{"id":18717,"date":"2026-03-11T06:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/kristin-chenoweth-a-career-founded-on-faith\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:06:23","slug":"kristin-chenoweth-a-career-founded-on-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/kristin-chenoweth-a-career-founded-on-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristin Chenoweth: A Career Founded on Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve got to have a lot of things go right for you to make it on Broadway. Not just the obvious, like a strong voice and the ability to bring a character to life. You also have to find the right characters to play. And you need a thick skin because this is a competitive business. Great roles, I\u2019ve been fortunate to have. But I\u2019m still struggling to develop that thick skin.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always been sensitive. Too sensitive, my mom might argue. I can\u2019t help taking to heart what people say about me. Back home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, that wasn\u2019t a problem. I loved to sing and dance, and folks encouraged me, even when I got it into my head that I wanted to be in show business. 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Don\u2019t get me wrong. I\u2019ve been blessed with my share of praise, and I\u2019m grateful. But all it takes sometimes is one critical remark to cut me to the bone. Like the comment I heard\u2014well, <em>overheard<\/em>\u2014in the ladies\u2019 room of a Broadway theater one day after auditioning for a new show. Two women came in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/post\/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-kristin-chenoweth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>READ MORE: 5 THINGS YOU DIDN&#8217;T KNOW ABOUT KRISTIN CHENOWETH<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, she can sing\u2014I\u2019ll give her that,\u201d I heard one of the women say. I recognized her voice right away, an established Broadway star. \u201cBut funny? Come on! How hard is it to play a cartoon character? I don\u2019t get all the hoopla!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>They\u2019re talking about me,<\/em> I realized. I\u2019d just won a Tony Award for my role as Sally Brown in <em>You\u2019re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.<\/em> Sure, the part was based on a comic strip character, but I\u2019d put all of myself into playing it.<\/p>\n<p><em>One of the biggest names in the business, and she thinks I\u2019m overrated. What if she\u2019s right?<\/em> I wondered. <em>What if all the hoopla really is for nothing?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when a little voice inside me said, <em>You\u2019re better than that, Kristin. Don\u2019t doubt yourself.<\/em> The voice I\u2019d listened to\u2014listened for\u2014ever since my very first performance.<\/p>\n<p>I was seven years old and playing a bunny rabbit in <em>The Nutcracker<\/em> at the Tulsa Ballet Theatre. (They wrote in parts for all the little kids.) Opening night I took my spot beside the Sugar Plum Fairy. I watched girls dressed in beautiful gossamer gowns dance and twirl across the stage with vines in their hands. As the last dancer finished I noticed something lying on the stage. A vine.<\/p>\n<p><em>Someone must have dropped it,<\/em> I thought. <em>You\u2019re not supposed to have anything on the floor during a ballet. Someone might trip on it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Sugar Plum Fairy was staring at the vine too. How could we get it off the stage without stopping the show?<\/p>\n<p><em>Go, Kristin, <\/em>said a voice deep inside me. <em>Hop to it.<\/em> So I did. I hopped over to the vine, put it in my mouth and hopped back to my spot. The audience erupted. I was one proud rabbit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/post\/kristin-chenoweth-finds-strength-and-comfort-in-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>READ MORE: KRISTIN CHENOWETH FINDS COMFORT IN PRAYER<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the curtain went down, the artistic director exclaimed, \u201cWhat a smart little bunny you are! How did you know to do that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I shrugged. I didn\u2019t know then whose voice it was. But in the years to come I would hear it and depend on it time and again.<\/p>\n<p>In 1993, for example. I\u2019d just completed a master\u2019s degree in opera performance at Oklahoma City University and won a scholarship to The Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. The Lord was laying out a pretty clear path for me, I thought. Then I came to New York City to help my best friend move into his apartment.<\/p>\n<p>On a whim I flipped through the audition listings in <em>Back Stage.<\/em> One jumped out at me. \u201cThe Marx Brothers\u2019 musical <em>Animal Crackers,<\/em> singers and dancers needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>I want you to try. What have you got to lose?<\/em> There was that voice again. The voice that had never failed me.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I walked into the Paper Mill Playhouse for the audition. All the other girls had headshots, r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, an air of confidence. And I had no idea what I was doing! The only thing that kept me from walking out was that inner voice.<em> Just have fun with it, Kristin. Show them what you\u2019ve got.