Several years ago I went to the open call for a workshop of On Your Feet!, the Gloria and Emilio Estefan musical. I got my theater experience for Broadway in high school. Genao: I have been singing Spanish songs in church since I was little. Makeup was running down my face.īrunner: When did you know you had to be a performer? When I finally came into the room, thinking I was going to have to sing again, Andrew Weber stood up and asked if I could be Cinderella. I thought, I don't think I could do this again.

I just knew this was something that I could do.Īt my last callback they had us sing the songs over and over and over. But every time I got further and further, I felt a level of confidence that I've never felt before. It was one of the most intense auditions I've ever been through. Linedy Genao: They offered the role to me in the room during my final callback. Jeryl Brunner: Can you bring me to when you learned you were cast as Cinderella? It's such an honor to be able to represent my Latin community as a princess.” 'As a proud Dominican American, I am most excited about this opportunity to represent my community and show the world that fairy tales do come true - and are for everybody. 'I have been dreaming about originating a leading role on Broadway for just about my entire life, but never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine achieving that dream alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber and such an incredible team of collaborators,” said Genao. Before getting to Broadway she received her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut and worked in banking. “My heart is bursting,” said the Dominican actress who was born in Brooklyn and raised in Hamden, Connecticut. Genao made her Broadway debut in On Your Feet! was in Dear Evan Hansen and most recently starred as Gloria Estefan in On Your Feet! at Paper Mill Playhouse.

Bad Cinderella is produced on Broadway by No Guarantees and Really Useful Group, with Wagner Johnson Productions serving as Executive Producers. In addition to music by Lloyd Webber, Bad Cinderella features a book by Emerald Fennell, who won an Oscar writing the screenplay for Promising Young Woman, lyrics by David Zippel, direction by Laurence Connor and choreography by JoAnn M.

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