Here's some facts on Carly Rose Sonenclar
Sonenclar was born in
New York City and resides in
Mamaroneck, New York. She began singing at age two, imitating several of the performers on the early years of
American Idol.
She took numerous singing, dancing and acting classes, and one of her
teachers put her in touch with a New York City talent agency, which
signed her. She is Jewish.
She enjoys softball and has an older brother, Russell.
Sonenclar began her professional career in 2006 in
The Night of the Hunter
at the New York Musical Theater Festival in which she played the lead
role of Pearl. In that same year, she made her Broadway debut in
Les Miserables as Young Cosette. In 2009, she appeared in the national tour of
Little House on the Prairie the Musical, starring
Melissa Gilbert,
originating the principal role of Carrie. Sonenclar made her television
debut as Gilda Flip, the newest Prankster and protégé of the lovably
evil Francine Carruthers, the leader of the Pranksters, in season three
of
The Electric Company, produced by Sesame Workshop and airing on PBS.
[3]
In 2011, Sonenclar originated the principal role of Chloe in the short-lived musical
Wonderland on Broadway and the earlier Tampa workshop. This musical featured music by
Frank Wildhorn, best known for the musical
Jekyll and Hyde. In this role, she garnered good reviews,
[4] including one by
The New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood, who described Sonenclar as a good actress and an "almost preternaturally skilled singer",
[5] and comparisons to
Sutton Foster[6]
She is a featured soloist on the cast CD produced by Sony Masterworks
and was named the 2011 Best Young Performer by broadwayworld.com. Most
recently, Sonenclar originated the lead role of Parsley in
The Big Bank, a new musical which was performed at the New York Musical Theater Festival in October, 2011.
[7]
Sonenclar has appeared in two feature movies, a small role in
The Nanny Diaries playing "child of nanny"
[8] and
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, and has made numerous TV guest appearances, including ABC News, WPIX Morning News and NBC News.
Singing career
Sonenclar has sung the National Anthem for the
New York Knicks at
Madison Square Garden, the
Los Angeles Dodgers at
Dodger Stadium and at the
US Open in
New York City.
[9] She has performed at numerous charity benefits including one at which she was accompanied by the ex-New York Yankee great,
Bernie Williams, who is a world-class Puerto Rican-born guitarist and recording artist.
(thanks to wikipedia for this)