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I sang and I danced. I read the scene they gave me. I was in my element, enjoying the moment. I never expected one of the producers to ask, \u201cWho\u2019s your agent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgent? I was just doing this for fun,\u201d I tried to explain. \u201cMy dad, I guess. I mean\u2014I don\u2019t really have an agent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Right then and there they offered me a part. A lead. Arabella. I told them I\u2019d have to think about it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/post\/kristin-chenoweths-holiday-grits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>READ MORE: KRISTIN CHENOWETH&#8217;S HOLIDAY &#8216;GRITS&#8217;<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I called home as soon as I got back to my friend\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom, you\u2019ll never guess what happened,\u201d I said excitedly. \u201cI got a part, a real part in a musical!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what about your scholarship?\u201d Mom said. \u201cThe academy only takes five people a year. Are you sure you want to walk away from that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom, I\u2019m supposed to be Arabella. I just know it,\u201d I said. \u201cI was sent to that audition for a reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom and Dad gave me their blessing. After all, they had raised me to trust that guiding voice. Faith and church were at the center of our family, and we always sought God\u2019s blessing on whatever we undertook.<\/p>\n<p>I called the academy director and explained my situation. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, but I\u2019m giving up my spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t say a word at first. Then she let me have it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are making the biggest mistake of your life,\u201d she said. \u201cOnce you wake up and realize what you\u2019ve done, the door is going to be shut. Don\u2019t even think about trying to come back here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She slammed down the receiver. I felt sick, listening to the loud, empty dial tone. Her words really hurt.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m glad I trusted my inner voice, though, and took the role of Arabella. It led to other parts. Two jobs came up at once; a lead in <em>Annie Get Your Gun<\/em> and a minor role in <em>You\u2019re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The director of <em>Charlie Brown<\/em> called me. \u201cKristin, I want to expand a role just for you,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you about it until I get Charles Schulz\u2019s approval, but please take it on faith, it\u2019s perfect for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/post\/kristin-chenoweths-mysterious-encounter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>READ MORE: KRISTIN CHENOWETH&#8217;S MYSTERIOUS ENCOUNTER<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Take it on faith.<\/em> For a month I prayed about the decision, listened for that voice. Everyone from my friends in the business to my grandmother back home in Oklahoma thought that I should choose <em>Annie Get Your Gun,<\/em> a tried-and-true show.<\/p>\n<p>But I was drawn to the role of Sally Brown, Charlie\u2019s little sister. The dialogue and the characters were simple, yet honest and genuine. The entire play was about being happy with who you are\u2014something I believed in.<\/p>\n<p>Almost as deeply as I believed in the inner voice pointing me to Sally. It was the right role for me, a role that earned me the Tony Award.<\/p>\n<p>The day after the Tonys I was on a high. A high that came crashing down with one phone call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really hate to tell you this, Kristin, but the show is closing,\u201d the producer said. \u201cWe\u2019re just not making expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I was devastated. Doubts about my decision came seeping into my brain. <em>If I\u2019d listened to everyone else, I\u2019d still have a job.<\/em> I hung up the phone. <em>You just won a Tony, <\/em>I told myself. <em>Move on.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/post\/guideposts-classics-ben-vereen-on-using-gods-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>READ MORE: BEN VEREEN ON USING GOD&#8217;S GIFTS<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I tried. I went to an audition. Only to wind up in the ladies\u2019 room afterward, overhearing that catty comment about all the hoopla over my performance. It hurt.<\/p>\n<p>But I knew what I had to do. I couldn\u2019t give in to doubt. I had to stand up for the show and the role I put all my faith in. I had to stand up for myself. <em>Lord, please help me handle this with class.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I pushed the stall door open and walked up to the row of sinks. I stood right next to the Broadway star. Silence. I washed my hands and headed for the exit. I turned around and looked back at the pair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t get all the hoopla, either,\u201d I said with a wink and walked out of the ladies\u2019 room, head held high.<\/p>\n<p>And really, that\u2019s the truth. What <em>does<\/em> all the hoopla matter in comparison to that inner voice, that voice deep in our hearts that always keeps us true to ourselves, that never fails us. It is the voice I listen to\u2014and for\u2014each and every day.<\/p>\n<p><em>Did you enjoy this story? Subscribe to <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/guidepostssub\"><strong>Guideposts<\/strong><\/a> <em>magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve got to have a lot of things go right for you to make it on Broadway. Not just the obvious, like a strong voice and the ability to bring a character to life. You also have to find the right characters to play. 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