Ragtime's Umoh to Join Cast of Off-Broadway's Falling for Eve

From Playbill.com:

"Stephanie Umoh, recently seen as Sarah in the Broadway revival of Ragtime, will join the cast of Falling for Eve, the new musical by 2010 Tony winner Joe DiPietro, Bret Simmons and David Howard, Aug. 3 at Off-Broadway's York Theatre Company."

Thanks to my "Stephanie Umoh" Google news alert—yes, you heard me right—there's not a press mention that has eluded my detection since I first encountered her story in the Boston Globe. (Settle for nothing less than the boolean phrase, folks.) She is a star in the making, and a wonder already made, and if I had the opportunity, and by opportunity, I mean if I passed her on the street, I'd propose marriage. No hesitation whatsoever.

Ragtime's Closing

From The Boston Globe:

The Broadway revival of “Ragtime,’’ which opened Nov. 15 at New York City’s Neil Simon Theatre, will close this weekend because of slow ticket sales. That’s sad news for Boston, because the show was the first big break for Boston Conservatory grad Stephanie Umoh, who has played the role of Sarah. Umoh also played Sarah in a New Repertory Theatre production of “Ragtime’’ in 2006. She had told the Globe, of stepping up for the Broadway gig, “I walk down the street and think, ‘This is what it feels like to be happy.’ And I’m not ashamed to admit it.’’"