Lovette George

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Lovette George (Circa 1962 - September 6, 2006) was a singer and actress in Broadway musicals.

Shows included Uptown...It's Hot! (1986), Carousel (1994) and Marie Christine (1999) and The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) (2003). Understudied Kristin Chenoweth off-Broadway in A New Brain (1998) [1]

[edit] Biography [2]

Lovette George was born in Manhattan and drew part of her inspiration to perform from her mother, Carol, who is concert singer.

Ms. George earned a bachelor's degree in theatre from SUNY Binghamton.

She played Carrie ("when Audra wasn't," she wrote in her Playbill bio) in the acclaimed Lincoln Center production of Carousel and appeared in Broadway's Uptown...It's Hot with Maurice Hines.

Playing a variety of musical theatre styles, she was nominated for a 2004 Drama Desk Award for The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) for the York Theatre Company and later in its commercial run at Dodger Stages. She is also heard on the cast album, spoofing the styles of Stephen Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, Jerry Herman, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

She appeared as Pearl in a German production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express (and is on its cast album).

Her credits also include Off-Broadway's The Green Heart (Manhattan Theatre Club) and Eating Raoul and regional productions of Thunder Knocking at the Door (the Guthrie), The Hot Mikado (the Alliance) and The Most Happy Fella (St. Louis Rep/Cincinnati Playhouse).

[edit] The Lovette George NFAA ARTS Award in Theatre [3]

The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts has created an award in honor of Lovette George, who served as a member of NFAA’s national theater panel in 2005 and 2006. The award will be bestowed upon a student selected as one of the twenty NFAA ARTS Week national finalists in Theater.

The award will support a $1,000 minimum cash award to be given to the selected student. It will also sponsor the student’s NFAA ARTS Week participation. The portion of the award sponsoring the ARTS Week participation supports the winner’s transportation, housing, and meals costs as well as a pro-rated share of the costs of the panelists, master teachers, accompanists, and coordinators. No part of the award is used for the organization’s general operating expenses. The entire award supports a specific winner in Theater.