Broadway to Bearcat: Former ‘Frozen’ young Elsa takes the CCM stage

Second-year College-Conservatory of Music musical theatre major Alya Schwartz played Sue Snell in “Carrie: The Musical” from Oct. 23-25 and Oct. 29-Nov. 1. Provided by Alya Schwartz “Before I could even talk, I was singing everything,” said Ayla Schwartz, a second-year musical theatre major at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Her professional musical journey, however, started way earlier than most. While CCM may be the entrance to the professional theater world for many students, Schwartz had already been on one of the nation’s most acclaimed stages before ever coming to UC: Broadway.Schwartz began taking singing lessons at 4 years old, and along with that eventually came acting and dancing. She then took on school plays and community theater in the following years, developing a passion for performing.

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