Ali Ewoldt

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| name = Ali Ewoldt

| image = Ali Ewoldt 2016 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Ewoldt with at the Filipino American National Historical Society Conference in New York City, June 2016

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Yale University

| occupation = Singer, actress

| years_active = 2006–present

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| website = {{URL|https://aliewoldt.com/}}

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Ali Ewoldt (born October 6, 1982){{Cite news|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/6556/ali-ewoldt/|title=Ali Ewoldt|newspaper=Broadway.com|access-date=2016-10-12}} is a Filipino-American theatre actress, who made her Broadway debut in the Les Misérables revival in 2006, playing Cosette. She has also performed on national and international tours and in U.S. regional theatre. She became well known as the first Asian-American actress to star as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.{{cite web |last1=Ferrise |first1=Jennifer |title=Meet Ali Ewoldt, the Broadway Actress Breaking Boundaries in The Phantom of the Opera |url=https://www.instyle.com/news/meet-ali-ewoldt-phantom-of-the-opera |website=instyle.com|access-date=10 October 2018 |date=21 July 2016}}

Life and career

Ewoldt was born in Chicago to a Filipina mother{{cite web |title=Fil-Am actress Ali Ewoldt is first Asian-American Christine in Broadway's 'Phantom of the Opera' |url=https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/arts-and-culture/134429-filipino-actress-ali-ewoldt-christine-broadway-phantom-of-the-opera |website=rappler.com|access-date=11 October 2018 |date=27 May 2016}} and a Euro-American father{{cite web|url=http://www.aliewoldt.com/bio.html|url-status=dead|title=Ali Ewoldt biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016091141/http://www.aliewoldt.com/bio.html|archive-date=2012-10-16|website=aliewoldt.com|access-date=December 24, 2012}} {{failed verification|date=July 2022|reason=Source doesn't mention her father}} and raised in Pleasantville, New York. After performing as a child in a nearby regional theater and in musical theatre in high school, she went on to graduate cum laude from Yale University.

Ewoldt performed the role of Princess Jasmine in Disneyland, and she also worked at the Tokyo Disney theme park before appearing in a U.S. tour of Les Misérables. She began the tour as a member of the ensemble, and later understudied the role of Cosette, before she finally received the role during the tour. She then played Cosette in the Les Misérables Broadway revival in 2006.Les Misérables, [http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/Whos_Who/35776/3838/Ali-Ewoldt/Les-Misrables "Who's Who in the Cast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719061818/http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/Whos_Who/35776/3838/Ali-Ewoldt/Les-Misrables |date=2013-07-19 }}, Broadhurst Theatre, Playbill, November 9, 2006, accessed December 24, 2012

From 2009 to 2011, Ewoldt starred in North American tour and in the 50th anniversary international tour of West Side Story.Morgan, Scott C. [http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110716/news/707169880 "Park Ridge actress stars in West Side tour"], Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois), July 16, 2011, accessed December 24, 2012 In 2015, she played Tuptim in a tour of The King and I, where she "received the loudest applause from the audience after she sang her stirring, operatic interpretation of 'My Lord and Master{{'"}}.Beachy, Mark. [http://www.mdtheatreguide.com/2012/09/theatre-review-the-king-and-i-at-wolf-trap/ "The King and I at Wolf Trap"], MD Theatre Guide, September 1, 2012Harris, Manning. [https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2012/09/07/theatre-review-the-king-and-i-at-the-fox/ "The King and I at The Fox"], Atlanta INTown, September 7, 2012 Other regional theatre roles include Luisa in The Fantasticks at the Mt. Washington Valley Theatre Co.

In 2015, she appeared in The King and I revival on Broadway.{{cite web |title=Ali Ewoldt |url=http://www.playbill.com/person/ali-ewoldt-vault-0000035776 |website=Playbill|access-date=10 October 2018}}

On June 13, 2016, she joined the Broadway company of The Phantom of the Opera as the show's first Asian-American Christine.

Ewoldt sang the role of Briella (Dorabella) in Salastina's world premiere of Vid Guerrerio's production of OC Fan Tutte for Salastina in Los Angeles, an updated English-language version of Mozart's 1790 opera Così fan tutte.{{cite web|url=https://operawire.com/salastina-to-world-premiere-vid-guerrerios-oc-fan-tutte/|title=Salastina to World Premiere Vid Guerrerio’s OC Fan Tutte|author=David Salazar|work=Operawire|date=May 9, 2022|access-date=June 6, 2022}}

Performance credits

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2006

|rowspan=2|Les Misérables

|rowspan=2|Cosette

|US tour

2006–2007

|Broadhurst Theatre

|Broadway

2008