Calvin College January Series 2012 – Remote Live Webcast
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Ms. Lew is an actress who played the role of Belle in “Beauty and the Beast” on Broadway and appeared in the Broadway revival of “The Threepenny Opera”. Most recently, she was part of Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed revival of “South Pacific” at Lincoln Center. Other off-Broadway shows include “Cinderella,” “Candide,” “Cupid and Psyche,” “No, No, Nanette,” “Up in the Air,” “West Side Story” as Maria, “Amour” as Isabelle, “Les Miserables” as Cosette, “Miss Saigon” as Kim, “The King and I” as Tuptim, and “Myth” as Elizabeth. Deborah has been a concert soloist at Jazz at Lincoln Center and, nationally, with the Asian Americans on Broadway concerts. She grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is a Calvin College graduate from the class of 2000. Her father, a Christian Reformed minister, is the chaplain at Grand Rapids Community College and at the Kendall College of Art and Design, also in Grand Rapids. Her mother teaches American history and English at Grand Rapids Christian Middle School. She is married to Sean Farell.