Bianca Marroquín

Bianca Marroquin (b. c. 1976) is a Mexican musical theatre actress known as the first Latina to play in a starring role on Broadway and one of the youngest actresses to play Roxie Hart in a Broadway production of "Chicago".

Biography

Early life and education

Marroquin was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico and raised in the border cities of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas, where she studied some dance disciplines: ballet, jazz, flamenco and tap. She went back to Monterrey to study Communications.

Career

In 1997, she became part of the Mexico City cast of "Beauty and the Beast", so she decided to move to Mexico City and start her professional theatre career. She performed in Mexican productions of several Broadway musicals: "Rent" (1999-2001), "The Phantom of the Opera", and "Chicago", which landed her an invitation to perform as Roxie Hart, with George Hamilton as Billy Flynn, at the Shubert Theatre. Afterward, she returned to Mexico City to close the "Chicago" season and join "The Vagina Monologues" Mexican cast.

She left the "Monologues" when she received the invitation to perform as Roxie Hart in the USA and Canada tour of "Chicago". This tour made her the first Mexican ever in receiving the Helen Hayes Award in Washington, D.C., as outstanding Lead Actress. In December 2003, she went back to Broadway as Roxie Hart, now at the Ambassador Theatre, [cite news |first=Andrew |last=Gans |title=Marroquin Replaces d'Amboise in Broadway's Chicago |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83036.html |work=Playbill |date=2003-12-01 ] to rejoin the tour after his Broadway season. Marroquin played the minor role of Carmen in the 2006 Broadway revival of "The Pajama Game", marking her first role she landed directly in Broadway and not a crossover from previous roles in Mexico.

Marroquin has played Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of "Chicago" three times since then, in 2006 [cite news |first=Andrew |last=Gans |title=Broadway's Chicago Welcomes Grammy Winner Usher Aug. 22 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/101544.html |work=Playbill |date=2006-08-22 ] , 2007 [cite news |first=Andrew |last=Gans |title=Lawrence to Join Broadway's Chicago; Marroquin to Return |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/107415.html |work=Playbill |date=2007-04-18 ] and 2008 [cite news |first=Andrew |last=Gans |title=Marroquin, Bartlett and Ryan to Return to Broadway's Chicago |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113910.html |work=Playbill |date=2008-01-02 ] . Her recent off-Broadway work has included "And the World Goes 'Round" in October 2007 [cite news |first=Andrew |last=Gans |title=Barrington's World Goes Round, with Marroquin, Rivette and Robbins, Begins Oct. 3 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/111550.html |work=Playbill |date=2007-10-03 ] and the North Shore Music Theatre production of "Bye Bye Birdie" in summer 2008. [cite news |first=Andrew |last=Gans |title=North Shore's Bye Bye Birdie, with Marroquin, Patterson, Ulloa, Butler, Begins July 15 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119430.html |work=Playbill |date=2008-07-15 ]

Awards

*2004: Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress

References

External links

*http://www.biancamarroquin.com/

Pictures