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Sarah Charles Lewis

February 01, 2023

Sarah Charles Lewis (born August 2004) is an American actress. She played Winnie Foster in the musical Tuck Everlasting on Broadway.

Lewis began taking performing arts classes at Renaissance International School of Performing Arts (RISPA) when she was five years old. By 2015, she took lessons at RISPA for 20 hours a week.

Lewis made her professional stage debut in the musical Annie as the title character, in April 2014. She played Winnie Foster in the musical Tuck Everlasting's 2015 world premiere at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre. She was selected for the same role in the musical's Broadway debut. Following a month of previews, Lewis made her official Broadway debut at the Broadhurst Theatre, on opening night, April 26, 2016, performing the role until the production closed on May 29, 2016.

Early life

Sarah Charles Lewis was born in August 2004.[1] Her mother, Jennifer Lewis, majored in music and is a real estate agent.[1][2] Her father, Shack Lewis, acted at the Alliance Theatre when he was 12 years old.[1] Jennifer and Shack Lewis became acquainted through a band.[3] They continued performing in the band until the eighth month of Jennifer's pregnancy with Sarah.[4] Sarah's brother, Harrison, is roughly four years her senior and is an actor.[1][4]

When she was four years old, Lewis attended dance classes.[2] Beginning when she was five years old, Lewis took performing arts lessons at Renaissance International School of Performing Arts (RISPA) in Alpharetta, Georgia.[3] At RISPA, she participated in a number of shows such as the musicals Seussical and Shrek.[1] By 2015, she was training 20 hours every week at RISPA, taking ballet, tap dancing, voice lessons, and acting lessons.[4] Her first role on stage was in an ensemble position in Once on This Island when she was six.[2] Throughout her youth, Lewis has participated in performing arts workshops and has been deeply immersed in nearby theaters' musical theater and her church.[2] She attended the Broadway Dreams Foundation's performing arts summer camp where she learned from Billy Porter, Stafford Arima, Tituss Burgess, and Otis Sallid.[5]

Career

Annie: professional stage debut

In summer 2013, Lewis auditioned in New York City to play Annie in the musical Annie on Broadway. She was selected as a finalist in a group of eight and did not get the role. While in New York, eight-year-old Lewis wanted to experience how it was like to make money as a street musician. Borrowing her mother's pinstriped flat cap, Lewis performed near Central Park and received $15 in tips within five minutes.[2] Lewis played the title role in the musical Annie at the Atlanta Lyric Theatre in April 2014.[1] The role was her professional theater debut.[6] In a March 2014 interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lewis said her favorite song in Annie is "Tomorrow" and that she dreamed of performing on Broadway in the musical Wicked.[1] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's theater reviewer Bert Osborne noted that young, amateur actresses playing Annie frequently are like a "Shirley Temple caricature" rather than a "real-life, hard-knock kid" owing to the character's "inherent preciousness". He noted, however, that Lewis "brings a natural charm and a relaxed assurance to the character that is genuinely believable". Rather than loudly singing the character's songs like many Annies who sound older than they are, Lewis sings them "simply, in the clear and lovely voice of the 9-year-old that she is", Osborne wrote.[7]

Tuck Everlasting: Atlanta world premiere and Broadway debut

Lewis had not heard of the book Tuck Everlasting. Her brother was in another Atlanta theatrical performance, learned about the new musical Tuck Everlasting, and referred Lewis.[8] Tuck Everlasting producers reached out to Lewis, asking her to do a tryout for Winnie Foster, the musical's main character.[4] After her first audition, Lewis received a callback audition.[4] She was selected to play Winnie Foster for Tuck Everlasting's world premiere at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, beating out other actors in the nationwide competition.[2] Directed by Casey Nicholaw, who had previously been involved in directing or choreographing the Broadway musicals Aladdin, The Drowsy Chaperone, Spamalot, and The Book of Mormon, the production ran from January to February 2015.[2][9] Lewis was one of a small number of performers from Atlanta. Most of the show's performers were from New York City.[2] The New York Times's Charles Isherwood praised Lewis' performance, writing that Winnie Foster was "played with a firm voice and natural spunk by Ms. Lewis".[10]

