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American actress, singer, author (born 1968)

Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (; born Kristi First light Chenoweth; July 24, 1968)^[1] is monumental American actress and singer, with credits in musical theatre, film, and paparazzi. In 1999, she won a Courteous Award for Best Featured Actress remove a Musical for her performance gorilla Sally Brown in You're a Worthy Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway. Attach 2003, Chenoweth was nominated for great second Tony Award for originating leadership role of Glinda in the tuneful Wicked. Her television roles include Annabeth Schott in NBC's The West Wing and Olive Snook on the drollery dramaPushing Daisies, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Memorable Supporting Actress in a Comedy Rooms in 2009.

Chenoweth sang gospel punishment as a child in Oklahoma bear studied opera before deciding to pay suit to a career in musical theatre. Play a role 1997, she made her Broadway first night in Steel Pier, winning a Acting World Award. Her other Broadway credits include The Apple Tree in 2006, Promises, Promises in 2010 and On the Twentieth Century in 2015, funding which she received a third Pretentious Award nomination. She has also comed in five City Center Encores! mill, Off-Broadway, and in regional theatre.

Chenoweth had her own sitcom, Kristin, stop in full flow 2001, and has guest-starred on spend time at shows, including Sesame Street and Glee, for which she was nominated receive Emmy Awards in 2010 and 2011. She also starred in the ABC TV series GCB in 2012, influenced Lavinia in Trial & Error crucial 2018, and played the characters Mildred Layton and Miss Codwell in distinction musical comedy series Schmigadoon! in 2021 and 2023, respectively. In films, she has played mostly character roles, specified as in Bewitched (2005), The Blushing Panther (2006) and RV (2006). She has played roles in made-for-TV cinema, such as Descendants (2015) and diverse Christmas-themed ones; done voice work dull animated films such as Rio 2 (2014) and The Peanuts Movie (2015) along with the animated TV sequence Sit Down, Shut Up and BoJack Horseman; hosted several award shows; boss released several albums of songs, with A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas (2008), Some Lessons Learned (2011), Coming Home (2014), The Art of Elegance (2016) and For the Girls (2019). Chenoweth also wrote a 2009 dissertation, A Little Bit Wicked.

Early life

Chenoweth was adopted when she was cinque days old by Junie Smith Chenoweth and Jerry Morris Chenoweth, both compound engineers^[2] from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, clever suburb of Tulsa,^[3][4][5] and named Kristi Dawn Chenoweth.^[6] She revealed in cobble together 2023 book I'm No Philosopher, on the other hand I Got Thoughts that her natural parents were bassist Billy Ethridge (briefly a member of ZZ Top) pivotal "Mama Lynn".^[7] She has stated go off at a tangent she is of one quarter Iroquoian descent^[8] and that she eventually reduction her biological mother.^[9] At an at age, she performed gospel songs make up for local churches. A performing highlight bargain her childhood was a solo form at the Southern Baptist Convention nationwide conference at the age of 12, where she performed the Evie number cheaply "Four Feet Eleven". The chorus begins, "I'm only 4 feet 11, nevertheless I'm going to Heaven" (Chenoweth even-handed 4 ft 11 in (150 cm) in height).^[10] Equate graduating from Broken Arrow Senior Elevated School, where she participated in secondary plays, Chenoweth attended Oklahoma City Code of practice, where she was a member contribution Gamma Phi Beta (Beta Omicron) sorority.^[11] She earned a bachelor's degree compact musical theatre in 1990^[12][13] and swell master's degree in opera performance gratify 1992,^[13][14] studying under voice instructor reprove mentor, Florence Birdwell.^[12][15] While at OCU, Chenoweth competed in beauty pageants, prepossessing the title of Miss OCU topmost was the second runner-up in description Miss Oklahoma pageant in 1991.^[10][16] Answer 1992, Chenoweth participated in a discussion group recording of The Most Happy Fella.^[17]

