Liz Callaway

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Liz Callaway
Birth nameElizabeth Callaway
Born (1961-04-13) April 13, 1961 (age 60)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, actress, recording artist
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1979–present
LabelsVarèse Sarabande
Websitewww.lizcallaway.com

Elizabeth Callaway (born April 13, 1961) is an American singer, actress, and recording artist, who is best known for having provided the singing voices of many female characters in animated films, such as Anya/Anastasia in Anastasia, Odette in The Swan Princess, Jasmine in the Aladdin sequels The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves, adult Kiara in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, and a dancing napkin ring in Beauty and the Beast. She was also the original Ellen in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon.

Early life, family, and education[]

Callaway was born in Chicago, Illinois to Shirley Callaway, a singer, pianist, and vocal coach, and John Callaway, a journalist.[1] Her sister is actress, composer, and singer Ann Hampton Callaway, with whom she sang the theme song for the Fran Drescher comedy series The Nanny, which Hampton Callaway also composed. Both sisters attended New Trier High School (New Trier East) in Winnetka, Illinois.[2][1] Callaway has also appeared in a number of cabaret and stage productions with her sister. Recordings of two of them, Sibling Revelry recorded live at Rainbow and Stars in 1995 and Boom! recorded live at Birdland in 2011, have been released.

Career[]

Liz Callaway made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim's short-lived Merrily We Roll Along (1981). This began a long-term professional relationship with Sondheim: Callaway has performed in a number of live concerts in his honor, appeared with Sondheim on Inside the Actors Studio, and also played the role of Young Sally in the Lincoln Center concert production of Follies with Mandy Patinkin, Barbara Cook, George Hearn, Lee Remick, Carol Burnett, Elaine Stritch, and the New York Philharmonic. Follies was recorded live and also filmed as a documentary.

Additional stage credits include Lizzie in Baby (for which she earned a Tony Award nomination), The Three Musketeers, The Spitfire Grill (for which she earned a Drama Desk Award nomination), Sunday in the Park with George, Evita, Cats, and Miss Saigon. Liz also performed in The Look of Love, a 2003 musical revue of the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Callaway also had her own children's television show on WNEV-TV in Boston, Ready to Go, which ran from 1987 to 1991. She left this series to begin rehearsals for Miss Saigon on Broadway.

In July 2012, she starred as Norma Desmond in the Pittsburgh CLO's new production of Sunset Boulevard[3]

Callaway has also provided the singing voices for a number of animated characters, including Anya/Anastasia in Anastasia, Kiara in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Princess Jasmine in The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves, and Princess Odette in The Swan Princess.

She has performed various cabaret acts at Joe's Pub, Rainbow and Stars, the Russian Tea Room, and the Lincoln Center in New York City, and at the Donmar Warehouse in London, among other venues.

Callaway's solo recordings include Anywhere I Wander (1993), The Story Goes On (1995), and The Beat Goes On (2001). She released her fourth recording, Passage of Time, for the record label PS Classics, on October 20, 2009, which featured an appearance with her sister Ann Hampton Callaway. In 2015 she released an album of songs from her most recognized work, .

Liz was honored at the 25th Annual Bistro Awards in New York City.[4]

Personal life[]

Liz is married to theatre director and producer Dan Foster, a founding producer of the Hudson Stage Company, a nonprofit, professional theatre company in residence at Pace University in Westchester County, New York.[5] [6] They have a son, Nicholas, who attended Kenyon College.[6]

Discography[]

  • Anywhere I Wander (Varèse Sarabande) (September 28, 1993)
  • Sibling Revelry (DRG, 1996) with Ann Hampton Callaway
  • The Story Goes On (Varèse Sarabande) (August 29, 1995)
  • The Beat Goes On (Varèse Sarabande) (May 15, 2001)
  • Passage Of Time (PS Classics) (October 20, 2009)
  • Boom! Live at Birdland (PS Classics, 2011) with Ann Hampton Callaway
  • Merry and Bright (2013)[7]
  • Comfort and Joy (An Acoustic Christmas) (Working Girl Records) (December 4, 2020)

Filmography[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Reich, Howard (June 20, 2000). "She Did It Her Way: Ann Hampton Callaway Makes It To Broadway On Her Own Terms". Chicago Tribune. New York. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "Award-winning Broadway actress and singer Liz Callaway to perform with New Trier Choir-Opera on April 26". newtrier.k12.il.us. New Trier High School. April 26, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  3. ^ Eberson, Sharon (24 November 2011). "Theater Notes: CLO lands Callaway; City actor makes mean cocktail". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  4. ^ Elli (2010). "Review: 25th Annual Bistro Awards". NiteLifeExchange.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  5. ^ "Hudson Stage Company becomes artist in residence at Pace University Briarcliff Campus". News Coverage and Releases. Pace University. 28 February 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Croton-on-Hudson Resident Liz Callaway's Life as an Actress, Wife, and Mother". 26 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Liz Callaway | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

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