Caruso's dream comes true

Spokane-born actress Sophia Anne Caruso, 17, is the female lead in the new Broadway musical "Beetlejuice."

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Sat., April 20, 2019

Left to right, Alex Brightman, Rob McClure, Kerry Butler, Sophia Anne Caruso, Leslie Kritzer and Adam Dannheisser in “Beetlejuice.”

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Sophia Anne Caruso of Spokane is staring in the new musical comedy “Beetlejuice.”

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Sophia Anne Caruso of Spokane poses in her dressing room at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York, where she is staring in the new musical comedy “Beetlejuice.”

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The Winter Garden Theatre, just blocks away from Times Square in New York City, is playing host to “Beetlejuice,” a new Broadway musical starring Spokane-born actress Sophia Anne Caruso.

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The walls of the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City advertise the talents of Sophia Anne Caruso, the Spokane-born actress now playing the female lead in the new Broadway musical “Beetlejuice.”

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Patty Duke, right, is directing the play that make her famous, “The Miracle Worker” at Interplayers, Wednesday April, 20, 2011, in Spokane, Wash. She won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller and an Emmy for playing Annie Sullivan in a TV version. Duke takes a moment to work with Sophia Caruso, who plays Helen Keller, after the cast had finished reading their lines.

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Sophia Caruso, as Helen Keller and Sarah Denison, as Annie Sullivan, in a scene from Interplayers “The Miracle Worker,” April 20, 2011 in Spokane. Patty Duke is directing the play that make her famous. She won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller and an Emmy for playing Annie Sullivan in a TV version.

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“Annie” played by Sophia Caruso, age 10, and “Sandy,” a local shelter dog, will perform in the Civic Theatre production of “Annie,” which runs from May 18-June 17.

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Previous Sophia Ann Caruso show, “Lazarus,” starring Michael C. Hall and written by David Bowie.

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