Phantom Prima Donna Michele McConnell on 40-Pound Dresses, Makeup Tricks & Her Broadway Break
Age & Hometown: 41; Indianapolis, IN Current Role: A fiery Broadway debut as Opera Populaire prima donna Carlotta Giudicelli in the 25th-anniversary cast of The Phantom of the Opera. Jingle Bells: Michele McConnell knew she was born to be a star...even if her junior high school music teacher didn’t. The teacher “personally knew the engineers at a recording studio,” McConnell recalls, …