Sydney Lucas

This article is about the American actress. For the English centenarian, see Syd Lucas.

Sydney Lucas is an American child actress with credits in musical theatre, film and television. She is best known for her portrayal of Small Alison Bechdel in both the original Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori's musical Fun Home. For her portrayal of Small Alison she won an Obie Award and received nominations for a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

Life and career

Born Sydney Ellen Lucas in Atlanta, Georgia, Lucas moved with her parents and two older brothers to New York City when she was two years old. Her parents own and run their own software consulting company.[1] Her older brother Jake Lucas is also a professional actor, and the two have appeared together in a commercial for Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup and alongside Jennifer Aniston in the movie She's Funny That Way, which was released in 2015.[2] She has studied acting with Diane Hardin and singing with Badiene Magaziner.[1] She has also studied singing with her mother, Karri Lucas, who has a degree in vocal performance from DePauw University.[3] She currently is a student at the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan.

In 2014, at the age of 10, Lucas became the youngest individual to win an Obie Award for her portrayal of Small Alison in the original Off-Broadway cast of Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori's musical Fun Home.[4] That same year, she was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award, among other prestigious prizes. Lucas continued with the show when it moved to Broadway, winning a Theatre World Award,[5] and receiving a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2015 at the age of 11.[6] Lucas left the company of Fun Home on October 4, 2015.[7] Reviewing her Off-Broadway performance as Small Allison, critic Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times:

Sydney Lucas as Small Alison may pull off the show's most improbable coup of a performance. She delivers her character’s sense of inchoate sexual identity without a trace of cuteness, coyness or winking archness. And a moment in which Small Alison is transfixed and transported by the vision of a handsome deliverywoman in a diner becomes an occasion for a soaring epiphany of a song. This Alison doesn't know quite what's happening inside her, but she understands that it makes her feel free, happy and oddly complete.[8]

Lucas has been cast as Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden with Manhattan Concert Productions on February 21 and 22, 2016 at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall.[9]

Lucas has portrayed the younger version of two different characters played by Kristen Wiig in the films Girl Most Likely (2012) and The Skeleton Twins (2014).[10] Her television credits include guest roles on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Royal Pains, Saturday Night Live, and Team Umizoomi.[1] She has also appeared as Malcolm's Daughter in Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth at the Metropolitan Opera in 2012.[3]

Credits

Theatre

Broadway

Year Show Role Theatre
2015 Fun Home Small Alison Circle in the Square Theatre; Apr. 19 - Oct. 4, 2015

Off-Broadway

Year Show Role Theatre
2013/14 Fun Home Small Alison Public Theater; Sep. 12, 2013 - Jan. 12, 2014

Other Theatre

Year Show Role Venue
Unknown All Shook Up Jr. Mayor Matilda Hyde MST&DA Children's Theater
Once On This Island Jr. Gossiper
The Tale of Rachel & Jack Mother P.S. 212 Midtown West
Hansel and Gretel Hansel
2012 Macbeth Malcolm's Daughter Metropolitan Opera
2016 The Secret Garden Mary Lennox David Geffen Hall, Feb 21-22, 2016

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Girl Most Likely Little Imogene
2013 Fool's Day Jamie Short
2014 The Skeleton Twins Young Maggie
She's Funny That Way Josie Albertson
2015 Broadway Draft 2015 Sideline Reporter Short
2016 Dude Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Team Umizoomi Voice Episode- Super Soap
2012 Lalaloopsy Land 1 episode
Sesame Street Kid 1 episode
2013 Late Show With David Letterman Screaming Kid Pakistan Theme Park Segment
Saturday Night Live Jeremy Renner's daughter 1 episode
2014 Royal Pains Larkin Episode- A Bridge Not Quite Far Enough
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ryann Catalano Episode-Pattern Seventeen
How and Why Kitty TV Movie
The Sonnet Project Actor 1 episode
2015 69th Tony Awards Performer TV special

Awards and Nominations

Year Award Category Nominated Work Result
2014 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical Fun Home Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
Obie Award Performance Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
2015 Tony Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female)[11] Nominated
Theatre World Award Won
2016 Grammy Award Best Musical Theater Album Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 3 Blank, Matthew (March 31, 2015). "Cue & A: Young Fun Home Star Sydney Lucas on Alison Bechdel, Her Showbiz Family and Learning to Burp on YouTube". Playbill.
  2. ↑ Beggs, Alex (March 27, 2015). What It’s Like to Be 11 Years Old on Broadway. Vanity Fair.
  3. 1 2 Cohen, Stefanie (April 16, 2015). "Young Siblings Jake and Sydney Lucas Manage Life on Broadway". The Wall Street Journal.
  4. ↑ Lucchesi, Nick (May 19, 2014). "Village Voice Announces Winners of 59th Annual Obie Awards, Names Tom Sellar Lead Theater Critic". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Broadway Siblings Megan and Robert Fairchild Among 71st Annual Theatre World Award Winners". Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  6. ↑ Kenyon, Sandy (June 4, 2015). "11-Year Old Sydney Lucas Up For A Tony Award For "Fun Home"". Eyewitness News WABC-TV.
  7. ↑ Editorial Staff (September 17, 2015). "Sydney Lucas To Bid Farewell To Broadway's Fun Home". TheaterMania. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ Brantley, Ben (December 26, 2013). Epiphanies at ‘Home’: Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks. The New York Times.
  9. ↑ "Breaking News: Tony Nominee Sydney Lucas to Star in Manhattan Concert Productions' The Secret Garden in 2016". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  10. ↑ Henderson, Kathy (December 26, 2013). "Pint-Sized Powerhouse Sydney Lucas on Her Amazing Off-Broadway Debut in Fun Home". http://www.broadway.com/.
  11. ↑ "Vote Now! Finding Neverland & It's Only a Play Lead 2015 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Nominations". Retrieved 2015-10-04.

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