After reading the children's novel Tuck Everlasting and watching the 2002 film adaptation, Lewis determined that if she were put in Winnie Foster's position of being able to drink the water that would grant eternal life, she would drink the water. But after preparing for the Winner Foster role, she told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2015, "I am not so sure anymore. I want to live a normal life and have kids and grandkids."[2] Lewis said she enjoyed being in Tuck Everlasting's world premiere because the script was malleable. Sometimes when she mistakenly added the word "And" or words that were not in the script, the scriptwriter would tell her, "Hey, I like that better", and revise the script. She told Broadway World, "Wow, I just created a line that will go down in history."[11] During each car trip between her home and the theater, she would do vocal warmups. Just before the show, when a voice over the loudspeaker says, "The show will begin in one minute", Lewis would pray, "thanking God for this amazing opportunity and letting Him know He's guiding me in this show".[11]

After beginning previews on March 31, 2016, Lewis made her official Broadway debut at Broadhurst Theatre in the role of Winnie Foster in Tuck Everlasting on April 26, 2016.[12][13] While she was performing in the show, Lewis' plan was that she and a parent would live in a New York City apartment.[8] Her mother and father would take turns: One would stay with her in New York and the other with her brother in Atlanta. The parents would then switch places.[14][15] The production closed May 29, 2016, after 28 previews and 39 official shows.[16] Tuck Everlasting sold tickets worth $325,361.28 instead of the possible $1,112,446 the week before the show closed.[16] The New York Times's Michael Paulson found the show, which mostly received "tepid" reviews, to be a "Broadway flop" because it did not have huge stars and it was a fairy tale, which is "often hard to execute" because "[a]dults perceived it as a show for children, and family shows without the Disney imprimatur are hard to sell."[17]

Critics gave Lewis' performance on Broadway mostly positive reviews. Chicago Tribune drama critic Chris Jones praised Lewis as being a "spunky young actress" who is "one of the show's great assets" and who "deftly carries pretty much the whole show".[18] The Washington Post's chief theater critic Peter Marks lauded Lewis for being "technically accomplished, with a strong, clear voice and the fortitude necessary to carry the central role in a Broadway show".[19] The New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood wrote that Winnie Foster is "played by Ms. Lewis with winning spunk that (miraculously) never cloys".[20]

Awards and nominations

Lewis received two Suzi Bass Award nominations for "Best Leading Actress in a Musical".[5] She was the youngest Suzi Bass Award nominee for the category for her depiction of Annie in the musical Annie at the Atlanta Lyric Theatre.[15] The second nomination was for her portrayal of Winnie Foster in the musical Tuck Everlasting at the Alliance Theatre.[5] She won the 2013 "Junior Miss Access Broadway" Triple Threat National Award.[5] For her "Outstanding Broadway Debut Performance" in Tuck Everlasting in 2016, she won a Theatre World Award.[21] She was nominated for the Shuler Hensley Award for "Best Performance by a Leading Actress" in 2020 for her role in Chicago at Milton High School.[22][23]

Personal life

Lewis lived in Milton, Georgia,[1] and attended Crabapple Crossing Elementary.[3] During her Tuck Everlasting stint at the Alliance Theatre in 2015, she had a tutor at the theater to allow her to both rehearse and be taught academic material.[4] On her last day in fifth grade before she moved to New York for Tuck Everlasting, her classmates made her a sign saying "Goodbye Broadway Star!"[15] While she was in New York, Lewis received her curriculum from an Atlanta public school that focuses on distance education, and her producers paid for a tutor who worked with every child in the production.[14] Lewis attends Milton High School in Milton, Georgia.[22][23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Montgomery, Elizabeth (March 31, 2014). "Atlanta native takes stage in "Annie"". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Oliviero, Helena (January 20, 2015). "'Tuck Everlasting' didn't have to look far for its young star". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Pirani, Fiza (March 3, 2016). "Atlanta tween takes her talents to Broadway". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Copsey, Jonathan (February 5, 2015). . Appen Media Group. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d Henry, Sally (February 27, 2016). . Broadway World. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  6. ^ . Broadway.com. April 7, 2016. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  7. ^ Osborne, Bert (April 8, 2014). "Review: Lyric's tried-but-true 'Annie' still pleases". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  8. ^ a b Paulson, Michael (February 17, 2016). "Sarah Charles Lewis Bids for Posterity in 'Tuck Everlasting'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  9. ^ Morris, Katie (January 28, 2015). "Children's fantasy novel 'Tuck Everlasting' comes to life at Alliance Theatre". Gwinnett Daily Post. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  10. ^ Isherwood, Charles (February 9, 2015). . The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  11. ^ a b Henry, Sally (February 20, 2015). . Broadway World. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  12. ^ Gordon, David (April 27, 2016). . TheaterMania. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  13. ^ Viagas, Robert (March 31, 2016). . Playbill. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  14. ^ a b Garrett, Camryn (March 23, 2016). . The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  15. ^ a b c Richardson, Kimberly (March 30, 2016). . WSB-TV. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  16. ^ a b Viagas, Robert (May 29, 2016). . Playbill. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  17. ^ Paulson, Michael (June 22, 2016). . The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 26, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  18. ^ Jones, Chris (April 26, 2016). . Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  19. ^ Marks, Peter (April 27, 2016). . The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  20. ^ Isherwood, Charles (April 26, 2016). . The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  21. ^ Gans, Andrew (May 2, 2016). . Playbill. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  22. ^ a b Catts, Everett (April 14, 2020). . Marietta Daily Journal. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  23. ^ a b Broady, Arlinda Smith (May 1, 2020). . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

