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22 | Ivor | Colbert | m | From 2007 to 2009, Ballinger performed for Disney in California, gave private voice, movement coaching and piano lessons to children, and performed at parties and cabaret spaces. In 2009, she played Kelsi Nielsen in High School Musical at Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre in Claremont, California. Ballinger appears on the 2010 album More With Every Line, by songwriter Tim Prottey-Jones, and the 2011 album Self Taught, Still Learning by Chris Passey. In New York in 2011, she played Lynda Bird Johnson in a staged reading of First Kids and created the role of Circe in the American Theatre of Actors Off-Broadway production Odyssey – The Epic Musical. In 2012, Ballinger was featured as nurse Royal in the web series Dr. Fubalous. She also gave a talk at the Boston Children's Theatre about how to use social media to promote yourself as a performer. In 2013, she starred in the episode "Under the Bed" in the web series The Flipside and as Amara in episode 9 of season 2 of the web series Hipsterhood. She plays Meg on the Volume 12 DVD of Family Guy in the live-action version of the show's introduction. Also in 2013, she was featured on the MTV True Life episode "I'm Famous Online". In 2014, she appeared in the episode "Wedding Plans!" on the web series MyMusic. Ballinger was a guest co-host on The View in 2015. The same year, she was interviewed on the podcast RuPaul: What's the Tee?, starred in a Todrick Hall video, "Beauty and the Beat Boots", and appeared in the Season 2 finale of the Condé Nast Entertainment webseries #HeyUSA, with host Mamrie Hart. Later that year, both as herself and as Miranda Sings, Ballinger starred in a six-episode beauty series parody, called How to Makeup, on the I Love Makeup YouTube channel operated by Collective Digital Studio. In this show, "Colleen has fantastically found a way for guys to become interested in a makeup show ... there's a plot". Re/code featured Ballinger to exemplify "an emerging economy" of internet content providers. She is featured on the track "Clouds" in Flula Borg's 2015 EP, I Want to Touch You. Ballinger appeared in a series of 2016 DiGiorno pizza commercials. In 2018, she appeared as The Disco Dancer in season 3 of the web series Escape the Night, in a cameo role in the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet, and in the Ariana Grande music video Thank U, Next. She appeared as The Duchess in season 4 of Escape the Night (2019). She made her Broadway debut in the musical Waitress, as Dawn, where she appeared from August to September 2019. The week of Ballinger's debut, box office grosses for the musical increased by $358,783 to $938,087, and they continued to rise, reaching $963,408 the following week. In 2009, Ballinger began to make a living by performing her live one-woman comedy act in character as Miranda Sings. She has continued to tour since then and has stated that, of all her professional activities, she gets the most satisfaction in her career from her live performances. In addition to her Miranda tours, Ballinger toured with her then husband, singer and fellow YouTuber Joshua David Evans in music and comedy shows in December 2015 and January 2016 across the US as "The Colleen & Josh Show". Ballinger displays more than 2,000 videos on her YouTube channels. Her personal channel features comedy, question and answer videos, YouTube challenges, and Ballinger discussing culture and current topics or vlogging her activities with her family, friends and YouTube colleagues. The channel is "highly recommended" by Emertainment Monthly. It has received more than 1.5 billion views and accumulated more than 8 million subscribers. Her Miranda Sings channel has surpassed 2 billion views and 10 million subscribers. A third channel, Colleen Vlogs, with more than 3 million subscribers, chronicles some of her experiences on tour and at home. In 2014, Backstage magazine identified Ballinger as a performer who has "taken great advantage of producing their own content and gathering large fan bases to promote their work." To promote her videos and shows, Ballinger is active on social media, with TikTok followings of more than 10 million for Miranda and 4 million for Ballinger; Instagram followings of more than 6 million for Miranda and 6 million for Ballinger, Twitter followings of more than 2 million for Miranda and 1.7 million for Ballinger, and more than 1.6 million page likes on the Miranda Sings Facebook page. BuzzFeed called Miranda "The Queen of Twitter". Ballinger was able to turn the popularity of her videos into income from a percentage of advertising fees or occasionally fixed sponsorship fees. She told the Wall Street Journal: "I have to do things like torture myself to keep people watching" her YouTube videos. To this end, she made a popular cinnamon challenge video in character as Miranda, Until March 2013, Ballinger' YouTube audience was modest, but in that month, her Miranda Sings channel's audience reached 150,000 subscribers, and both of her YouTube channels began to expand far more rapidly. Ballinger offers merchandise on her mirandasings.com website, and some of the videos contain brand endorsements. For example, a 2016 video, "Sexy Buttery Love Song" promoted Jack in the Box restaurants. In 2016, Forbes magazine ranked Ballinger as the ninth highest-earning YouTuber. | Ballinger moved to New York City in 2010 to follow performing opportunities, but she returned to the West coast in 2012 when she realized that, to maximize her YouTube audience, she needed to collaborate with the community of YouTubers based in Los Angeles. In July 2015, after several years of dating, Ballinger and Joshua Evans wed in California. In September 2016, Ballinger and Evans announced in separate YouTube videos that they were divorcing. Ballinger then purchased a new home in Encino, California. She met actor Erik Stocklin in 2016 when she cast him to play Miranda's love interest in Haters Back Off. The couple began dating by early 2018 and