Solea Pfeiffer is a Zimbabwe-born American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Eliza Hamilton in the first national tour of Hamilton, which she landed after performing as Maria in West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl. In 2019, she starred in the New York City Center's production of Evita. Since then, she has joined the Broadway theatre productions of Hadestown as Eurydice and Moulin Rouge! as Satine.
Pfeiffer began her interest in music by taking violin lessons at four years old. She attended theater camps and performed in her middle and high school productions.
In 2016, at 21 years old, Pfeiffer was selected by Gustavo Dudamel to perform as Maria in West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl after the Los Angeles Philharmonic's artistic team showed him YouTube videos of her performing.
A year later, she made her national tour debut as Eliza Hamilton in the Angelica Company of Hamilton, earning positive reviews.
In 2019, Pfeiffer shared the role of Eva Perón with Maia Reficco in the New York City Center's production of Evita, Pfeiffer playing Perón from age 20–33. Pfeiffer earned positive reviews for her performance.
In 2022, she performed in Almost Famous as Penny Lane at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater on Broadway. A year later, Pfeiffer starred in Hadestown on Broadway replacing Eva Noblezada as Eurydice at the Walter Kerr Theatre. During her run, she starred opposite Reeve Carney and Jordan Fisher as Orpheus.Gans, Andrew Photos: Get a 1st Look at Solea Pfeiffer in Broadway's Hadestown Playbill, August 24, 2023
In the summer of 2024, she starred as Myrtle Wilson in Florence Welch's at the American Repertory Theatre. Later that same year, she joined the cast of Moulin Rouge! as Satine on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. She starred opposite John Cardoza and Fisher as Christian.King, Darryn Jordan Fisher and Solea Pfeiffer Will Reunite in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway Broadway.com, February 19, 2025
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!Category 2015 Grease Sandy Dumbrowski 5th Avenue Theatre Seattle, Washington 2016 Guys and Dolls Sarah Brown Power Center for the Performing Arts Ann Arbor, Michigan Guys and Dolls Michigan West Side Story Maria Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sunday in the Park with George Celeste #1 / A Waitress New York City Center Off-Broadway 2017 Hamilton Eliza Hamilton
!- US National Tour Sondheim on Sondheim Performer Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles 2018 Songs for a New World Woman 1 New York City Center Off-Broadway 2019 Camelot Guenevere Lincoln Center Theater Benefit Concert Camelot Stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Solea Pfeiffer, and More Have a Royal Celebration Almost Famous Penny Lane The Old Globe San Diego The Light in the Piazza Clara Johnson Civic Opera House Chicago Evita Eva Perón New York City Center Off-Broadway 2020 Gun & Powder Mary Clarke Signature Theatre Arlington, VA 2021 Simply Sondheim Signature Theatre online 2022–2023 Almost Famous Penny Lane Bernard B. Jacobs Theater Broadway 2022 Chess Svetlana Sergievsky Broadhurst Theatre Benefit Concert 2023 Hamlet Ophelia Delacorte Theater Shakespeare in the Park 2023–2024 Hadestown Eurydice Walter Kerr Theater Broadway 2024 Myrtle Wilson American Repertory Theatre Regional 2024–2025 Moulin Rouge! The Musical Satine Al Hirschfeld Theatre Broadway
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