NEW YORK — When she was still just a child, Meg Donnelly gave off a serious theater kid vibe. At 5, her favorite musical role wasn't the sunny Annie. It was Mimi from Rent, the struggling erotic dancer who is also a heroin addict.

Donnelly grew up to become a film and TV star through her breakout role in Disney’s music-filled Zombies franchise and the ABC sitcom American Housewife. She's also appeared on The Masked Singer and has a new EP, dying art.

Recently, the New Jersey-raised actor returned to her first love — theater. Donnelly made her Broadway debut this month in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, playing cabaret star Santine. She'll be aboard the jukebox hit until March.

The show is about the goings-on in a turn-of-the-century Parisian nightclub, updated with tunes like “Single Ladies”

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