Stephanie J. Block, Quite Becoming as Reno Sweeney in "Anything Goes"

www.playbill.com/multimedia/video Broadway veteran Stephanie J. Block ("9 to 5," "Wicked"), who recently took over as Reno Sweeney in Broadway's Tony-winning revival of "Anything Goes," recently gave Playbill an exclusive peek at her transformation from "Stephanie" to the brassy nightclub singer of the S.S. American.

[@zuzupetals1999]

I saw her many times in "Wicked" and twice as Reno in "AG". I used to e-mail her from time to time and she would usually get back to me. I told her that I had an audio recording of her last performance in "Wicked" that I had made (it's great). Almost a year later, I saw her after her first AG show and gave her a copy of "Wicked" at the stage door. She looked at me and said "You're ***** and now I can put a name to the face". She remembered my name from the e-mails! A very special lady.

[@WIscodizard]

Wow, what an amazing experience to have had! Thanks for sharing how lovely she is.

[@nabs5239]

shes so sweet how can someone not like her shes literally godsent😩

[@hunter8749]

Oh, the iMovie music.😁

[@merete2895]

She is such a queen omg

[@banana2510]

That wig makes me nervous just by looking at it, 2 mic packs inside of it???

[@christianahearn7662]

One is a backup mic in case the first one dies onstage

[@tb12fan]

I LOVE STEPHANIE J BLOCK!! She is such a sweet person.....

[@Rcity2332]

Stephanie is a star!!!

[@lisafs0902]

"My glamorous pet." Ha ha! Oh, Steph. And this is why I love Steph. :)

[@shrekt1000]

2:26 thats an imovie song track omg

[@SONGLANGTHEMOVIE]

WHAT. A. VOICE!

[@dinobobbie]

I love her so much🥺

[@jacobkramer9169]

Nonononono...she got the call and within 23 hours she was CAST, not performing. I don't think it would be possible to learn the whole show in less than a day. With most roles on Broadway, a performer learns the role in at least two weeks.

[@steppeaa]

wait she did the full choreography with a day's notice??

[@alexoy2k]

​@@steppeaashe didn't. after 23 hours after the call, she was part of the cast but she was not performing. that's probably when rehearsals started for her

[@ActorsWithIssuespodcast]

so excited to see her next month for my birthday! :D

[@FranFanForever]

3:14 ...and my pet *swings the fur over shoulder* Bahhaha ♥ Love it!!

[@elliedowling1447]

Snap! And my skin has never been the same since. It was originally school make up too, in the lower years musicals, so loads of sharing make up brushes and stuff,then course, I got and did my own, and since then its not as bad. I still do break out after a show week though! e've just done Anything Goes with my theatre company, and I was a sailor,such fun! :-)

[@JAMbannana]

Why did Stephanie get a red wig but Sutton Got blonde?

[@kallierivers2008]

I dont know forsure, it might have been because they felt she couldn't pull off being a blonde, and red hair would look better. Just a guess :)

[@JaredGoerke]

There are always 2 colors with the wig. She chose the Red.

[@emmayeemusic]

Patti's original wig was red

[@maddiegorski3384]

I remember seeing her in this a while ago! 😂

[@annepowers5706]

Always the amazing pro!! God love SJB ;)

[@jasonburke6786]

I've always wondered that too!

[@EsterFlonaze]

I want that top

[@kauaitoastie]

does anyone know why sutton's wig was blond and stephanie's is brown?

[@MadamoiselleSushiCat]

kauaitoastie each actress who plays Reno Sweeney can choose between a brown or blonde wig, so she chose brown :)

[@connordance]

I had one week

[@silenthillmaster755]

she was in the show 23 hours later? did she learn all the lines and songs in that time!?!

[@brianeduardo1234]

That wig with the mike pack but be quite uncomfortable... she seems like a nice lady