External links

  • Official website
  • Sarah Charles Lewis on Instagram

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Sarah Charles Lewis born August 2004 is an American actress She played Winnie Foster in the musical Tuck Everlasting on Broadway Lewis began taking performing arts classes at Renaissance International School of Performing Arts RISPA when she was five years old By 2015 she took lessons at RISPA for 20 hours a week Lewis made her professional stage debut in the musical Annie as the title character in April 2014 She played Winnie Foster in the musical Tuck Everlasting s 2015 world premiere at Atlanta s Alliance Theatre She was selected for the same role in the musical s Broadway debut Following a month of previews Lewis made her official Broadway debut at the Broadhurst Theatre on opening night April 26 2016 performing the role until the production closed on May 29 2016 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Annie professional stage debut 2 2 Tuck Everlasting Atlanta world premiere and Broadway debut 3 Awards and nominations 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External linksEarly life EditSarah Charles Lewis was born in August 2004 1 Her mother Jennifer Lewis majored in music and is a real estate agent 1 2 Her father Shack Lewis acted at the Alliance Theatre when he was 12 years old 1 Jennifer and Shack Lewis became acquainted through a band 3 They continued performing in the band until the eighth month of Jennifer s pregnancy with Sarah 4 Sarah s brother Harrison is roughly four years her senior and is an actor 1 4 When she was four years old Lewis attended dance classes 2 Beginning when she was five years old Lewis took performing arts lessons at Renaissance International School of Performing Arts RISPA in Alpharetta Georgia 3 At RISPA she participated in a number of shows such as the musicals Seussical and Shrek 1 By 2015 she was training 20 hours every week at RISPA taking ballet tap dancing voice lessons and acting lessons 4 Her first role on stage was in an ensemble position in Once on This Island when she was six 2 Throughout her youth Lewis has participated in performing arts workshops and has been deeply immersed in nearby theaters musical theater and her church 2 She attended the Broadway Dreams Foundation s performing arts summer camp where she learned from Billy Porter Stafford Arima Tituss Burgess and Otis Sallid 5 Career EditAnnie professional stage debut Edit In summer 2013 Lewis auditioned in New York City to play Annie in the musical Annie on Broadway She was selected as a finalist in a group of eight and did not get the role While in New York eight year old Lewis wanted to experience how it was like to make money as a street musician Borrowing her mother s pinstriped flat cap Lewis performed near Central Park and received 15 in tips within five minutes 2 Lewis played the title role in the musical Annie at the Atlanta Lyric Theatre in April 2014 1 The role was her professional theater debut 6 In a March 2014 interview with The Atlanta Journal Constitution Lewis said her favorite song in Annie is Tomorrow and that she dreamed of performing on Broadway in the musical Wicked 1 The Atlanta Journal Constitution s theater reviewer Bert Osborne noted that young amateur actresses playing Annie frequently are like a Shirley Temple caricature rather than a real life hard knock kid owing to the character s inherent preciousness He noted however that Lewis brings a natural charm and a relaxed assurance to the character that is genuinely believable Rather than loudly singing the character s songs like many Annies who sound older than they are Lewis sings them simply in the clear and lovely voice of the 9 year old that she is Osborne wrote 7 Tuck Everlasting Atlanta world premiere and Broadway debut Edit Lewis had not heard of the book Tuck Everlasting Her brother was in another Atlanta theatrical performance learned about the new musical Tuck Everlasting and referred Lewis 8 Tuck Everlasting producers reached out to Lewis asking her to do a tryout for Winnie Foster the musical s main character 4 After her first audition Lewis received a callback audition 4 She was selected to play Winnie Foster for Tuck Everlasting s world premiere at Atlanta s Alliance Theatre beating out other actors in the nationwide competition 2 Directed by Casey Nicholaw who had previously been involved in directing