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Karen Olivo

Date of Birth: August 07, 1976 (46)

Birth Place: New York, NY, USA

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Karen Olivo originated the lead role of Satine in Broadway's Moulin Rouge! (2019) after playing the role in the Boston production in 2018. Other Broadway credits: West Side Story (2009, Tony Award winner); In the Heights (2008); and Brooklyn (2004). Regional/off-Broadway credits include: Fun Home (2018); Hamilton (2016); tick, tick...BOOM! (2014); and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (2011).

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Karen Olivo STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2019
Satine

[Boston]
World Premiere, 2018
Satine

[Washington, DC (Regional)]
Kennedy Center Broadway Center Stage Revival, 2018
Florence Vassy

[US Tour]
Chicago, Los Angeles, National Tour Production, 2016
Angelica Schyler

[Off-Broadway]
Public Works Production, 2015
Penelope

[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Off-Center Production, 2014
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Production, 2012
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
Second Stage Theatre Production, 2011
Anne Mae/Afua Assata Ejobo

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2009
Anita

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2008
Vanessa

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007
Vanessa

Vanessa

[Off-Broadway]
2005
Jeca

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2005
Jeca

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2004
Faith

[Regional (US)]
World Premiere, 2003
Performer

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 1996
Performer (Swing) [Replacement]

Maureen Johnson, Mimi Marquez (Understudy) [Replacement]

Mimi Marquez (Understudy) [Replacement]

Maureen Johnson (Understudy) [Replacement]


Karen Olivo Movies

[2007]Adrift in Manhattan Ana, Isabel's daughter

[2008]The New Twenty Bethany

[2011]Shanghai Hotel Carmen

[2012]Generation Um... Carrie Hines


Karen Olivo TV Shows

Harry's Law Cassie Reynolds

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Yelina Muñoz, Jennifer Benitez

The Good Wife Giada Cabrini

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L Morgan Lee to Lead Breaking the Binary Theatre's Summer Intensive

Breaking the Binary Theatre is partnering with Tony Award nominee and Core Community Advisory Board member L Morgan Lee on the company’s first ever BTB Summer Intensive program.

KO (Karen Olivo) Supports Latiné Musical Theatre Lab And Helps Cultivate Latiné Talent Within The Arts Industry!

Latiné Musical Theatre Lab is honored to highlight KO, also known as Karen Olivo. KO is a prodigious supporter of the Lab, and the preeminent donor for 4xLatiné, one of the Lab's flagship programs which will take place on March 13, 2023 in NYC and will feature four, fifteen-minute excerpts of new musicals, all written by Latiné writers and performed for a live audience.

Video: Celebrate 15 Years of IN THE HEIGHTS

In the Heights opened on Broadway on March 9, 2008. Watch videos of the original cast in action!

Photos: Michael Kushner Celebrates His New Book HOW TO BE A MULTI-HYPHENATE IN THE THEATRE BUSINESS At The Drama Bookshop

Go inside The Drama Bookshop as author Michael Kushner celebrates the release of his new book, 'How to Be A Multi-Hyphenate in the Theatre Business: Conversations, Advice, and Tips from Dear Multi-Hyphenate'. See photos from the event!

BREAKING THE BINARY THEATRE to Expand Into Year-Round Company

Following the resounding success of the inaugural Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival in 2022, Founding Artistic Director George Strus has announced Breaking the Binary Theatre.

Michael Kushner to Release New Book HOW TO BE A MULTI-HYPHENATE IN THE THEATRE BUSINESS

Published by Routledge and CRC Press, “How to Be A Multi-Hyphenate in the Theatre Business: Conversations, Advice, and Tips from Dear Multi-Hyphenate” will be released everywhere books are sold on Friday, February 10, 2023 and is available for pre-order starting Friday, January 20, 2023.

Project Broadway's Mosaic Training Program Announces In-Person Program for 2023

Calling All BIPOC High School Aged Performers! Be a part of Project Broadway’s FREE In-Person Musical Theater Training Program this February-March 2023 in-person in NYC! 

Karen Olivo, Sandra Delgado & More Join Collaboraction Theatre Company Board

Collaboraction Theatre Company is ringing in the New Year with the announcement of five new, heavy-hitter board members.

Video: The Best Broadway Performances from the Kennedy Center Honors

The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors are coming up and we are celebrating the special occasion with some of our favorite videos of past Broadway performances. Check out the full list!

