Latest Shocking Entertainment News: East High to the Tonys! What to Know About 1st-Time Nominee Julia Lester
Ashlyn would be so proud! After Julia Lester made her mark on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, she had her sights set on Broadway.
After the Disney+ spinoff aired its third season in July 2022, Lester spent her TV hiatus on the Great White Way. The Los Angeles native — who plays aspiring musician Ashlyn Caswell on HSMTMTS — landed the role of Little Red in 2022’s anticipated revival of Into the Woods at the New York City Center. The production, following widespread acclaim in the theater community, eventually transferred to Broadway where Lester made her Broadway debut.
“I had never done a show in New York before, so I’m learning how different processes work. But usually you have months of rehearsals and months of previews before a show opens,” Lester told Vulture in August 2022 of joining the Encores! production, which was initially slated as a limited run. “To put a show on its feet in ten or 11 days with one tech rehearsal was a crazy undertaking. I really made a point to come in as prepared and solid in my choices as possible.”
She continued at the time: “I knew I wanted to surprise audiences with who [Little Red] can be. Also, I’m 22 but playing a kid, and I didn’t want people to go, ‘This is an adult trying to be a little girl.’ I didn’t want it to be campy and weird, so I loved playing into the darkness and the hard attitude of it all. It was accepted and welcomed at Encores!, and I could take those choices and grow into the Broadway production.”
The Prince of Peoria alum starred in the production until September 2022, which ultimately earned her a Tony Award nomination.
“Wtf do I even say about thissssss
. I’m a Tony nominee and that’s actually a made up sentence ????” Lester gushed via Instagram in May 2023. “Sorry idk how to be vulnerable on social media but just know I’m immensely grateful to the New York theatre community for welcoming me with open arms and cheering me on
thank you. thank you. THANK YOU.”
Lester is up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical alongside fellow stage stars Ruthie Ann Miles, Bonnie Milligan, NaTasha Yvette Williams and Betsy Wolfe. The 2023 Tonys will be broadcast live from New York City on June 11, 2023, via CBS.
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Lester earned a Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical nod at the 2023 Tonys based on her scene-stealing performance of Little Red in Into the Woods. Courtesy of Julia Lester/Instagram
The “Wondering” singer uploaded footage to her TikTok from the moment she found out about her nomination. In the social media clip, Lester held hands with her family on the couch while watching a livestream of the announcement. She burst into tears after her name is read aloud. Courtesy of Julia Lester/TikTok
“It was just another one of those self-tapes that came through. But of course this time it wasn't just another self-tape. It was Into the Woods at City Center with Sara Bareilles and all these amazing people,” she recalled to TheaterMania in July 2022. “And I know that Little Red and Jack were two of the only, if not the only parts that they held auditions for. So I sent in a tape and about two weeks later my agents called me and opened the conversation with, ‘Stephen Sondheim wants you to play Little Red.' I burst out crying.” Photo Image Press/Shutterstock, Youtube
The Spirit Riding Free alum landed her big break when she was cast as Ashlyn on HSMTMTS upon its series premiere in May 2021. The Disney+ comedy is a spinoff of the OG High School Musical series. Disney/Anne Marie Fox
Lester publicly came out as pansexual in June 2020, nearly two years before revealing that she had started dating HSMTMTS writer Ilana Wolpert. Courtesy of Julia Lester/Instagram
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