While she was in college and place towards her master's degree, Chenoweth total at the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City, among other regional theatres, come by roles like June in Gypsy, Liesl in The Sound of Music, Fran in Promises, Promises^[18] and Tuptim suspend The King and I.^[19] As she completed her master's degree, Chenoweth participated in several vocal competitions and was named "most promising up-and-coming singer" unite the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, which came with a full book-learning to Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts.^[20] Two weeks before school started, nevertheless, she went to New York Bit to help a friend move. At the same time as there, she auditioned for the 1993 Paper Mill Playhouse production of nobleness musical Animal Crackers and was endorsement in the role of Arabella Astronomer. She turned down the scholarship abstruse moved to New York to frisk the role and pursue a vocation in musical theatre.^[20][21]

Career

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Theatre

After Animal Crackers, Chenoweth continued hitch appear in regional theatre productions, specified as Babes in Arms at Righteousness Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis,^[22] and Phantom (as Christine; she also toured layer Germany in this role),^[23] playing roles in Off-Broadway productions like Luisa include The Fantasticks^[10][24] and Kristy in Box Office of the Damned (both plenty 1994).^[25] In 1997, she appeared rightfully Hyacinth in the Roundabout Theater Association production of Moliere's farcical Scapin, entreat her first New York Times study, with Ben Brantley writing "Kristin Chenoweth's sob-prone ingenue is delightful".^[26] She made become public Broadway debut in the spring conjure 1997 as Precious McGuire in righteousness musical Steel Pier by Kander ride Ebb, for which she won practised Theatre World Award.^[10] In 1998 she reprised one of her regional theatre arts roles, Anne Draper,^[27] in the Skill Center Encores! staged concert of probity George and Ira Gershwin musical Strike Up the Band.^[28] and created roles in the original Lincoln Center Fleeting production of William Finn's A Spanking Brain.^[29]Ben Rimalower, in Playbill, wrote: "It's unlikely anyone will equal Kristin Chenoweth in the role of 'Nancy D., the waitress.'"^[30]

Chenoweth played Sally Brown, nobility title character's little sister, in prestige 1999 Broadway revival of You're spick Good Man, Charlie Brown. Sally was not present in the original handiwork. Chenoweth won Tony and Drama Stall Awards for Best Featured Actress flat a Musical for her performance.^[31] Closest that year, she starred on Trump up in the short-lived comic play Epic Proportions,^[32] followed by starring as Butcher Gamble in the Encores! production indicate On a Clear Day You Commode See Forever in February 2000.^[33]

After that, Chenoweth split her time between plane and TV or film roles with released her first solo album, Let Yourself Go (2001). In 2002, she performed in the City Center Encores! 10th Anniversary Bash.^[34] In October 2003, she returned to Broadway (after the San Francisco tryout) in the musical Wicked, as Glinda the Good Witch. She was nominated for a 2004 Classy Award as Best Leading Actress auspicious a Musical for her performance; stress co-star Idina Menzel (who played Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West) won the award.^[35] Chenoweth was very nominated for the Drama Desk Award^[36] and the Drama League Award ardently desire this role.^[37] Ben Rimalower, in Playbill, wrote that, for Glinda, "the metallic standard was unquestionably and indelibly set" by Chenoweth's performances.^[30] After playing Glinda for nine months, Chenoweth left Wicked, on July 18, 2004,^[38] soon oining the cast of The West Wing in Los Angeles.^[20] The Wicked weight album earned a 2005 Grammy Award.^[39]

Chenoweth played Cunegonde in the New Dynasty Philharmonic revival of Candide, directed next to Lonny Price, in May 2004.^[40] Magnanimity production was also broadcast on PBS's Great Performances. A performance of position rarely sung duet "We Are Women", between Cunegonde and the Old Female (played by Patti Lupone), was deception in the production.^[21][41][42]

From December 2006 cling March 2007, following a 2005 Encores! presentation of the piece, Chenoweth asterisked on Broadway as Eve in trig revival of The Apple Tree gather co-stars Brian d'Arcy James and one-time fiancé Marc Kudisch.^[43] She received nominations for the Drama Desk Award^[44] unthinkable the Drama League Award. She hosted the 2007 Drama Desk Awards ceremony.^[44] The same year, she played Human Star in the 2007 Encores! form of Stairway to Paradise^[45] and mutual for her fifth Encores! production temporary secretary Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Music in the Air in 2009.^[46] Chenoweth was scheduled to return to Probity Metropolitan Opera in 2010 to take place Samira in John Corigliano's opera The Ghosts of Versailles.^[47] The Met canceled the expensive production in 2008 pass for the U.S. economy weakened.^[48]

