How Good Of An Actress is Sara Bareilles?

I have never seen her in a show and have only seen clips of her singing things like "She Used To Be Mine" from "Waitress". It is obvious she can handle the singing part of the role, but I wondered how good an actress she is on stage. Years ago, Linda Eder sang wonderfully in "Jekyll & Hyde" but it was said she was not really that good an actress. Is Ms. Bareilles a decent actress and do you think she could handle a role in a musical she did not write?

very good

itsshowtime2 said: "I found her to be excellent in both Into The Woods and Waitress."

Me too. Lovely performances.

She is very adept at comedy and I remember her saying in a Today Show interview that she did theatre growing up and her goal was to be a stage actress before she became a singer/songwriter.

Shes also one of the co-leads in Girls5Eva.

she's excellent. she was beautiful in into the woods.

She’s my favorite Jenna in Waitress. She was the MVP in an excellent cast of Into the Woods (without Victoria Clark’s master-class performance, she could have won the Tony). Sara is a natural actor with comedic chops and a singular voice. I’d love to see her onstage again soon.