My Road to the Tonys: 'Falsettos' Nominee Stephanie J. Block on Making it From Disneyland to

In early 2000, Stephanie J. Block was playing Natasha in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show at Universal Studios when she came home to find a voicemail from composer Stephen Schwartz, who was putting together a little show called Wicked. Block had been working steadily for years by that point -- her gigs included voicing Barbie for Mattel commercials and prancing through a non-Equity production of Will Rogers’ Follies in Branson, Missouri, starring Pat Boone. You might think that moment in 2000 would have been her big break -- goodbye, cavorting with a cartoon moose, hello Broadway stardom! But as Block tells Billboard, plenty of twists and turns followed, leading her to her current Best Featured Actress Tony nomination for the revival of Falsettos. Read more