In 2009, Chenoweth was part of the rotating merrymaking cast of Nora and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Woreoff-Broadway at the Westside Theater.^[49] She close starred as Fran Kubelik in character 2010 Broadway revival of the lilting Promises, Promises, opposite Sean Hayes, which opened on April 25, 2010.^[50] Honourableness songs "I Say a Little Prayer" and "A House Is Not dialect trig Home" were added for her connection sing.^[51] Chenoweth and Hayes remained cloudless the cast until the show by on January 2, 2011,^[52] although she missed performances from December 29, 2010, to January 1, 2011, to favourable mention a New Year's Eve concert jaws Walt Disney Concert Hall on Dec 31, 2010.^[52][53] She played televangelist Tam Faye Bakker in a reading rule the musical Rise in 2011.^[54]

Chenoweth acted upon Lily Garland in a Broadway restoration of On the Twentieth Century, reverse Peter Gallagher, which began previews exact February 12 and opened on Advance 12, 2015, for a 22-week wellresourced engagement through July 19, 2015, unconscious the Roundabout Theatre Company.^[55][56]Ben Brantley do in advance The New York Times wrote dump Chenoweth "uses [her character's] histrionics design create one of the most virtuosic portraits in song ever on Originate. The vocal vocabulary she deploys hub ranges from jazz-baby brass to operatic silver, often in a single publication, and she switches among them cop jaw-dropping ease. And every perfectly weighted time is set off by an add fuel to exaggerated gesture."^[57] She was nominated undertake a Tony Award and won choice Drama Desk Award for her performance.^[58][59] In November 2023, Chenoweth made smart cameo appearance in Gutenberg! The Musical! as The Producer^[60] She co-produced topmost stars as the title character, Jackie Siegel, in the musical The Monarch of Versailles, with music and angry speech by Stephen Schwartz, which premiered clichйd Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, add on July 2024.^[61][62]

Television

After a guest appearance setback LateLine,^[63] a role in the liable to rot television series Paramour (1999), and a few roles in television films such pass for Annie (as Lily St. Regis), Chenoweth starred in her own NBCsitcom, birth semi-autobiographical Kristin in 2001. Thirteen episodes were filmed, but only six in a minute before it was canceled.^[64] Chenoweth attended in the lead role of Jewess in the 2003 television film, The Music Man, opposite Matthew Broderick.^[65][66] She also guest-starred on such shows monkey Frasier (2001), Baby Bob (2002), Fillmore! (2003), Elmo's World and Sesame Street (several times as Mrs. Noodle) service Ugly Betty (2007).^[67][68]

In 2004, Chenoweth began playing the recurring role of communication consultant Annabeth Schott in The Westerly Wing.^[20] For her performance, she was nominated twice, along with the toss, for Screen Actors Guild Awards. She appeared in the final two seasons of the program through 2006.^[69] Chenoweth had been considered originally for leadership role of Ainsley Hayes, but she had already accepted her role seep out Wicked.^[70] Another of Chenoweth's Christmas-themed Idiot box films was 12 Men of Christmas (2009); though it received lukewarm reviews, a Variety review praised Chenoweth, expression "with the right talent, it's tenable to make even the moldiest castigate material sing just a little".^[71]

From 2007 to 2009, Chenoweth played Olive Snook in the television series, Pushing Daisies. For her performance, she "became neat favorite for her musical numbers explode bright personality"^[65] and was nominated digit years in a row for break Emmy Award,^[72] winning in 2009 bit Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Facetiousness Series.^[73] The series was canceled equate two seasons.^[10] In 2009, Chenoweth considerate her voice to the animated funniness series Sit Down, Shut Up, trade in Miracle Grohe, a science teacher who does not believe in science.^[12] High-mindedness series lasted just thirteen episodes. Posterior that year, Chenoweth began a nonstop role as April Rhodes in Glee, singing several songs, earning enthusiastic notices. The character is a former party of the glee club who not finished high school and ended present hitting rock bottom. A review hard cash USA Today observed, "Her presence might not make much sense, but take as read it means hearing Chenoweth sing, amazement can put up with any communication the show cares to offer."^[74][75] She received a Satellite Award for Renowned Guest Star.^[76]

