{"id":4952,"date":"2022-12-09T12:57:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2022-12-09T13:02:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T13:02:10","slug":"10-year-old-jamaican-canadian-jazmin-headley-excited-to-join-cast-of-andrew-lloyd-webber-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=4952","title":{"rendered":"10-year-old Jamaican Canadian Jazmin Headley Excited to Join Cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"

After conducting extensive auditions in Canada, the spectacular new London Palladium production of\u00a0Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0recently announced its cast and 10-year-old child prodigy Jazmin Headley was named for its Toronto 2022 season, which kicks off at the Princess of Wales Theatre on December 11.<\/p>\n

The lavish new production, cited as the definitive one for this generation, was composed by musical theatre giants Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, who has composed some of the world\u2019s most famous Broadway musicals \u2013 including\u00a0The Phantom of the Opera<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0Cats<\/strong>,\u00a0Evita<\/strong>,\u00a0School of Rock<\/strong>,\u00a0Sunset Boulevard<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>and more.<\/p>\n

Headley, who was born in Toronto to Jamaican parents, could not contain her excitement when she received the confirmation from her talent agent. \u201cI am truly excited to have landed a part in this amazing production!\u201d Headley told\u00a0The Sunday Gleaner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, it\u2019s my favourite Bible story, and second, it\u2019s with Mirvish Theatres, which is a really, really big deal here in Canada. My grandparents have spoken about the role Ed Mirvish played in the Jamaican community and other communities as well, so there are a lot of emotions within the family.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the past two years, Headley has been turning heads with her powerful voice, exceptional acting and dancing skills and philanthropic deeds. Although she is used to being in front of the camera as a member of the nationally syndicated CBC TV show for children in Canada called\u00a0Ukulele U<\/em><\/strong>, this is her first major musical. Taking part in the musical means some serious time management and juggling her schooling and career. She also has to make time for her Gift of Giving project, which means a lot to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy birthday was recent, and my Gift of Giving project, which is giving back to less fortunate kids as opposed to receiving a gift, is a big priority for me. This is the third year, and I\u2019m more excited as I\u2019m focusing on helping kids,\u201d was her beyond-age comment.<\/p>\n

The young philanthropist focuses her charitable ventures on Jamaica as a tribute to her mother, who hails from St Elizabeth and her father, who is from Westmoreland. After listening to stories about how they grew up wanting and needing, she said she was inspired to be the person she wished her mother had growing up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t need to do it for her now, but I can do it for others as the want is still there. I can afford to help others as I have a job. Each project I am involved with, I make sure to give back. As I get, I give back,\u201d she exclaimed.\u00a0 \u201cIt also happens to fall right around my birthday, so it\u2019s a bonus,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n

Headley confessed it is sometimes hard with a hectic schedule, especially now that rehearsals for\u00a0Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>has started.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom makes sure I have early bedtimes based on my day. She ensures my schoolwork is completed with the tutors and creates a balance of downtime for me as well where I can call and speak with my friends, play video games online or FaceTime, especially with my cousin Raylin,\u201d she shared on how her mother makes things run smoothly for her. \u201cMy mom is the best! She means the world to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jazmin, who honed her acting skills during the COVID-19 pandemic, has also done voice-over projects for Disney and PBS kids\u2019 TV shows. She recently filmed a feature film with MGM studios in Hollywood, which will be released in theatres next spring.\u00a0 \u201cThe MGM movie is an unreleased project, so I kinda have to maintain confidentiality until it\u2019s released to the public. Filming was completed this past summer,\u201d she informed.<\/p>\n

Jazmin published her first journal recently.\u00a0 \u201cI wrote and published a journal to encourage kids to express themselves by writing daily,\u201d she said.\u00a0 She is now working on a second daily journal that she hopes to publish soon.<\/p>\n

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After conducting extensive auditions in Canada, the spectacular new London Palladium production of\u00a0Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\u00a0recently announced its cast and 10-year-old child prodigy Jazmin Headley was named for its Toronto 2022 season, which kicks off at the Princess of Wales Theatre on December 11. The lavish new production, cited as the definitive one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":4949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-4952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-news","tag-featured"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4953,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952\/revisions\/4953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}