Sarah Jessica Parker is opening up about her childhood.
The 60-year-old Sex & The City actress got candid about her past in an interview with Vulture.
During the conversation, she spoke about her time performing in Annie on Broadway at age 14.
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She joined the production as the orphan July and was an understudy of Annie, made famous by Andrea McArdle.
When Andrea left the show, Sarah was cast as Annie at age 14.
“Andrea McArdle was and remains the queen — not because she behaved like a queen but because she was inarguably the standard-bearer for the role,” she reflected.
“I went to see it soon after it opened with standing-room tickets, and my father told me, because I loved it so much, ‘Oh, you’re not really Annie material.’ Because I didn’t know I could sing.”
Sarah played July for about a year and Annie for another year.
The cast would also go out in the city.
“We were regulars at Studio 54, which makes absolutely no sense,” she said. “We would just walk around, mouths agape.”
“But we were also very normal kids,” she went on to say.
“At a place called Joe G Pizza, with $5 I could get a slice and a drink and I still had about $4 left for the arcade. It had a stand with nuts, candies, Skee-Ball and pinball. My nickname became Pinball Parker.”
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