We talk to Jenn Colella about her career, and we hear a song from the original Broadway cast recording of "High Fidelity" which is on Sh-k-boom and is available for order on Amazon and 
She also gives us an exclusive performance of "Big Wings" with Georgia Stitt, which is available on "This Ordinary Thursday."
Jenn Colella made her Broadway debut in "Urban Cowboy" for which she received an Outer Critics Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress. She was also in the original world premiere San Diego cast of "The Times They Are A-Changing." She last appeared on Broadway in "High Fidelity" as Laura.
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Broadway Bullet Interview: Jen Colella
Broadway Bullet: When Georgia Stitt was in, she pointed out to me that Jenn Colella should be a much bigger star than she is. (Jen giggles) What she said about Jen when [Georgia] was in, I fully agreed. When I saw Jen in "High Fidelity" I thought she did a fantastic job. She's done a lot of things. She's got some projects coming up, and she stopped by the studio to talk with us. How're you doing?
Jenn Colella: I'm doing well. How are you?
BB: Good. You've done a lot of things. Like High Fidelity--should've gotten a little further.
JC: A little, yes. Perhaps longer than two weeks. A little further. It was a great project...Yeah, you know, I think what you might be getting to is that fact that I've been the lead in some shows that haven't been blockbusters, as far as that.
BB: But you've had so many leads. You've had so many leads that actors would kill for.
JC: Yes, I've been very lucky. I've only been here for a little over four years. Just after graduate school, University of California, at Irvine. So, I feel like I've been really lucky, and wouldn't change one step of the journey I've been on so far.
BB: So I understand, for instance, you had to make a choice between shows, when coming to Broadway this fall.
JC: Yeah, you know it started, first I was involved with The Great American Trailer Park Musical that I did at the Musical Theatre Festival, which you guys cover. And that was a blast, and then Off-Broadway, they offered me the role of Pippy, the kleptomaniac stripper, and I had to turn that down because I had just been cast in "Ring of Fire". I was going to Nashville first to work with them, Richard Maltby Jr., and so I was playing young June Carter Cash, and I thought absolutely. And then when they were coming in to Broadway, Richard Maltby asked me if I would please join them. I said, [that] I had just been cast in Twyla Tharp's new show, The Times They are A-Changin. I had never had any dance training in my life, and the fact that I was a lead, in a Twyla Tharp show...I had to just take it, and to work with her. So I went to Twyla and we did a great run at the Old Globe, and then right before that came here it was coming up about the same time as High Fidelity, and I fortunately was picked up by High Fidelity and went on with them. Yeah, so...and it's not like I left any project because I lost faith in it or didn't believe in it; I believe in every single thing I've been a part of--it was just kind of the way the wind was blowing. I tried to be as open with any opportunities that were available to me.
