Sierra Boggess Returns to Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock After Ankle Injury

The show must go on! Three-time Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner and Olivier nominee Sierra Boggess lived by the classic theater adage and is back in Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock—The Musical as Rosalie after recently suffering an ankle injury on a sidewalk. "Sierra returned to the show last night (Monday) after her brief absence and everyone was thrilled to have her back," said the composer in a statement. The production is currently in preview at the Main Stem's Winter Garden Theatre, with opening night scheduled for December 6.

"I am so glad to be back in the show I love so much," stage fave Boggess told Broadway.com. "I have the most incredible support system with this company of people and as Tyne Daly always says 'showbiz is a team sport' and that is what enables us to be onstage after an injury!"

Boggess is a long-time Lloyd Webber collaborator, having played Christine in The Phantom of the Opera multiple times and receiving an Olivier nod for originating the role in the long-running tuner's sequel Love Never Dies. Boggess has also appeared on Broadway in The Little Mermaid, Master Class and It Shoulda Been You; her West End credits additionally include Les Miserables.

School of Rock features music from the hit 2003 movie, as well as new music written by Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater, with a book by Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes. The film was penned by Mike White, directed by Richard Linklater and starred Jack Black as wannabe rock star Dewey Finn, who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. When he discovers his students’ musical talents, he enlists his fifth-graders to form a rock group and conquer the Battle of the Bands.

Directed by Les Miz's Laurence Connor, the Broadway company also currently includes Alex Brightman as Dewey, Mamie Parris as Patty (who stepped in for Boggess as Rosalie), Spencer Moses as Ned, along with Evie Dolan, Carly Gendell, Ethan Khusidman, Bobbi MacKenzie, Dante Melucci, Brandon Niederauer, Luca Padovan, Jared Parker and Isabella Russo.