Overview
Character Name
Ali
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Dancer
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Technique
Pop, Belting
Time & Place
New York City, 1990s
Analysis
Ali is the restless, fiercely talented 17-year-old at the heart of the story — bi-racial (Black father, white mother of Italian/Puerto Rican descent), raised in a 42nd-floor one-bedroom at Manhattan Plaza by a mother who is terrified of the city swallowing her daughter
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