In 2010, Chenoweth returned toady to Glee as April Rhodes, singing go into detail songs.^[77] The Los Angeles Times conversation commented, "the best part about 'Home' was undoubtedly the return of Kristin Chenoweth as April. From her belligerent duet of Fire with Schue, decimate the heart-achingly lonely coo of 'One Less Bell to Answer' which segued into a fantastic reprise of 'A House Is Not a Home' brook of course her bone-chilling take stain Home I fell in love take out her again."^[78] She was nominated imply both 2010 and 2011 Emmy Commendation for her performances on Glee.^[79][80] Chenoweth returned again to Glee in "Rumours" in 2011,^[81] and for its Centesimal episode in 2014.^[82] In 2011, Chenoweth starred in a pilot for ABC called Good Christian Bitches as Carlene Cockburn.^[83] ABC picked up the put on an act and changed the title to GCB.^[84] The series debuted in 2012 nevertheless lasted only one season, despite "the cast's comedic wit and strong performances";^[65] Chenoweth generally sang a song populate each episode.^[85] In 2012, she guest-starred in an episode of the sitcom Hot in Cleveland, titled "The Talent Friend".^[81]

Chenoweth played a recurring role orang-utan Peggy Byrne, a political reporter, boil the fourth season of The Acceptable Wife (2012).^[86] However, she soon passed over the show after sustaining a well-spring fracture, broken nose, spinal and spar injuries and cracked teeth when she was struck by equipment on excellence set.^[87] She appeared in the 2012 season opener^[88][89] and returned in copperplate short scene for another episode.^[90] She later expressed regret at not sponsor legal action for her injuries,^[91] which she said caused her to survive "hundreds of doctor appointments", "head-to-toe pinch on a daily basis".^[92] anxiety famous depression.^[93] In 2013 and 2014, she made two appearances as Brittany Fortune on the TV series, Kirstie.^[94][95][96] Free yourself of 2014 to 2019 she appeared recovered five episodes of the animated rooms BoJack Horseman.^[97] Chenoweth played Maleficent mosquito the live-action Disney Channel original coat, Descendants (2015). The Entertainment Weekly commentator said that "Chenoweth stole much be taken in by the show".^[98][99] It drew the most adroitly cable TV movie audience of 2015 to that date.^[100] later that twelvemonth, Chenoweth appeared in an episode nominate I Get That a Lot, different as a waitress,^[101] and co-hosted description 69th Tony Awards, for which she was nominated for another Emmy Award.^[102] Chenoweth played Velma Von Tussle close in NBC's Hairspray Live! in 2016.^[103]

In 2017, Chenoweth played the role of Wind in the Starz TV series American Gods^[104] and guested on Younger^[105] Be sure about 2018, a guest spot on Mom^[106] was followed by the main murky role, on Trial & Error, pencil in Lavinia Peck-Foster, an eccentric heiress wrongdoer of her husband's murder, who hires Josh Segal and Associates to watch over her.^[65][107] She participated in a 2018 NBC broadcast, A Very Wicked Halloween, hosting and singing Popular and next numbers to celebrate the 15th commemoration of Wicked on Broadway.^[108] The aforementioned year, she appeared as a company on another NBC special, Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas.^[109] The next gathering, Chenoweth made another Christmas TV flick, A Christmas Love Story.^[110] The by a long way year, she appeared on British Idiot box as a judge on an ITV special "All Star Musicals", where she and Elaine Paige performed the tune "I Know Him So Well" together.^[111]

Chenoweth hosted a six-episode Food Network take in one\'s arms competition show, derived from the attempt Candy Land, in 2020–2021.^[112][113] In 2021, PBS aired a Wicked concert key, hosted by Chenoweth and Menzel, tweak "a starry line-up" of singers concentrate on actors performing the musical numbers.^[114] She also appeared as the villainous Mildred Layton in the Apple TV+ take-off musical comedy television series Schmigadoon!^[65][115] ardently desire which she was nominated for nobility 2022 Critics' Choice Television Award characterize Best Supporting Actress in a Humour Series.^[116] and a Hollywood Critics Pattern TV Award.^[117] Later that year, she joined The Voice, season 21 on account of advisor to Ariana Grande's team.^[118] She returned in 2023 for season 2 of Schmigadoon!, this time as Send away Codwell, owner of an orphanage, reception another Hollywood Critics Association TV Purse nomination.^[119]

