Marta Ribera
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Marta Ribera is a Spanish theatrical actress star born in 1971. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the Frank Wildhorn
musical Jekyll & Hyde (musical)
in the starring role of Lucy Harris and her most recent role as The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's Spamalot
. She has also appeared as Sally Bowles in Cabaret (musical)
, amongst other roles.
She starred opposite singing star Raphael
who played the title roles in Jekyll & Hyde. She originated the role in Madrid, and went on the play the role in the national tour on and off for the next two years. She can be heard on the cast recording made for the Spanish production.
Spamalot in Spain began its run in September 2008, in Barcelona. She originated the starring role of Lady of the Lake, and can be heard on the cast album, which was released in December, 2008.
Since August, 2010 she stars as Velma Kelly in the Spanish production of Chicago
.
Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn is an American composer known for both his musicals and popular songs. He is most known for his musical Jekyll & Hyde, which ran four years on Broadway, and for writing the #1 International Hit song "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?" for Whitney Houston.-Early years:Wildhorn was born in...
musical Jekyll & Hyde (musical)
Jekyll & Hyde (musical)
Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543...
in the starring role of Lucy Harris and her most recent role as The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's Spamalot
Spamalot
Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways, especially in its parodies of Broadway theatre...
. She has also appeared as Sally Bowles in Cabaret (musical)
Cabaret (musical)
Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....
, amongst other roles.
She starred opposite singing star Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...
who played the title roles in Jekyll & Hyde. She originated the role in Madrid, and went on the play the role in the national tour on and off for the next two years. She can be heard on the cast recording made for the Spanish production.
Spamalot in Spain began its run in September 2008, in Barcelona. She originated the starring role of Lady of the Lake, and can be heard on the cast album, which was released in December, 2008.
Since August, 2010 she stars as Velma Kelly in the Spanish production of Chicago
Chicago (musical)
Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
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Theatre
- ChicagoChicago (musical)Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
(2010, National Tour, Barcelona, Madrid): Velma Kelly - SpamalotSpamalotMonty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways, especially in its parodies of Broadway theatre...
(2008, Barcelona): Lady of the Lake - CabaretCabaret (musical)Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....
(2006, National Tour, Barcelona): Sally Bowles - Peter Pan (2002, Madrid, Barcelona): Narrator / Mrs. Darling
- Blood Brothers (2001, Madrid): Mrs. Johnstone
- FalsettosFalsettosFalsettos is a musical with a book by James Lapine and William Finn and music and lyrics by Finn, comprising March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, the last two in a trio of one-act off-Broadway plays focusing on Marvin, his ex-wife Trina, his psychiatrist Mendel, his son Jason, and his gay...
(2001, Madrid): Trina - AnnieAnnie (musical)Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
(2000, Madrid, National Tour, Barcelona): Grace Farrell - Jekyll & HydeJekyll & Hyde (musical)Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543...
(2000, Madrid, National Tour, Barcelona): Lucy Harris - GreaseGrease (musical)Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
(1999, Madrid): Betty Rizzo - Peter Pan (1998, Madrid, National Tour): Mrs. Darling
- West Side Story (1996, Barcelona, National Tour, Madrid): Anita
- The Rocky Horror ShowThe Rocky Horror ShowThe Rocky Horror Show is a long-running British horror comedy stage musical, which opened in London on 19 June 1973. It was written by Richard O'Brien, produced and directed by Jim Sharman. It came eighth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"...
(1996, Barcelona): Magenta
Discography
- Chicago - National Tour Cast (2010)
- Spamalot - Original Barcelona Cast (2008)
- Cabaret - National Tour Cast (2006)
- Falsettos - Original Madrid Cast (2001)
- Annie - Madrid Cast (2000)
- Jekyll & Hyde - Original Madrid Cast (2000)
- Peter Pan - Original Madrid Cast (1998)