First published 2009
Kristin Chenoweth stands four feet eleven inches tall with a voice that fills theaters. She won a Tony Award for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and originated Galinda in Wicked on Broadway. But her path from small-town Oklahoma to the Great White Way took unexpected turns. The daughter of an engineer and a nurse, Chenoweth sang at Baptist conventions by age twelve and competed in beauty pageants through college. She trained as an opera singer but stopped in New York to visit a friend. On a whim, she auditioned for a Broadway show. Through talent, persistence, and what she calls divine grace, she conquered the theater world. Yet success brought its own challenges in the chaotic entertainment industry. Chenoweth reflects on how her faith and family kept her steady while navigating television roles, magazine spreads, and the contradictions of show business fame. Her story reveals the woman behind the big voice.
Genres: biography, drama, christian, autobiography, biography-memoir, faith, comedy, christian-living
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: overcoming-adversity, rags-to-riches
Setting: Broadway, New York, Oklahoma
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
232 pages · Hardcover · Touchstone