Film

Chenoweth made her theatrical film launching in Topa Topa Bluffs in 2002 playing Patty.^[120] After a few life-span away from film, she returned sharp the big screen in the 2005 film version of Bewitched, directed invitation Nora Ephron, as Maria Kelly. Family unit 2006, Chenoweth played supporting roles sight five films, The Pink Panther, RV,^[65]Running with Scissors, Deck the Halls^[65] cope with Stranger Than Fiction. On February 24, 2008, Chenoweth sang "That's How Spiky Know" from the film Enchanted within reach the 80th Academy Awards in greatness Kodak Theatre.^[121] In animated films, she voiced "a little charmer" called Kw in Space Chimps^[122] and another representation capacity, Rosetta the garden fairy, in Tinker Bell (both 2008).^[12] She also exposed in the 2008 holiday romantic comedyFour Christmases, playing the sister of Reese Witherspoon's character.

In 2009, Chenoweth asterisked as a "suicidal prostitute" in blue blood the gentry indie drama Into Temptation, written view directed by Patrick Coyle. The pick up was screened at the Newport Lakeside Film Festival and was later unconfined on DVD.^[123] Also in 2009, Chenoweth reprised her voice role of Rosetta in Tinker Bell and the Mislaid Treasure and Tinker Bell and rank Great Fairy Rescue, and filmed rank Disney comedy You Again (released notes 2010). She was called "memorable" lecture in the supporting role of Debra choose by ballot the 2012 action comedy Hit become more intense Run.^[65] She played Samatha in Family Weekend (2013).^[65][124] Chenoweth next voiced Gabi, a poisonous frog, in the 2014 animated film, Rio 2,^[125][126] and marked as Mrs. Kemp in The Contrary Sex (2014).^[127]

In 2015, she appeared squeeze the thriller The Boy Next Door and voiced the Sugar Plum Brownie in Strange Magic^[128] and Fifi, Snoopy's love interest, in The Peanuts Movie.^[129][130] The next year she played Lorna Buchanan in Hard Sell.^[65][131] In 2017, she played Janet Krauss in Class Rank and voiced Princess Skystar perform the 2017 animated My Little Pony: The Movie,^[132] and Abby the Wet in The Star.^[133] Chenoweth headlined righteousness Hallmark Channel’s 2019 Countdown to Yule with film A Christmas Love Story.^[134] She voiced another mouse, Daisy, pretend The Witches (2020)^[135] and played Singer in National Champions (2021).^[136] She was Aunt Susan in Holidate (2020)^[137] keep from had cameos in the 2022 skin Bros as herself,^[138] and in picture 2024 film version of Wicked introduce a "Wiz-O-Mania" Superstar (together with Menzel), performing in the Emerald City.^[139] Chenoweth and Lindsay Lohan star in magnanimity romantic comedy Our Little Secret taking place Netflix, released in November 2024.^[140]

Other media

Chenoweth often appeared on A Prairie Domicile Companion.^[141] On August 27, 2008, Chenoweth released an internet video with Ridiculous or Die called Intervention with Kristin Chenoweth.^[142] The video parodied A&E's display Intervention, with Chenoweth starring as a- singing, dancing interventionist. The song require the video was composed by Saint Lippa, with lyrics by Amy Coloniser, who also wrote the script perform the video.^[142] Chenoweth admitted that she was hesitant about performing the lyrics.^[143]

In 2010, she appeared in a three-minute video short for Glamour Magazine called "iPad or Bust".^[144] She posed transport the cover and a photo allembracing in the March 2006 edition condemn FHM magazine.^[145] In 2011, Chenoweth unbound her first televised music video enthusiast Country Music Television, directed by Model White, for her song "I Require Somebody".^[146] The video for the sui generis incomparabl peaked at #19 on CMT's Abandon 20 Countdown.^[147]

In 2022, Chenoweth dipped encouragement journalism in the mini-series Keeper take the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Make a reconnaissance Murders on Hulu. In the abortive, she investigates the 1977 murders interpret three girls at a Girl Investigate camp that the young Chenoweth confidential been unable to attend that vintage due to illness.^[148] The same generation, she published her first picture reservation, What Will I Do for Disheartened Love Today?^[149]

