Alli Sutton, a Hatboro native, is touring with the first national production of ‘The Great Gatsby” at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music October 20 through November 1.

A Point Park University musical theater graduate, Sutton previously toured with “Hadestown”. She was recently interviewed by Metro Philadelphia to discuss her journey from local theatergoer to touring performer.

An excerpt:

Was there a particular theater experience that made you realize: This is what I want to do?

I didn’t grow up doing a whole lot of theater, actually. I did a couple of shows in middle school — I was Flounder in ‘The Little Mermaid.’ But when I was in high school, I didn’t really have a community for that, so I actually delved into voice training and studied opera. That gave me a totally different understanding of the voice and how to sing like an athlete, and that gave me the love for this. I went to college for musical theater in Pittsburgh, which sort of tied everything all together for me.

Sutton also discussed her role in the musical with Positively Philly to talk about her role(s) in The Great Gatsby musical. Check out the clip:

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