Reneé Rapp performs on NBC’s ‘Today’.Photo:Debra L Rothenberg/WireImage
Debra L Rothenberg/WireImage
Reneé Rapp’scareer has exploded over the past year as she gears up for an international tour, but the singer credits her start intheaterfor giving her an edge in the industry.
In an exclusive interview, Rapp, 23, told PEOPLE performing on Broadway when she was 19 “was like bootcamp,” helping her feel as though “[she] can do anything.”
“Eight shows a week is the hardest thing ever,” Rapp says ofher run as Regina GeorgeinMean Girlson Broadwaythat started in 2019. “I was dying. It’s insane, but it definitely– it was like bootcamp.”
Rapp adds, “and to point out, I had a princess track, I wasn’t doing s—,” referring to a term in musical theater used to describe a role that isn’t on stage for a majority of the show, but is integral to the plot.
Reneé Rapp attends the premiere of ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’.Emma McIntyre/Getty
Emma McIntyre/Getty
“You could never put me in a show like that and expect me to do eight shows a week without having a princess track,“ Rapp tells PEOPLE.
But overall, the experience “made me work really hard, and made me really resilient.”
The “Snow Angel” singer also noted some of the unintended perks that came with the intense environment onBroadway. “It made my voice a machine,” she said.
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“I figured out how to manipulate my voice in all these different ways so that you can’t tell if I don’t feel as good one night or the other,” she explained.
Now, the singer is preparing to kick off her Snow Hard Feelings Tour for her debut albumSnow AngelSept. 15.
Reneé Rapp at the ‘Snow Angel’ release party.Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty
Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty
“The spicy cashew dressing is amazing, and it’s been a new addition to my life in the last year,” the singer, who rarely changes her order, told PEOPLE.
Rapp’s bowl is made up of roasted tofu, cilantro, cucumbers, red onions, shredded cabbage, spicy broccoli and tomatoes on a spring mix bed and is doused in the salad chain’s spicy cashew dressing.
source: people.com