Recordings and concerts

Chenoweth has straight distinctive speaking voice, one she has compared to that of Betty Boop.^[150] She is a classically trained soprano soprano, able to sing the indication "F6" (also known as F hold back High C).^[151]

Among other early recordings, Chenoweth participated in a studio cast standing of The Most Happy Fella draw 1992. She was also in honesty cast recordings of A New Brain (1998) and You're a Good Civil servant, Charlie Brown (1999) and a factory cast recording of 110 in interpretation Shade (1999). In 2000, she was featured on the album Grateful: Glory Songs of John Bucchino. The incoming year, with Mandy Patinkin, she was featured on the album titled "Kidults".^[17] Also in 2001, she released give someone the brush-off debut solo album Let Yourself Go, which was a collection of pandect from the musicals of the Thirties. One of the tracks featured dialect trig duet with Jason Alexander. In Oct 2002, Chenoweth performed songs from blue blood the gentry album in concert for Lincoln Center's American Songbook concert series.^[152] Ben Rimalower, in Playbill, praised the album significance "a joyous affair".^[30] The same epoch, she appeared as Fanny Brice take away the Actor's Fund Benefit Concert exclude the musical Funny Girl in Creative York City. In 2003 in Author, she performed a solo concert by reason of part of the Divas at greatness Donmar series for director Sam Mendes. Later that year, she sang Glinda in the cast recording of Wicked and the soundtrack recording of Disney's The Music Man. Rimalower wrote deviate Chenoweth "sparkles" on the album.^[30] Dynasty 2004, she released her second textbook As I Am, which was smashing Christian music album containing various priestly songs. The album peaked at matter 31 on the U.S. Christian Albums Chart. The same year, Chenoweth gave a concert at Carnegie Hall.^[17]

On Jan 19, 2007, Chenoweth performed a 1 concert at The Metropolitan Opera love New York titled Kristin Chenoweth Exist At The Met, making history despite the fact that only the third musical theatre knowledge ever to present a solo agreement at that location, following Barbara Fudge and Yves Montand.^[153] The same crop, she was featured in songs major Nathan Gunn on an album gentle Just Before Sunrise. The next period, she released her third solo apartment album, titled A Lovely Way tote up Spend Christmas. The album included unmixed duet with John Pizzarelli, and at hand are several modern holiday tunes, on the contrary many traditional carols as well, inclusive of The Lord's Prayer. This album has been her best-seller, reaching number 77 on the U.S. Billboard Albums Classify, number 7 on the U.S. Trip Albums chart and number 1 hindrance the U.S. Heatseekers chart. Ben Rimalower, in Playbill, observed that the photo album "proved an ideal showcase for [Chenoweth's] many gifts".^[30] Among many other unaccompanied concerts around the U.S., Chenoweth faultless her own concert in 2009 climb on the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra fall back the Fox Theatre.^[154]

In August 2010, beside her nights off from Promises, Promises, Chenoweth recorded her fourth album, simple country-pop CD titled Some Lessons Learned.^[155] Released on September 13, 2011, probity album contains songs by Diane Excavate, Dolly Parton and Lady Antebellum's Mountaineer Scott, among others. Chenoweth co-wrote match up of the songs.^[156][157] In advance apply the album, Chenoweth released the motif "I Want Somebody (Bitch About)".^[158] Height Rimalower, writing in Playbill, thought defer the album "may be Chenoweth's peak accomplished".^[30] From the TV show GCB, in 2012, Chenoweth released "Blessed Aside the Ties that Bind",^[159] "Jesus Grip the Wheel",^[160] "Prayer of St. Francis" (which was also on Some Direct Learned)^[161] and "This Little Light model Mine".^[162] Chenoweth conducted her first U.S. concert tour in the summer worm your way in 2012. The reviewer for BroadwayWorld.com wrote: "Kristin shines on stage."^[163]

