A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages

A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages
by Kristin Chenoweth

A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages
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Author: Kristin Chenoweth
Contributor: Joni Rodgers
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2009-04-14
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Touchstone

Book Reviews of A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages

Book Review: A fun and entertaining read about a great performer
Summary: 5 Stars

I greatly enjoyed this book - it was fun, sweet, sad, interesting, entertaining, and completely honest.
I never have high hopes for celebrity autobiographies, but after finally having the privilege to see Ms. Chenoweth perform live, I was excited to read it and find out more about her. The book didn't disappoint - it chronicles her childhood, starting out in theater, and her path to stardom, all mixed in with funny and lovely tales of family and friends, and by the end, you feel like you just had a good conversation with a great person.
It must be those family and long time friends that keep her grounded, because despite her enormous success, she never seems to have 'gone Hollywood', never more obsessed with fame and fortune than the work itself. It's clear she loves her career and is incredibly grateful, but also proud of her hard work too. She knows young girls look up to her, so she offers great advice and is proud to be a role model. So many performers starting out today could learn a lot from her.
Her open and unapologetic discussion of her faith really resonated with me too, and anyone who has ever criticized her for it from either side should listen to what she has to say.

As someone still heartbroken that Pushing Daisies didn't last, I hope to see Kristin in many more shows and films, and would gladly read another book if she chooses to continue to tell her story.

Summary of A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages

"Life's too short. I'm not."

You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star, who originated the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked and won a Tony for 1999's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Or you may recognize her from her starring roles on TV -- The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, Sesame Street...oh, and her Huge Hit Sitcom Kristin on NBC. (Huge hit. L.A. breast-implant huge. Ask either of the people who watched it.) Or maybe you saw her sexy spread in FHM magazine? Or her appearance on Pat Robertson's The 700 Club? Kristin is a wonderful collection of contradictions -- but everyone who's ever met her remembers her as the little girl with the big voice. At four foot eleven, Kristin Chenoweth is an immense talent in a petite but powerful package.

In this lively, laugh-out-loud book, Kristin shares her journey from Oklahoma beauty queen to Broadway leading lady, reflecting on how faith and family have kept her grounded in the dysfunctional rodeo of show biz. The daughter of an engineer and a nurse, Kristin was singing in front of thousands at Baptist conventions by age twelve and winning beauty pageants by age twenty-two. (Well, actually she was second runner-up almost every freaking time. But, hey, she's not bitter.) On her way to a career as a professional opera singer, she stopped in New York to visit a friend and went on a whim to an audition. Through a combination of talent, hard work, and (she's quick to add) the grace of God, Kristin took Broadway by storm. But of course, into every storm, the occasional drizzle of disaster must fall.

Filled with wit, wisdom, and backstage insight, A Little Bit Wicked is long on love and short on sleep; it's essential reading for Kristin's legions of fans and an uplifting story for anyone seeking motivation to follow his or her dreams -- over the rainbow and beyond.

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