Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Autumn Hurlbert (born in Great Falls, Montana) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Hurlbert is best known as the runner-up on the reality competition series Legally Blonde - The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods. After taping the competition, Hurlbert served as a member of the Broadway cast in Legally Blonde: The Musical until its closing on Oct 19, 2008. She also understudied the parts of Elle and Margot on Broadway. Ultimately, Hurlbert did headline as Elle Woods in a 2012 version of the production, directed by Denis Jones.Hurlbert's other Broadway credits include the first national tour of the musical Little Women, and numerous regional and touring credits, including: Belle in Beauty & the Beast, Eponine in Les Miserablés, and the Mistress in Evita. In 2009, Hurlbert was awarded the FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Actor for originating the role of Abby Lawrence in the comedy hit: A Contemporary American's Guide to a Successful Marriage, 1959.Hurlbert starred as Rachel Hughes in the 2010 award-winning film SuddenDeath!, directed by Adam Hall. In Fall 2010, Hurlbert co-starred with Phylicia Rashad in Marcus Gardley’s new play: every tongue confess, directed by Kenny Leon. Hurlbert received critical acclaim for originating the role of Benny Pride. Hilton Als of The New Yorker characterized her performance as “phenomenal”.Hurlbert made her Off-Broadway debut in 2011, starring in the Outer Critics Circle Award-nominated musical Tomorrow Morning, at the York Theatre. Tomorrow Morning, with book, music and lyrics by Laurence Mark Wythe is a new musical about two couples. Tomorrow Morning has been produced in London, Chicago, Tokyo and Seoul and, in 2009, won Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Musical.In 2012, Hurlbert starred as Sibyl in Noël Coward's Private Lives at the Huntington Theater in Boston, directed by Maria Aitken. This very successful production has been slated to return to the stage in 2014 at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, in Washington D.C. Also in 2012, Hurlbert starred as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical at the North Carolina Theatre.She teamed up again with Hall in 2013 as a scientist named Taylor in the web-series Research, alongside Barry Bostwick and Doug Jones. Hurlbert played Samantha in the new Off-Broadway musical Nobody Loves You, at Second Stage Theatre.Hurlbert most recently appeared in NBC's The Sound of Music Live! special on 12/5/2013.. }
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- Autumn_Hurlbert abstract "Autumn Hurlbert (born in Great Falls, Montana) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Hurlbert is best known as the runner-up on the reality competition series Legally Blonde - The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods. After taping the competition, Hurlbert served as a member of the Broadway cast in Legally Blonde: The Musical until its closing on Oct 19, 2008. She also understudied the parts of Elle and Margot on Broadway. Ultimately, Hurlbert did headline as Elle Woods in a 2012 version of the production, directed by Denis Jones.Hurlbert's other Broadway credits include the first national tour of the musical Little Women, and numerous regional and touring credits, including: Belle in Beauty & the Beast, Eponine in Les Miserablés, and the Mistress in Evita. In 2009, Hurlbert was awarded the FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Actor for originating the role of Abby Lawrence in the comedy hit: A Contemporary American's Guide to a Successful Marriage, 1959.Hurlbert starred as Rachel Hughes in the 2010 award-winning film SuddenDeath!, directed by Adam Hall. In Fall 2010, Hurlbert co-starred with Phylicia Rashad in Marcus Gardley’s new play: every tongue confess, directed by Kenny Leon. Hurlbert received critical acclaim for originating the role of Benny Pride. Hilton Als of The New Yorker characterized her performance as “phenomenal”.Hurlbert made her Off-Broadway debut in 2011, starring in the Outer Critics Circle Award-nominated musical Tomorrow Morning, at the York Theatre. Tomorrow Morning, with book, music and lyrics by Laurence Mark Wythe is a new musical about two couples. Tomorrow Morning has been produced in London, Chicago, Tokyo and Seoul and, in 2009, won Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Musical.In 2012, Hurlbert starred as Sibyl in Noël Coward's Private Lives at the Huntington Theater in Boston, directed by Maria Aitken. This very successful production has been slated to return to the stage in 2014 at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, in Washington D.C. Also in 2012, Hurlbert starred as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical at the North Carolina Theatre.She teamed up again with Hall in 2013 as a scientist named Taylor in the web-series Research, alongside Barry Bostwick and Doug Jones. Hurlbert played Samantha in the new Off-Broadway musical Nobody Loves You, at Second Stage Theatre.Hurlbert most recently appeared in NBC's The Sound of Music Live! special on 12/5/2013.".