or choreographing the Broadway musicals Aladdin The Drowsy Chaperone Spamalot and The Book of Mormon the production ran from January to February 2015 2 9 Lewis was one of a small number of performers from Atlanta Most of the show s performers were from New York City 2 The New York Times s Charles Isherwood praised Lewis performance writing that Winnie Foster was played with a firm voice and natural spunk by Ms Lewis 10 After reading the children s novel Tuck Everlasting and watching the 2002 film adaptation Lewis determined that if she were put in Winnie Foster s position of being able to drink the water that would grant eternal life she would drink the water But after preparing for the Winner Foster role she told The Atlanta Journal Constitution in 2015 I am not so sure anymore I want to live a normal life and have kids and grandkids 2 Lewis said she enjoyed being in Tuck Everlasting s world premiere because the script was malleable Sometimes when she mistakenly added the word And or words that were not in the script the scriptwriter would tell her Hey I like that better and revise the script She told Broadway World Wow I just created a line that will go down in history 11 During each car trip between her home and the theater she would do vocal warmups Just before the show when a voice over the loudspeaker says The show will begin in one minute Lewis would pray thanking God for this amazing opportunity and letting Him know He s guiding me in this show 11 After beginning previews on March 31 2016 Lewis made her official Broadway debut at Broadhurst Theatre in the role of Winnie Foster in Tuck Everlasting on April 26 2016 12 13 While she was performing in the show Lewis plan was that she and a parent would live in a New York City apartment 8 Her mother and father would take turns One would stay with her in New York and the other with her brother in Atlanta The parents would then switch places 14 15 The production closed May 29 2016 after 28 previews and 39 official shows 16 Tuck Everlasting sold tickets worth 325 361 28 instead of the possible 1 112 446 the week before the show closed 16 The New York Times s Michael Paulson found the show which mostly received tepid reviews to be a Broadway flop because it did not have huge stars and it was a fairy tale which is often hard to execute because a dults perceived it as a show for children and family shows without the Disney imprimatur are hard to sell 17 Critics gave Lewis performance on Broadway mostly positive reviews Chicago Tribune drama critic Chris Jones praised Lewis as being a spunky young actress who is one of the show s great assets and who deftly carries pretty much the whole show 18 The Washington Post s chief theater critic Peter Marks lauded Lewis for being technically accomplished with a strong clear voice and the fortitude necessary to carry the central role in a Broadway show 19 The New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood wrote that Winnie Foster is played by Ms Lewis with winning spunk that miraculously never cloys 20 Awards and nominations EditLewis received two Suzi Bass Award nominations for Best Leading Actress in a Musical 5 She was the youngest Suzi Bass Award nominee for the category for her depiction of Annie in the musical Annie at the Atlanta Lyric Theatre 15 The second nomination was for her portrayal of Winnie Foster in the musical Tuck Everlasting at the Alliance Theatre 5 She won the 2013 Junior Miss Access Broadway Triple Threat National Award 5 For her Outstanding Broadway Debut Performance in Tuck Everlasting in 2016 she won a Theatre World Award 21 She was nominated for the Shuler Hensley Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in 2020 for her role in Chicago at Milton High School 22 23 Personal life EditLewis lived in Milton Georgia 1 and attended Crabapple Crossing Elementary 3 During her Tuck Everlasting stint at the Alliance Theatre in 2015 she had a tutor at the theater to allow her to both rehearse and be taught academic material 4 On her last day in fifth grade before she moved to New York for Tuck Everlasting her classmates made her a sign saying Goodbye Broadway Star 15 While she was in New York Lewis received her curriculum from an Atlanta public school that focuses on distance education and her producers paid for a tutor who worked with every child in the production 14 Lewis attends Milton High School in Milton Georgia 22 