashed (U.K. tour), Aladdin (Stuttgart), The Wiz (Hope Mill Theatre). Film includes Disenchanted (Disney). Shayna is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in Sunset Blvd.
Credits
Sunset Boulevard
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Maggie Likcani
Currently in: Sunset Boulevard
Broadway debut! Likcani received her BFA from Montclair State University in 2023. Regional: The REV, WPPAC and Forestburgh Playhouse. Thank you to her supportive and loving family, the team at Clear Talent Group, and her Center Stage Academy family!
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Caroline Bowman
Currently in: SMASH
Currently, the Norma Desmond standby in the Revival of Sunset Blvd. Fresh off her 5-year run as Elsa in the North American tour of Disney’s Frozen playing over 1,000 performances. Broadway/Tours include Kinky Boots OBC and closing cast (Nicola), Wicked (Elphaba), Evita (Eva Peron, Helen Hayes nomination), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Fame (Carmen) and Grease (Rizzo). Select Regional: The Muny (All Shook up, Kinky Boots), Cape Playhouse (Gypsy), Toby’s Dinner Theatre (Joseph and the…) Helen Hayes nomination, Vancouver Opera (Evita). She holds a BFA in musical theatre from Penn State. Gratitude always to her team: Jen Namoff at Artists First, Brian Davidson at Innovative Artists and Bernie Telsey casting. Could never do this without family. Endless love to my number one, Austin Colby. God is good.
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Brandon LaVar
Currently in: Sunset Boulevard
Broadway: MJ the Musical. Tour: Hello, Dolly! Regional: Muny, Maltz Jupiter Theater, Seattle Fifth Avenue Theatre. Film and televi- sion: “The Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt” and “Westworld.”
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Justice Moore
Currently in: Sunset Boulevard
Broadway: Hamilton, Once Upon a One More Time. National tours: Hamilton. Live shows: Doja Cat (“VMAs”), Tyla (“Colbert Show”), Stray Kids (“YouTube Brandcast”). TV/film: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Better Nate Than Ever, “East New York.” Associate cho- reographer: Fangirls (UK), Jelly’s Last Jam. Stay kind.
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Shavey Brown
Currently in: Sunset Boulevard
Broadway debut! National and international tours: Hadestown, The Prom, LCT’s My Fair Lady and Dreamgirls. Off-Broadway: Once Upon a Mattress (City Center), Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Love to my husband and two sons, WAM and SDG.
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Mandy Gonzalez
Currently in: Sunset Boulevard
is an accomplished film, TV, stage actor, and author. She possesses one of the most powerful and versatile contemporary voices of our time. Her first Broadway role was in Aida and has since gone on to originate the role of ‘Nina Rosario’ in the Tony® Award-winning Broadway musical, In The Heights, for which she received a Drama Desk Award. She is also among the Broadway greats who have taken on the role of ‘Elphaba’ in Wicked and most recently she starred in the megahit Hamilton as ‘Angelica Schuyler’ for six years. Along with being a stage actor, Gonzalez has been featured in television and movie roles including “The Good Wife,” “Madam Secretary,” Across the Universe, “Quantico,” and “Only Murders in the Building.” A frequent concert soloist, Gonzalez has performed with symphony orchestras around the world. Highlights include Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops, Boston Pops, Philly Pops, the National Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, and Atlanta Pops to name a few. Gonzalez released her debut album FEARLESS in 2017, which debuted in the Top 20 of iTunes pop charts. In her quest to create positive change, Gonzalez is the proud founder of #FearlessSquad – a social media movement for inclusiveness and positivity. She is also an accomplished author who recently published her young adult series, FEARLESS – a four-book middle-grade series that follows young thespians whose brushes with the supernatural teach them about theater, friendship, and themselves. Gonzalez is deeply committed to advocating for underserved communities and schools. She serves on the boards of BCRF (Breast Cancer Research Foundation) and BC/EFA (Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS), where she actively promotes awareness and fundraising efforts.
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