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| name = Mary Testa | image = Mary Testa 2011 (2) (cropped).jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Testa at Gimme a Break Gala, December 2011 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|6|4}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | occupation = Actress, singer | yearsactive = 1979—present | spouse= }}Mary Testa (born June 4, 1955) is an American stage and film actress and singer. She is a two-time Tony Award nominee, for performances in revivals of Leonard Bernstein's On the Town (1998) and 42nd Street (2001).[1] Early lifeTesta was born in Philadelphia and has one sister. At age four, her family moved to Rhode Island.[2] She studied acting at the University of Rhode Island.[3] Testa left school to move to New York in 1976 to pursue a performing career.[4] StageTesta made her debut Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons as Miss Goldberg in William Finn's one-act musical In Trousers (1979), part one of his "Marvin Trilogy."[5] She next performed in Finn's March of the Falsettos, and later in Company, at Playwrights.[2][4] Her Broadway roles include Joyce Heth in Barnum (1982), movie columnist Hedda Hopper in An American Fable (1983), Angel in The Rink (1984), Domina in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996–1997), Madame Dilly in On the Town (1998), Magdalena in Marie Christine, Maggie Jones in 42nd Street (2001–2002), the Matron in Chicago (2005), Melpomene in Xanadu (2007–2008), General Matilda B. Cartwright in Guys and Dolls (2009) and Madame Morrible in Wicked (2014).[5] She is a frequent collaborator with such acclaimed musical dramatists as William Finn (Infinite Joy, A New Brain, In Trousers) and Michael John LaChiusa (Marie Christine, See What I Wanna See, First Lady Suite), while also having appeared in the works of Stephen Sondheim, Kander & Ebb, Flaherty & Ahrens, and Leonard Bernstein, among other Off-Broadway and regional theatre credits.[5] She also frequently performs in concerts and cabaret shows.[6] Film, television and recordingTesta made her film debut in Going in Style (1979), and has appeared in numerous movie and television roles since, including Sophia in the 2003 sitcom Whoopi, Zia Maria Luisa in the 2014 film Big Stone Gap, and Sister Clare in the 2004 film adaptation of Tony n' Tina's Wedding. She also appeared in such films as The Business of Strangers (2001), Stay (2005), Eat Pray Love (2010), The Bounty Hunter (2010) and the TV series Law & Order, 2 Broke Girls, Smash, White Collar, Cosby, Sex and the City, and Life on Mars.[7] From 1999 to 2002 she appeared frequently as the voice of Shirley the Medium on Courage the Cowardly Dog.[7] In addition to her show albums, Testa and Michael Starobin released an album, Have Faith, in 2014. It contains contemporary interpretations of songs by artists such as Alanis Morissette, Prince, The Beach Boys, Leonard Cohen, Finn and LaChiusa.[8][9] Selected stage credits
Selected concert appearances
Awards and nominations
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Mary Testa Awards|url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=62086|website=IBDB: The Internet Broadway Database|accessdate=17 December 2014}} 2. ^1 Buckley, Michael. "Stage to Screens: A Chat with Mary Testa", Playbill, December 21, 2003, accessed December 19, 2014 3. ^Bird, Alan. Mary Testa, NewYorkTheatreGuide, December 20, 2010, accessed December 19, 2014 4. ^1 Gans, Andrew. "Diva Talk: Chatting with Xanadu's Mary Testa Plus News of Buckley, Kuhn and Callaway", Playbill, August 3, 2007, accessed December 19, 2014 5. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Mary Testa Theatre Credits| url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Mary-Testa/|website=BroadwayWorld.com|accessdate=17 December 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Mary Testa News|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/news/Mary-Testa/40/|website=BroadwayWorld.com|accessdate=17 December 2014}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|title=Mary Testa|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856440/|website=IMDb|accessdate=17 December 2014}} 8. ^"Wicked's Mary Testa and Michael Starobin Release Have Faith Album", TheatreMania, November 4, 2014 9. ^Holdenjan, Stephen. Music Review; “Fleeting Sweetness, and Pits; Mary Testa, Onstage With Selections From Have Faith”. New York Times. January 6, 2015 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.transportgroup.org/queen-of-the-mist |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-08-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129051636/http://www.transportgroup.org/queen-of-the-mist |archivedate=2012-11-29 |df= }} External links
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