Sierra Boggess

Sierra Marjory Boggess (born May 20, 1982) is an American theater actress and singer.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2004 from Millikin University, where she studied voice with Cynthia Douglas.

Boggess began her career in the ensemble and as an understudy for Cosette on the U.S. national tour of Les Misérables.

She also played the roles of Binky and Ram Dass in the musical Princesses at Goodspeed Opera House and the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle.

Her previous work includes West Side Story (Maria), The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), The Boy Friend (Polly), and Sweet Charity (Charity).

Around the time she was performing in Les Misérables, Boggess was cast in a Las Vegas production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera at The Venetian Las Vegas.

She is best known for originating the role of Ariel in The Little Mermaid on Broadway, and for her multiple appearances as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. She first appeared in the Las Vegas production of Phantom in 2006.

The production opened on June 24, 2006.

Boggess played the female leading role of Christine Daaé, co-starring with Anthony Crivello and Brent Barrett alternating in the title role.

She stayed with the Las Vegas production for a year.

Boggess was then cast in her Broadway debut, originating the leading role of Ariel in The Little Mermaid.

She performed with the show in its pre-Broadway tryout at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Ellie Caulkins Opera House, which ran from July 26, 2007, through September 9, 2007.

The Broadway production began previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 3, 2007.

It was temporarily closed from November 10, 2007, until November 28, 2007, as a result of the 2007 Broadway stagehand strike.

Performances resumed the next day following the strike, and the official opening night was pushed from December 6, 2007, to January 10, 2008.

Boggess received positive reviews for her performance.

She stayed with the show for a year and a half, before playing her final performance as Ariel on May 31, 2009.

Boggess was replaced by understudy Chelsea Morgan Stock.

While she was performing in The Little Mermaid, Boggess starred opposite Kristin Chenoweth in the Encores! staged concert of Music in the Air in February 2009.

In 2010, she reprised the role of Christine in the original London version of Love Never Dies, which continues the story of Phantom.

From February 2010 to March 2011, Boggess starred as Christine Daaé in the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies.

She also took part in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Prom at the Royal Albert Hall on August 22, 2010, which was screened on August 28.

After leaving Love Never Dies Boggess played Sharon, alongside Tyne Daly, in the Broadway revival of Master Class, beginning on June 14, 2011.

The show concluded its limited engagement on September 4, 2011.

Boggess again played Christine Daaé in the 25th anniversary concert of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall in London with Love Never Dies co-star Ramin Karimloo as the Phantom at the Royal Albert Hall on October 1 and 2, 2011.

In 2012, she played Fantine in the London production of Les Misérables.

Boggess starred in the Off-Broadway show Love, Loss, and What I Wore from February 29, 2012, through the show's closure on March 25, 2012.

In April 2012, Boggess announced that she dropped out of Rebecca and instead joined the cast of the upcoming musical revue Prince of Broadway which pays tribute to director Harold Prince.

On July 2, 2012, Boggess returned to Les Misérables until January 10, 2013.

This time she joined the West End company at the Queen's Theatre and took over the role of Fantine.

She then played Christine in the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera in 2013.

However, the project was postponed until 2013.

On January 21, 2013, Boggess returned to the role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera for the Broadway production's 25th anniversary and co-starred opposite Hugh Panaro as the Phantom.

She performed the role for a limited six-week engagement through March 2, 2013.

She also originated the role of Rosalie Mullins in School of Rock in 2016.

Sierra Boggess was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, with her older sister, Summer, and her younger sister, Allegra.

All three sisters are professional musicians.

The three were members of the Colorado Children's Chorale.

She attended George Washington High School.

In an interview with The Interval, Boggess discussed the influence of drama studies during high school on her early development.