Caissie Levy

Caissie Levy
Levy outside the stage door of Ghost: the Musical in London.
Born	Caissie Shira Levy (1981-04-15) 15 April 1981 (age 40) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Singer, actress
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	David Reiser ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2
Website	www.caissielevy.com

Caissie Levy (born April 15, 1981) is a Canadian-American actress and singer, mainly known for her work in musical theatre on Broadway and in the West End. Her early Broadway credits included Penny Pingleton in Hairspray and Sheila in Hair, also playing this role in the West End. She originated the role of Molly Jensen in Ghost: the Musical in the West End and on Broadway, and played Fantine in the 2014 Broadway revival of Les Miserables. Levy also originated the role of Elsa in Frozen on Broadway.

Early life[]

Levy was born in Ontario to Jewish parents Mark, a general practitioner, and Lisa Levy, an administrator at her husband's medical practice.^[1] She has two elder brothers, Robi and Josh, who are film directors/writers/producers known as The Levy Brothers. Levy attended Camp Ramah in Canada^[2] and graduated from Westdale Secondary School in 1999.^[3] Levy next attended New York's American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).^[3]

Career[]

A week after graduating from AMDA in 2002, Levy was cast in the role of Maureen Johnson in the U.S. national tour of Rent. Levy then played the role of Penny Pingleton in both the Broadway (2006) and U.S. national tour companies of Hairspray after understudying the role in the Toronto company.^[4] During this time, she also covered the role of Amber Von Tussle. In 2008, Levy starred as Elphaba in the Los Angeles sit-down production of Wicked, alongside Megan Hilty as Glinda. She had previously understudied the role on Broadway and briefly served as standby in Los Angeles.^[5] She next starred as Sheila in the Broadway revival of Hair in 2009–2010 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.^[6] She transferred to the West End revival in 2010 at the Gielgud Theatre.^[7]

In 2011–2012, Levy originated the role of Molly Jensen in Ghost: the Musical at Manchester Opera House and then in London's West End at the Piccadilly Theatre.^[8] She transferred to the Broadway production in 2012 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.^[9] She can be heard on the cast recordings for Hair and Ghost as well as singing, "Please Don't Let Me Go" on the re-release of composer Scott Alan's album Keys. Levy can also be heard singing "Dear Daddy" on composer Bobby Cronin's album and "I Am Yours" on composer Jonathan Reid Gealt's album Thirteen Stories Down.^{[citation needed]}

Levy released an EP, With You, in 2013^[10][11] and gave two concerts at the London Hippodrome Casino the same year.^[12][13] Also in 2013, Levy starred as Sara in the Manhattan Theatre production of Murder Ballad, a musical by Trip Cullman, at the off-Broadway Union Square Theatre.^[14][15] She played Fantine in the Broadway revival of Les Miserables at the Imperial Theatre in 2014–2015.^[16][17]

Levy originated the role of Elsa in the stage adaptation of Frozen, which opened in Denver in 2017^[18] and moved to Broadway in February 2018.^[19] She departed the Broadway production, after two years, on February 16, 2020.^[20]

Personal life[]

On October 30, 2011, Levy married actor David Reiser in an evening ceremony at the Soho Beach House in Miami, after five years of dating.^[21] In February 2016, Levy gave birth to the couple's first child, a son named Izaiah.^[22] In March 2021, Levy gave birth to the couple's second child, a daughter named Talulah Ruby.^[23]

On January 21, 2021, Levy officially became a US citizen.^[24]

Work[]

Theatre[]

Television[]

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Film[]

Discography[]

Solo Recordings[]

• With You – released independently (2013)

Cast Recordings[]

• Hair – Ghostlight Records (2009)
• Ghost The Musical – Ghost Rights Worldwide LLP (2011)
• With You: Ghost The Musical Stand Up to Cancer EP – Ghost Rights Worldwide LLP (2011)
• Frozen: The Broadway Musical – Walt Disney Records (2018)

References[]

External links[]

• Caissie Levy at the Internet Broadway Database
• Official Site
• Interview with Caissie Levy January 2013