Janet Aldrich

Janet Aldrich grew up in Illinois, the daughter of Fran and George Wallerich, the youngest of 4. The year her parents divorced, she saw Bob Fosse 's film of "Cabaret (1972)", which awoke in her a lifetime passion for acting and singing. Janet then went to high school in the SF Bay area, and graduated from University of Miami. She originally majored in pre-law philosophy, then switched majors to theatre after being cast as Maria in West Side Story at the Ring Theatre alongside Ray Liotta as Riff and Steven Bauer as Diesel A trained soprano with a substantial belt, her first professional job in the theatre was at the Coconut Grove Theatre's production of "Bubblin' Brown Sugar" understudying the role of Sophie Tucker. There she met her first 2 mentors, Chapman Roberts and Elliott Lawrence, who planted the seeds for a New York career. After graduating with a BFA and touring with a show in South America in a show, she moved to New York and met Bob Fosse, her new mentor. She was discovered b