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There are certain performers that the gay community receives and recognizes with love, and my whole life, I've always responded to those same artists.

There are certain performers that the gay community receives and recognizes with love, and my whole life, I've always responded to those same artists.

Annaleigh Ashford
Gay, Artist, Community
"Annaleigh Ashford Takes ‘Lost In The Stars,’ Her Glitzy Solo Cabaret, On The Road". Interview with Curtis M. Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2015.

I played Tina Denmark in Ruthless the Musical when I was 9 at the Theatre on Broadway in Denver.

Annaleigh Ashford
Musical, Theatre, Denver

I grew up listening to cabaret. At 7 and 8 years old, I was already singing like a club performer.

Annaleigh Ashford
Years, Listening, Singing
"Annaleigh Ashford Takes ‘Lost In The Stars,’ Her Glitzy Solo Cabaret, On The Road". Interview with Curtis M. Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2015.

My mom is a gym teacher, and shes not musically inclined, but she always wanted to help me out with music as best she could.

Annaleigh Ashford
Mom, Teacher, Helping

I was born and raised in Denver, CO.

Annaleigh Ashford
Denver, Born, Born And Raised
"DIVA TALK: Chatting with Rent Star Annaleigh Ashford". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. October 28, 2011.

I’ve always felt very attuned to, and at home in, the gay community.

Annaleigh Ashford
Home, Gay, Community
"Annaleigh Ashford Takes ‘Lost In The Stars,’ Her Glitzy Solo Cabaret, On The Road". Interview with Curtis M. Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2015.

I made my performance debut in New York City downtown on the Lower East Side in college doing awkward performance art as a go-go dancer at Lady Starlight's Party. And I never thought that my love for mediocre performance art and bad mime would ever come to use in my career as an actor. But my fantasies came true and I got to play Maureen in Rent.

Annaleigh Ashford
Art, New York, College

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