EDEN ESPINOSA

'Eden Espinosa' (born February 2, 1978 in Anaheim, California) is an American singer and stage actress. She is the daughter of the Christian composer Eddie Espinosa.

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Stage career

Espinosa began singing at the age of three and performing at age five. She worked at local theme parks such as Disneyland and Universal Studios prior to being discovered by the ''BKLYN'' casting director. She worked on creating the title role of the musical at the Denver Civic Theatre for nearly two years. Before ''BKLYN'''s Broadway run at the Plymouth Theatre, Espinosa made her Broadway debut in the original company of Stephen Schwartz's musical ''Wicked'', where she also served as Idina Menzel's standby as Elphaba. At one point, Espinosa continuously performed in the role for a month, while Menzel was busy shooting the film ''Ask The Dust'' in South Africa. Espinosa departed ''Wicked'' in August, 2004. ''BKLYN'' began its Broadway run on October 24, 2004 and closed on June 26, 2005.
Shortly after ''BKLYN'' closed, another opportunity for Espinosa to rejoin Wicked arose. Actress Stephanie J. Block was injured on the musical's National Tour, and was unable to perform for the tour's stop in San Francisco. Espinosa temporarily replaced Block as "Elphaba" from August 5 to September 11, 2005.
On January 10, 2006 Eden Espinosa replaced actress Shoshana Bean as Elphaba, returning to the Gershwin Theatre once again. She left the show on October 8, 2006, being replaced by Chicago's original Elphaba, Ana Gasteyer. She is currently reprising this role alongside former co-star, Megan Hilty in the open-ended Los Angeles production of Wicked. She recently extended her contract till December 2007.
She can be heard on the Original Concept Cast Recording of Bright Lights, Big City, but never actually performed the role. You may have also heard her on such recordings as Hair (BC/EFA benefit recording), The Maury Yeston Songbook; and John McDaniel Live at Joe’s Pub. She also can be heard singing a version of the song "As Long As You're Mine" (from the show Wicked) with David Burnham, on his self-titled album.

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