23 References Edit a b c d e f g h Montgomery Elizabeth March 31 2014 Atlanta native takes stage in Annie The Atlanta Journal Constitution Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 a b c d e f g h i Oliviero Helena January 20 2015 Tuck Everlasting didn t have to look far for its young star The Atlanta Journal Constitution Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 a b c Pirani Fiza March 3 2016 Atlanta tween takes her talents to Broadway The Atlanta Journal Constitution Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 a b c d e f Copsey Jonathan February 5 2015 Sarah Lewis performs in Tuck Everlasting Milton resident stars in Alliance Theatre musical Appen Media Group Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 a b c d Henry Sally February 27 2016 BWW Interview Sarah Charles Lewis Reflects on TUCK EVERLASTING s World Premiere and Bringing Good Girl Winnie Foster to Broadway Broadway World Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 Tuck Everlasting Star Sarah Charles Lewis on the Thrill of the Stage Door Her Dream Disney Co Star amp More Broadway com April 7 2016 Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 Osborne Bert April 8 2014 Review Lyric s tried but true Annie still pleases The Atlanta Journal Constitution Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 a b Paulson Michael February 17 2016 Sarah Charles Lewis Bids for Posterity in Tuck Everlasting The New York Times Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 Morris Katie January 28 2015 Children s fantasy novel Tuck Everlasting comes to life at Alliance Theatre Gwinnett Daily Post Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 Isherwood Charles February 9 2015 Review Tuck Everlasting Swaps Out the Circle of Life for an Eternally Unspooling Ribbon The New York Times Archived from the original on May 22 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 a b Henry Sally February 20 2015 BWW Interview Sarah Charles Lewis on Her Magical TUCK EVERLASTING Experience at the Alliance Theatre Broadway World Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 Gordon David April 27 2016 Melissa Joan Hart Bernadette Peters and More Welcome Tuck Everlasting to Broadway TheaterMania Archived from the original on May 1 2016 Retrieved May 1 2016 Viagas Robert March 31 2016 Tuck Everlasting Begins Broadway Previews Today Playbill Archived from the original on May 1 2016 Retrieved May 1 2016 a b Garrett Camryn March 23 2016 Interview with Tuck Everlasting Star Sarah Charles Lewis The Huffington Post Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 a b c Richardson Kimberly March 30 2016 Georgia girl makes Broadway debut at age 11 WSB TV Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 19 2016 a b Viagas Robert May 29 2016 Broadway Musical Tuck Everlasting Closes Today Playbill Archived from the original on February 19 2017 Retrieved February 19 2017 Paulson Michael June 22 2016 Anatomy of a Broadway Flop What Sank These 4 Shows The New York Times Archived from the original on June 26 2016 Retrieved February 19 2017 Jones Chris April 26 2016 Broadway Tuck Everlasting keeps things light even things like life and death Chicago Tribune Archived from the original on May 1 2016 Retrieved May 1 2016 Marks Peter April 27 2016 Tuck Everlasting is strictly for the little ones The Washington Post Archived from the original on June 4 2016 Retrieved May 1 2016 Isherwood Charles April 26 2016 Review Tuck Everlasting a Lyrical Meditation on Life Death and Immortality The New York Times Archived from the original on April 30 2016 Retrieved May 1 2016 Gans Andrew May 2 2016 Theatre World Awards Announce 2016 Winners Playbill Archived from the original on May 15 2016 Retrieved May 15 2016 a b Catts Everett April 14 2020 These metro Atlanta schools have been nominated for the Shuler Hensley Awards Marietta Daily Journal Archived from the original on August 9 2020 Retrieved August 9 2020 a b Broady Arlinda Smith May 1 2020 Awards to honor top high school theater performers May 14 The Atlanta Journal Constitution Archived from the original on August 9 2020 Retrieved August 9 2020 External links EditOfficial website Sarah Charles Lewis on Instagram Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sarah Charles Lewis amp oldid 1092537301, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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