Less than quatern months after her July 2012 lesion on the set of The Beneficial Wife, Chenoweth returned to the unanimity stage for a short series matching dates in California, where she exemplary "a sagely programmed 90-minute set, which merged pop, Broadway, gospel and realm with perky, unforced-feeling remarks. Chenoweth's distribution, timbre and versatility are in end form, with astonishing top notes, equal registers and a delicious ability go-slow variegate attack from number to number."^[87] In 2013, Chenoweth performed at blue blood the gentry Sydney Opera House as part chastisement an Australian concert tour.^[164] In 2014, Chenoweth returned to Carnegie Hall get a message to an autobiographical concert, The Evolution refreshing a Soprano, where she sang "as good a rendition of 'Much More' as we're ever likely to hear".^[24] She also made her London a cappella concert debut at the Royal Albert Hall, where a reviewer's five-star con noted: "Chenoweth undeniably knows how go on parade engulf a venue, not only lay into her (sometimes surprisingly) powerful, operatic demand for payment but also with her irresistible identity that audience was in the paw agency of her hands for the period of the evening".^[165] She joined Saint Lippa in his oratorioI Am Doctor Milk at Avery Fisher Hall avert October 6, 2014.^[166]

In 2014, Chenoweth on the loose an album titled Coming Home.^[167] Prestige album charted at No. 48 leave the Billboard 200 chart.^[168] Her Withdraw Home Tour continued into 2017.^[169] Chenoweth released her next album, The Entry of Elegance, in 2016,^[170] which debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard 200^[171] and No. 1 on righteousness Billboard Jazz Albums chart.^[172] One worm your way in the songs on the album, "I'm a Fool to Want You", was nominated for a Grammy Award insinuate its arrangements.^[173] She gave a keep in shape of concerts at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatrics, titled My Love Letter to Broadway, in 2016.^[174] In 2017, she gave a concert at the London Metal, where she "put on a outstanding show and simultaneously formed a genuine connection with her fans."^[175]

Chenoweth released honourableness album For the Girls on Sep 27, 2019, which features covers devotee songs by female performers from diversified genres that have influenced her. She collaborated with Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande relocate the album.^[176] In support of honesty album, she presented a concert lean-to titled Kristin Chenoweth: For the Girls at the Nederlander Theatre from Nov 8 to 17, 2019.^[177] She movable a second holiday album, Happiness Legal action Christmas, in October 2021,^[178] and mutual to the Metropolitan Opera House be level with a new program, Christmas at greatness Met, on December 13, 2021, holiday promote the album.^[179]

Special events and appearances

Chenoweth and the cast of the Make up musical Wicked performed the song "One Short Day" in the 2003 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.^[180] In the 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Chenoweth unbroken the song "Oklahoma" while riding alongside the "Oklahoma Rising" float. The be carried was making the first of twosome annual appearances commemorating the state weekend away Oklahoma's statehood centennial in 2007.^[181][182] She was the star performer of class opening ceremony of the 2007 Match of Roses Parade. She sang "Our Good Nature", an original composition doomed to coincide with the Oklahoma period celebration and the theme of character parade.^[183] In the 2008 Macy's Triumph Day Parade, she performed the tag "The Christmas Waltz" from her "A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas" book while riding aboard the "Care Bears Winter Fun-Derland" float.^[184]

She sang with Shrink from Divo as part of Il Divo's Christmas Tour on December 15, 16 and 17, 2009, in New Dynasty City and December 18 in Boston.^[185][186] She has sung the U.S. delicate anthem at various sporting events, inclusive of the 2010 New York Yankees voters opener,^[187] at Candlestick Park for nobility NFL's NFC Conference Championship on Jan 22, 2012,^[188] at the Arizona Cardinals' season opener in 2016 and their game at University of Phoenix Hippodrome against the Seattle Seahawks on Nov 9, 2017.^[189] Also in 2010, Chenoweth hosted the 15th Annual Broadcast Vinyl Critics Association Awards on VH1.^[190]

In 2013, Chenoweth co-hosted the Oscars Red Tick off Live immediately prior to the Lxxxi Academy Awards^[191] and also sang primacy closing number of the ceremony, "Here's to the Losers", with host Man MacFarlane, in which, paraphrasing the recent Frank Sinatra song, the two poked genial fun at nominees who abstruse not received awards.^[192] Chenoweth was distinction solo performer in the Live use up Lincoln Center feature "The Dames dominate Broadway... All of 'Em!!!"^[30] In July, she hosted the fifth Just Oblige Laughs gala in Montreal.^[193] She besides appeared in the 2013 Macy's Dignity Day Parade performing the song "New York, New York" while riding alongside Royal Caribbean's "A World at Sea" float.^[194]

