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Kate Reinders (born 1980) is an American musical theatre actress, who has performed as lead and understudy in several Broadway shows. Reinders was born in Seattle, Washington, but raised in Spring Lake, Michigan. She attended Western Michigan Christian High School, graduating in 1998. ==Career== Reinders' Broadway debut was in ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' as a swing and understudy for characters Amy Lawrence and Becky Thatcher. She next joined the 2002 Broadway revival of ''Into The Woods'' as an understudy for Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Milky White, and Rapunzel. Her first starring role was in the 2003 revival of ''Gypsy'' as June; she went on to play Caroline in the 2005 jukebox musical ''Good Vibrations''. Reinders played the role of Glinda in the 2005 Chicago production of ''Wicked'', alongside Ana Gasteyer as Elphaba; for this role, she received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for Best Actress in a Principal Role. She and Gasteyer finished their runs in the Chicago company on January 22, 2006. On May 30, 2006 she replaced Megan Hilty as Glinda in the Broadway production.〔Simonson, Robert. ("Kate Reinders To Join Broadway's 'Wicked' On May 30 As New Glinda" ). Playbill.com, May 30, 2006〕 While playing this role she performed "Popular" in a Daily Double about ''Wicked'' on an all-celebrity episode of Jeopardy!. TV personality Nancy Grace gave the correct question. She ended her run on January 7, 2007 along with former Chicago co-star, Ana Gasteyer. Reinders was part of the cast in the show ''Party Come Here'', which ran as part of the Williamstown Theatre Festival from July 25 through August 5, 2007. She appeared in the play ''The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero'' at the Off-Broadway DR2 Theater in 2007.〔Gans, Andrew. ("Wicked's Reinders to Be Part of Fabulous Life of a Size Zero Cast" ). Playbill.com, May 18, 2007〕 Reinders was also a member of the band Tastiskank, along with Sarah Litzsinger.〔Gans, Andrew. ("Litzsinger and Reinders to Bring TastiSkank to the George Street Playhouse" ). Playbill.com, April 5, 2007〕 Reinders and Litzsinger co-starred opposite Constantine Maroulis in an independent TV pilot called ''Teachers.'' She also had a recurring role as a character named Ginger on the third season of the television series ''Ugly Betty''. Reinders starred as a regular character, "Paula Morgan" on the Lifetime series ''Sherri'' starring former The View co-host Sherri Shepherd. The show premiered on October 5, 2009. Reinders returned to the Gershwin Theatre on October 27, 2008 and took part in ''The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken'', a selection of scenes and songs cut from early drafts of the musical ''Wicked''.〔Gans, Andrew. ("Henry, Parker, Reichard and Reinders Join Line-Up for Yellow Brick Road Not Taken Concert" ). Playbill.com, October 24, 2008.〕 Reinders appears in the Mohegan Sun commercial, "Everyone's Invited" singing to the tune of the Rick James song Superfreak alongside former Wicked co-star, Saycon Sengbloh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Mohegan Sun - Super Freak )〕 She appears in the concert revue ''For The Record: Baz Luhrmann'' in Los Angeles, presented by ''ROCKLA'' for ''Show at Barre''. It opened February 12, 2011, and closed June 30, 2011, with Jenna Leigh Green, Arielle Jacobs and Tracie Thoms.〔Probst, Andy. ("Jenna Leigh Green, Arielle Jacobs, Kate Reinders, et al. Set For the Record: Baz Luhrmann" ). Theatermania.com. February 3, 2011.〕 Reinders voices the character Jezebel in the video game ''Saints Row: Gat out of Hell''. Reinders currently appears as Portia in the new Broadway musical comedy ''Something Rotten!'', which opened April 22, 2015 at the St. James Theatre.〔(" 'Something Rotten!' Cast" ) broadway.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kate Reinders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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