Charli DAmelio on Life in the Broadway Background: Im the Happiest Ive Ever Been [Video]

At a performance of the Broadway musical & Juliet late last year, most of the audience’s attention naturally gravitated toward the show’s stars. But there was a whoop when one ensemble member—Charli D’Amelio—danced on to the stage.

The brief applause, though, was the first and last time the TikTok phenom (157 million followers and counting) had the spotlight. D’Amelio isn’t being shuttled in for a brief run as a star in the show, nor is she filling the type of stunt-casting role that influencers or celebrities usually take on.

Instead, D’Amelio is playing a member of the chorus named Charmion, dancing and singing with the group of other background performers for the entirety of the musical. And she’s loving it.

“I’ve never been happier,” D’Amelio, 20, tells me. “I’m able to go into the theater every single day and be so lucky that this is work for me. This is work, and it doesn’t …