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LIZ CALLAWAY is a Tony nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and prolific recording artist. She can currently be heard as Speaker of God on season two of Amazon’s hit series Hazbin Hotel. She made her Broadway debut in the legendary Hal Prince production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along.  Then, she received a Tony Award nomination for “best featured actress” for her performance of Lizzie Fields in Baby.  Liz was featured in the Broadway revival of Rudolf Friml’s 1928 operetta The Three Musketeers, and she originated the role of Ellen in Miss Saigon.  Most recently, she appeared on Broadway in the Burt Bacharach/Hal David revue, The Look of Love.  Perhaps her most acclaimed Broadway role has been Grizaballa in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, in which she performed for five years. 

Off-Broadway Ms. Callaway has appeared in The Spitfire Grill (Playwrights Horizons), for which she received a Drama Desk nomination; Brownstone; No Way to Treat a Lady; Marry Me a Little; One, Two, Three Four, Five; and Godspell.  Some of her other numerous New York appearances have been Hair in Concert, the legendary Sondheim Follies in Concert at Lincoln Center, and the “Encores! Series” inaugural production of Fiorello!  Regionally, Liz starred in the Chicago Ovations! production of One Touch of Venus, Elegies at Reprise! in Los Angeles, and Fascinating Rhythm at Hartford Stage. She also played Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and starred in the European premiere of Sondheim on Sondheim at London’s Royal Festival Hall. 

Callaway’s extensive U.S. symphony work includes appearances at Carnegie Hall, Ravinia, The Hollywood Bowl, on tour with The Boston Pops, and in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Kennedy Center. Worldwide, she has performed in London, Paris, Iceland, Spain, China, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Estonia, Slovenia, South Korea, and just about every major city in the United States.  She performs regularly with her sister Ann Hampton Callaway and composer Stephen Schwartz and has had the great pleasure of singing with Jimmy Webb, Paul Williams, and the legendary Johnny Mathis. 

Liz sang the Academy Award-nominated song “Journey to the Past” in the animated feature film Anastasia and is also the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and the King of Thieves and The Return of Jafar. Her other film work includes The Swan Princess (Odette); Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride (Kiera); Beauty and the Beast; Pocahontas; Lyle, Lyle Crocodile; The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars; and The Rewrite with Hugh Grant. 

She received an Emmy Award for hosting Ready to Go, a daily, live children’s program on CBS in Boston.  Her other TV credits include In Performance at the White House; Inside the Actor’s Studio: Stephen Sondheim; In Performance at the White House; Christmas with the Boston Pops; Richard Rodgers: Falling In Love; New York in Song; The David Letterman Show; and Senior Trip (CBS Movie of the Week). 

Liz has released eight solo albums: Passage of Time; The Beat Goes On; The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On and Off-Broadway; Anywhere I Wander: Liz Callaway Sings Frank Loesser; Merry and Bright; The Essential Liz Callaway; Comfort and Joy – An Acoustic Christmas. And her latest album, To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim, was nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. She also has released five singles: “Be a Lion” from The Wiz; “The Morning After” by Oscar-winning songwriter David Shire; “Beautiful City” from Godspell; and a duet of her Oscar-nominated song from Anastasia, “Journey to the Past” with the star of Anastasia on Broadway, Christy Altomare; and the holiday song, “There’s Still My Joy.” In addition to her solo albums, her voice can be heard on 46 other recordings including Sibling Revelry; Boom! Live at Birdland; A Christmas Story - The Musical; The Maury Yeston Songbook; Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan; Hair in Concert; and the complete recording of Allegro produced by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization.  ​

Liz has a Substack newsletter called Between Flights where she shares songs, behind-the-scenes stories, and the occasional recipe. You can subscribe at www.lizcallaway.substack.com​. For more information, visit http://www.lizcallaway.com/