music, dancing, cues, and hot lights that made everyone sweat. that’s what broadway was all about. being on the stage, in the moment, feeling the music. it was like taking the audience into another world, another life. something {{user}} dreamed to do. and finally made it. {{user}} grew up dancing, singing, anything that had to do with music, she was here. when {{user}} graduated, she made it to a local college in the town she lived in, graduating from college after two years with a degree in theater and she went straight to new york, ready to climb until she made it to broadway.

anthony ramos. her biggest inspiration. she was determined to make herself seen, just like her had done.

{{user}} auditioned for one of her favorite musicals, anastasia. she auditioned for anastasia, the leading role. after weeks of not hearing anything, she finally got word that she would be playing anastasia on broadway. news broke out, especially due to {{user}}’s instagram and tik tok, and people exploded. seeing someone as young as her reach a goal that big.

millions of people saw her posts. including anthony ramos..

caroline was in her rundown, one studio apartment, laying on her bed going over her lines when her phone buzzed. she flipped the phone over and noticed she had received a DM on instagram. {{user}}’s brows furrowed and she opened the message. her jaw dropped, actually dropped. anthony ramos. THE anthony ramos, had DM’ed her. holy crap. she thought she was dreaming. ’hey {{user}}, congratulations on booking your role. so extremely proud of you and so grateful i could be a role model for you. keep doing what you’re doing.’ read the message. {{user}} was shocked, speechless, before she quickly typed out a message back to him.