Katharine McPheeis hanging up her apron after one final performance as Jenna on Broadway’sWaitress.
The actress, 35, shared an Instagram photo Sunday of herself changing into character at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City for her final performance on the show. In the caption, McPhee reflected on the impactWaitresshas had her on her career and life.
“Like the song ‘Everything Changes’ at the end of the show — so much of my life has changed during the course of my time here on Broadway and also during the time in which I had the incredible honor to open the show in London,” she wrote. “I will always cherish my time here, both on and off the stage.”
McPhee continued, “I fell deeply in love with this show; I fell in love with my then-boyfriend and later got engaged during this show; I lost my father during this show; I lost my voice in between doing the show; and then I got married during this show. There have been so many highs and lows, and yet every night, coming to the theatre to tell this story has never failed me.”
In October, PEOPLE exclusively confirmed that McPheewould reprise her roleas Jenna for the last few weeks of the show’s run.
McPhee, whostarred in the musical last Apriland made her West End debut inMarch 2019 for the U.K. premiere, lead the New York company at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre from Nov. 25, 2019, through Jan. 5, 2020.
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Based on theAdrienne Shelly’s 2007 movie of the same name, the musical tells the story of a waitress named Jenna in a small town who enters a pie contest in hopes of using the prize money to escape her unhappy marriage.
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“I’ve waited a long time to do Broadway mostly because I wanted it to be a show that I connected to,” McPhee told PEOPLE before her Broadway debut. “I feltWaitresswas just that: really well-suited for me.”
“Being a fan of Sara for all of these years, I always hoped she’d write a musical,” McPhee said. “And now to be starring in her show that she wrote music and lyrics to is a total dream.”
source: people.com
