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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Faith Prince arrives in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>
today and will open in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:City></st1:place>
at the Sofitel Supper Club on this Saturday 10 June till 12 June at <st1:time
Hour="20" Minute="0" w:st="on">8pm</st1:time>. Tickets are still
available through the Sofitel direct or 9653 7744 or <a
href="http://www.ticketek.com.au/">www.ticketek.com.au</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We include below an article that appeared in the Sydney
Morning Herald last Tuesday. It is a great article and we thought you would all
enjoy the read.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>At the shows this week we will be announcing the next
sensational Broadway star to hit the Sofitel Supper Club in August.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Looking forward to seeing you this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sincerely<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>David Hawkins, Nancy Cato and Martin Croft<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:24.0pt'>Attracting the
spotlight a matter of Faith<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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</HEADLINE>May 30, 2006</DATE> Sydney Morning Herald<br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">She's mastered brassy and is a dab hand
at heart wrenching, too, writes <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Bryce Hallett</st1:PersonName>.</font></b></WOFF></strong><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><a name=contentSwap1></a><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHEN Faith Prince won the role of the perennially
unwed dancer Miss Adelaide in the 1992 Broadway revival of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Guys and Dolls</span></i>, she was barely known and
faced stiff competition from the go-getter leading man, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Nathan Lane</st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>"I
got the feeling from [director] Jerry Zaks that <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Guys and Dolls</span></i> was going to be Nathan's show," recalls
Prince.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>"But
Miss Adelaide is such a vulnerable character and audiences can't leave the show
without caring about her. I soon realised that Nathan, like me, was rising to
the occasion and so it was never a question of who would defer to the other. We
were both considered to have an old-fashioned vaudeville style and I learnt to
stamp out my ground playing Miss Adelaide."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Prince
made such an impression that she won a Tony award for best actress in a musical
and quickly became a darling of Broadway. She has carved a vigorous and varied
career in musicals, concerts, cabaret and television, including regular
appearances on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Spin</span></i></st1:PlaceName><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></span></i></st1:place>,
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>House</span></i>, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Law & Order</span></i> and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Huff</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
singer and character actor comes to Sydney and Melbourne next month to present
her show <i><span style='font-style:italic'>A Leap of Faith</span></i>, an
intimate cabaret that premiered at Joe's Pub in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place> in 1999. It enabled her to break
free of the mask and the grind of eight shows a week.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>"I
try to break my work up and not settle for any one thing," says Prince,
who grew up in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Virginia</st1:State></st1:place>.
"I have played houses that are 1500 seats and small rooms of about 100. It
took me a while to do cabaret because I thought I had nothing to say and what I
would say would be boring. The Joe's Pub show was a scary process but it taught
me a lot about myself …<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>"I
remember being petrified when I went on but by the end of the show I felt 10
feet taller. It came naturally to me and that surprised me. Doing cabaret has
made me a better actor, a better interpreter of songs, because it forces you to
look deep inside yourself …"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
role of Miss Adelaide, which has been played in Australia by Nancye Hayes and
Marina Prior, is such a strong, memorable part that it can lead to a performer
being painted into a corner.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>"It
was both a blessing and a curse," says Prince, who has also starred in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Little Shop of Horrors</span></i>, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Bells are Ringing</span></i>, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Jerome Robbins' Broadway</span></i>, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The King and I</span></i>, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Falsettoland</span></i> and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Noises
Off</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>"I
was never a brass belter when I started out but it developed later in certain
roles, including <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Little Shop of Horrors</span></i>.
The thing with <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Adelaide</st1:City></st1:place>
is that you develop a comic persona and risk being typecast because of it. You
have to continually prove yourself and push yourself forward for <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><a name=contentSwap2></a><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>A chance to erase the sassy <st1:State w:st="on">New
York</st1:State> persona came when the director of the Australian production
of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The King and I</span></i>, Christopher
Renshaw, invited Prince to take the lead in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Call
me crazy, but I am the kind of person who wants to get on and read for the
director to determine if I am right for the part and can actually do it,"
she says. "I was scared about doing the musical and I said to Chris
[Renshaw], 'You need to keep a tight hand on this and keep my performance in
check'. The last thing I wanted was to go for the joke and not convey Anna's
humanity, her lightness and dark."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Affable,
self-deprecating and upbeat, Prince describes herself as "a Southern girl
who soaks up ideas and experiences like a sponge". Her musical influences
include Cy Coleman, Jule Styne, Larry Grossman and Stephen Sondheim, and she's
as much at home with bawdy honky-tonk as she is with a heart-tearing lament.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>"I
had a musical family, not in a professional sense, but we all played the piano.
My dad was a nuclear engineer and a showman on the side and my mother had the
most beautiful voice."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-style:italic'>A Leap of Faith</span></font></i><span lang=EN> is partly
autobiographical and, just in case you're wondering, Miss Adelaide gets in on
the act. "Imagine not bringing her to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Sydney</st1:City></st1:place>. She always comes along for the
ride!"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Prince
says she's happy to juggle television and stage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>"My
music and my work on Broadway means I don't get pressured or anxious when I
audition for television roles. Early on I had a hard time and was involved in
two TV pilots which didn't get up but I have had great TV experiences. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Huff</span></i> is probably the best-written job for
me personally as it shifts between comedy and drama. But musical theatre is
incredibly demanding because you have to make someone believable and sing. As a
performer you're spinning five plates instead of one."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
last time Prince appeared on Broadway was in Michael Frayn's farce within a
farce <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Noises Off</span></i>, a boisterous
show that co-starred Patti LuPone and opened the night after the 2001 terrorist
attacks. "We opened right after 9/11 and it was difficult but we managed a
nine-month run. It helped that it was a comedy."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>She
recently did a workshop on a musical version of the film <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>A Room With a View</span></i>. "I played the
Maggie Smith role. Who knows what will come of it … Like every performer
I hang out for a great f---ing role," she says in a loud, brassy tone that
seems light years away from the shy Presbyterian girl from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Virginia</st1:State></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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