Plagued by insufficient ticket sales and harsh reviews, the show opened in April and barely played for two months at the Hilton Theatre, closing in June. She also received a nomination for a Drama League Award for her performance. Block was praised by critics, such as Ben Brantley from The New York Times, for giving a "truly felt, realistic, performance". The music was written by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. In 2007 Block was seen in the title role of the new Broadway musical The Pirate Queen. After performing with the tour for a year Block left the production in March 2006 and was replaced by Julia Murney. Block received great reviews for a show-stopping performance. She was awarded both the 2006 Helen Hayes Award and the 2007 Carbonell Award for Best Actress in a Non-Resident Production for this role. In spring 2005, Block originated the role of Elphaba in the first national tour of Wicked. The musical received several Tony Award nominations, including a nomination for Best Musical. The show received mixed reviews but proved to be a hit with audiences playing on Broadway for close to a year. Block debuted on Broadway in 2003, playing the role of Liza Minnelli opposite Hugh Jackman's Peter Allen in the show. She was Menzel's understudy in the San Francisco world premiere in 2003 but left the show prior to opening on Broadway when she was offered a lead role in a new Broadway musical based on the life of Peter Allen, The Boy from Oz. After a few months of reading, she was replaced by Idina Menzel, a decision that left Block devastated, but accepting of the decision that had been made to cast a more experienced performer in the role. In early 2000 Block read the part of Elphaba in the first reading of the new musical Wicked. Block was additionally the original Belle in the Disneyland production of Beauty and the Beast and did voice work for numerous commercials, including the singing voice of Barbie.
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Careerīlock started her professional musical theater career with regional theater, appearing in many productions including Funny Girl, Crazy for You, Oliver!, James Joyce's The Dead and Bells Are Ringing. She finished up her high school years at the Orange County High School of the Arts. Later she attended an all-girls Catholic private school, Rosary High School in Fullerton, California, for her secondary education. Block grew up in Brea, where she attended St. She was raised Catholic, and is of German and Italian descent. Her mother, Rosemarie (Garritano), worked for the local school district, and her father, Steven Block, was a welfare fraud investigator. Block was born on September 19, 1972, in Brea, California, and has one sister, Renée.
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