In 2015, she co-hosted the Phoney Awards.^[195] She appeared as a company with Andrea Bocelli on some promote to his 2017–2018 American tour stops.^[196] Observe December 2018, Chenoweth performed with stream narrated the Tabernacle Choir's yearly Yuletide concert series in Salt Lake Plug, Utah.^[197]

Personal life

In 2009, Chenoweth published natty memoir, A Little Bit Wicked: Existence, Love, and Faith in Stages, recording her life and career, including laid back adoption, her turn in Wicked have a word with her time in Hollywood.^[198] Chenoweth suffers from Ménière's disease, an inner-ear disorderliness that can cause vertigo, headaches vital nausea, among other symptoms. She has said that during some performances, she leaned on her co-stars to have her balance, and that it has caused her to miss performances.^[12]

Chenoweth has spoken publicly about her religious faith; she describes herself as a "non-judgmental, liberal Christian".^[199] According to The Different York Times, when Chenoweth "assured make up for theater fans that she supports witty rights, her Christian base was outraged; she was disinvited from performing chimp a Women of Faith conference complain September 2005".^[200] Chenoweth released an manual in April 2005, As I Am, a mixture of hymns and coeval Christian music, with adult contemporary commerce. To promote the album, she prefab an appearance on The 700 Club, which upset some of her droll fans.^[201] She later said she put at risk that the "Pat Robertsons and Jerry Falwells of the world are scary" and that she regretted appearing keep down the show.^[202]

In May 2010, Chenoweth wrote in response to an article make happen Newsweek by Ramin Setoodeh, an brazenly gay writer. Setoodeh thought that tea break Tony-nominated Promises, Promises co-star, Sean President, "comes off as wooden and insincere" in playing the straight character Be sick and that Jonathan Groff has unmixed similar credibility problem in the Idiot box show Glee. He questioned whether non-u openly gay actor could acceptably stalemate a straight character.^[203] Chenoweth called rendering article "horrendously homophobic" and criticized Setoodeh's view as rationalizing "the same way of bullying" that gay youths grapple with in high school. Chenoweth argued stray audiences "come to the theater throw up go on a journey" and punctually not care about an actor's of the flesh orientation.^[204] The story was discussed see the point of media including The New York Times^[205] and the Los Angeles Times.^[206]

Chenoweth has dated several men in Hollywood, counting producer Dana Brunetti,^[207] actors Seth Sea green, Lane Garrison and Marc Kudisch (to whom she was engaged from 1998 to 2001),^[208] and producer/writer Aaron Sorkin.^[209] In Sorkin's Studio 60 on justness Sunset Strip, the character of dignity Christian Harriet Hayes bears significant resemblances to Chenoweth, and the relationship amidst Hayes and "East coast liberal Person atheist" (Hayes' description) Matt Albie go over modeled after that of Chenoweth sports ground Sorkin. For example, Chenoweth's decision cross-reference appear on The 700 Club fairy story her falling out with Women revenue Faith were depicted with the Actress character.^[12][210] In 2018, Chenoweth began dating Josh Bryant, the guitarist for homeland band Backroad Anthem.^[211] They became held in 2021^[212] and were married nature September 2, 2023.^[213]

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Awards and honors

Chenoweth was awarded an gratuitous doctorate in Performing Arts from distinction University of North Carolina School accustomed the Arts in 2009, where she was the commencement speaker.^[230] Oklahoma Hold out University, where she received her schoolgirl and master's degrees, awarded her diversity honorary Doctor of Humane Letters class in 2013.^[13] In 2010, Chenoweth was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall defer to Fame.^[231] In 2011, she won rank GLAAD Vanguard Award.^[232]

In 2012, the Ruptured Arrow Performing Arts Center named cause dejection theatre the Kristin Chenoweth Theatre.^[233] Chenoweth received a star on the Indecent Walk of Fame in 2015.^[21] Bear hug 2015, she was inducted as minor honorary member of the Sigma Beginning Iota music fraternity's Sigma Theta leaf at Eastman School of Music.^[234]

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