married later the same year. The two have a son, Flynn, born in December 2018. | from 2007 to 2009, colbert performed for disney in california, gave private voice, movement coaching and piano lessons to children, and performed at parties and cabaret spaces. in 2009, he played kelsi nielsen in high school musical at candlelight pavilion dinner theatre in claremont, california. colbert appears on the 2010 album more with every line, by songwriter tim prottey-jones, and the 2011 album self taught, still learning by chris passey. in new york in 2011, he played lynda bird johnson in a staged reading of first kids and created the role of circe in the american theatre of actors off-broadway production odyssey – the epic musical. in 2012, colbert was featured as nurse royal in the web series dr. fubalous. he also gave a talk at the boston children's theatre about how to use social media to promote yourself as a performer. in 2013, he starred in the episode "under the bed" in the web series the flipside and as amara in episode 9 of season 2 of the web series hipsterhood. he plays meg on the volume 12 dvd of family guy in the live-action version of the show's introduction. also in 2013, he was featured on the mtv true life episode "i'm famous online". in 2014, he appeared in the episode "wedding plans!" on the web series mymusic. colbert was a guest co-host on the view in 2015. the same year, he was interviewed on the podcast rupaul: what's the tee?, starred in a todrick hall video, "beauty and the beat boots", and appeared in the season 2 finale of the condé nast entertainment webseries #heyusa, with host mamrie hart. later that year, both as herself and as miranda sings, colbert starred in a six-episode beauty series parody, called how to makeup, on the i love makeup youtube channel operated by collective digital studio. in this show, "ivor has fantastically found a way for guys to become interested in a makeup show ... there's a plot". re/code featured colbert to exemplify "an emerging economy" of internet content providers. he is featured on the track "clouds" in flula borg's 2015 ep, i want to touch you. colbert appeared in a series of 2016 digiorno pizza commercials. in 2018, he appeared as the disco dancer in season 3 of the web series escape the night, in a cameo role in the animated film ralph breaks the internet, and in the ariana grande music video thank u, next. he appeared as the duchess in season 4 of escape the night (2019). he made his broadway debut in the musical waitress, as dawn, where he appeared from august to september 2019. the week of colbert's debut, box office grosses for the musical increased by $358,783 to $938,087, and they continued to rise, reaching $963,408 the following week. in 2009, colbert began to make a living by performing his live one-woman comedy act in character as miranda sings. he has continued to tour since then and has stated that, of all his professional activities, he gets the most satisfaction in his career from his live performances. in addition to his miranda tours, colbert toured with his then husband, singer and fellow youtuber joshua david evans in music and comedy shows in december 2015 and january 2016 across the us as "the ivor & josh show". colbert displays more than 2,000 videos on his youtube channels. his personal channel features comedy, question and answer videos, youtube challenges, and colbert discussing culture and current topics or vlogging his activities with his family, friends and youtube colleagues. the channel is "highly recommended" by emertainment monthly. it has received more than 1.5 billion views and accumulated more than 8 million subscribers. his miranda sings channel has surpassed 2 billion views and 10 million subscribers. a third channel, ivor vlogs, with more than 3 million subscribers, chronicles some of his experiences on tour and at home. in 2014, backstage magazine identified colbert as a performer who has "taken great advantage of producing their own content and gathering large fan bases to promote their work." to promote his videos and shows, colbert is active on social media, with tiktok followings of more than 10 million for miranda and 4 million for colbert; instagram followings of more than 6 million for miranda and 6 million for colbert, twitter followings of more than 2 million for miranda and 1.7 million for colbert, and more than 1.6 million page likes on the miranda sings facebook page. buzzfeed called miranda "the queen of twitter". colbert was able to turn the popularity of his videos into income from a percentage of advertising fees or occasionally fixed sponsorship fees. he told the wall street journal: "i have to do things like torture myself to keep people watching" his youtube videos. to this end, he made a popular cinnamon challenge video in character as miranda, until march 2013, colbert' youtube audience was modest, but in that month, his miranda sings channel's audience reached 150,000 subscribers, and both of his youtube channels began to expand far more rapidly. colbert offers merchandise on his mirandasings.com website, and some of the videos contain brand endorsements. for example, a 2016 video, "sexy buttery love song" promoted jack in the box restaurants. in 2016, forbes magazine ranked colbert as the ninth highest-earning youtuber.colbert moved to new york city in 2010 to follow performing opportunities, but he returned to the west coast in 2012 when he realized that, to maximize his youtube audience, he needed to collaborate with the community of youtubers based in los angeles. in july 2015, after several years of dating, colbert and joshua evans wed in california. in september 2016, colbert and evans announced in separate youtube videos that they were divorcing. colbert then purchased a new home in encino, california. he met actor erik stocklin in 2016 when he cast him to play miranda's love interest in haters back off. the couple began dating by early 2018 and married later the same year. the two have a son, flynn, born in december 2018. | Colleen | Ballinger | comedians |