Listen: Andrea Martin & Julie Taymor Join AND THE AWARD GOES TO… Season 3 Premiere Episodes

Listen to the premiere episodes of Ilana Levine’s “And the Award Goes To…” Season 3, featuring Tony Award Winners Andrea Martin and Julie Taymor.

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! at the Eccles Theater is a Euphoric Heart-Filled Extravaganza

The national tour of MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at the Eccles Theater is not just “spectacular spectacular”--it is “spectacular” a million times over with dazzling scenic and lighting design that has to be seen to be believed, and even then it feels unbelievable. The entire production is a luscious extravaganza of visuals and music, thanks to the unparalleled artistic vision of Tony-winning director Alex Timbers and his collaborators. But it’s not just shiny veneer with no substance. Lying just under the surface is a pulsating heart of humanity, filled with love and pain and aspiration, driving the experience to euphoric heights.

Leslie Odom, Jr. to Star in LET FREEDOM RING CELEBRATION at the Kennedy Center

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Georgetown University will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a free, ticketed musical tribute, the Let Freedom Ring Celebration. The annual program, part of the Center’s Millennium Stage free daily performance series, features Leslie Odom, Jr.

BREAKING THE BINARY THEATRE FESTIVAL Announces Full Cast & Creative Team

Founding Artistic Director George Strus has announced the complete cast and additional creative team members for the inaugural Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival. Curated by Strus, Dominique Rider and Josephine Kearns, Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival will feature seven evenings of work created and developed by TNB2S+ theatermakers.

LESLIE ODOM, JR. THE CHRISTMAS TOUR to Return to the CIBC Theatre in December

Leslie Odom, Jr. The Christmas Tour is returning to the CIBC Theatre for one night only on December 17, 2022.

L Morgan Lee Joins Creative Team for BREAKING THE BINARY THEATRE FESTIVAL - Playing This October

Tony Award nominee L Morgan Lee (she/her, A Strange Loop) will direct the final evening of Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival – an evening of 15 newly commissioned monologues created by members of the TNB2S+ community - on Sunday October 16 at 7:00pm at Theatre Row’s first floor space, Theatre One.

Collaboraction's 7th Annual PEACEBOOK Festival At Kehrein Center For The Arts To Feature Top Chicago Artists

Collaboraction, an ethno-diverse, social justice theater company that uses theater and digital media to incite change and grow equity in Chicago, has a turbo-charged 26th season of art and social activism lined up for 2022-23. 

Photos: First Look at Solea Pfeiffer & Joshua Boone in Tyler Perry's A JAZZMAN'S BLUES Film

Check out photos from A Jazzman's Blues, written, directed and produced by Academy Award honoree Tyler Perry, the film stars Joshua Boone (Skeleton Crew) and Solea Pfeiffer (Almost Famous) alongside a cast that includes Amirah Vann, Austin Scott, Milauna Jemai Jackson, Brent Antonello, Brad Benedict, Kario Marcel, Lana Young and Ryan Eggold.

#MarchOnBroadway Presents THE FUNCTION A Queer Juneteenth Concert Celebration

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents 'THE FUNCTION: A Queer Juneteenth Concert Celebration.' The two time Gold Anthem Award winning March On Broadway team reunites to bring you 'THE FUNCTION;' A queer centered concert celebration of the powerful black history that is Juneteenth, featuring black Broadway, TV, and Recording Stars from across the gamut.

Alex Newell to Headline Queer Juneteenth Celebration at Feinstein's/54 Below

FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present ‘THE FUNCTION: A Queer Juneteenth Concert Celebration.’ The March On Broadway team is reuniting to bring you “THE FUNCTION;” A queer centered concert celebration of the powerful black history that is Juneteenth, featuring black Broadway, TV, and Recording Stars from across the gamut.

Photos: Karen Olivo and Maria Torres O'Connor Stop By ¡AMERICANO!

Tony Award winner Karen Olivo and director/choreographer Maria Torres O'Connor were at stopped by the Off-Broadway musical ¡AMERICANO! tonight! Check out photos from their visit!

Karen Olivo FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Karen Olivo has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.

Karen Olivo has not appeared in the West End

Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Moulin Rouge! , Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Moulin Rouge! , Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Moulin Rouge! , Best Featured Actress in a Musical (BroadwayWorld Awards) for West Side Story , Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for West Side Story , Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for West Side Story Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for West Side Story and Outstanding Ensemble Performances (Drama Desk Awards) for In the Heights .

Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Moulin Rouge!, Best Featured Actress in a Musical (BroadwayWorld Awards) for West Side Story Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for West Side Storyand Outstanding Ensemble Performances (Drama Desk Awards) for In the Heights.

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