JENNIFER MALENKE is happy to return to Sparkle after having a blast last year! Jen will be featured in the upcoming CBS series “The Power of Music” with Josh Groban.  She was most recently seen in ”For the Record: Coen Brothers” at Show at Barre in Los Angeles. She also recently played Grizabella in Cats for Cats at the Orpheum, a benefit with Fred Willard, Mindy Sterling, Keith David, Owain Yeoman, and Jean Louisa Kelly.  She was seen as Young Belle in MTG’s “Little Me” opposite Jason Graae,  and played Cinderella in “Into the Woods” directed by Calvin Remsberg, starring Anthony Geary. She was a judge (series regular) on ABC’s “High School Musical: Get In the Picture.” Broadway: Into The Woods (Revival) w/Vanessa Williams.  LA: Hotel C’est L’amour (Bride, Blank Theatre); Twice Upon a Time (Barbara, CLOSBC); Pirates of Penzance (Mabel, MTW). Regional: Into the Woods (Cinderella, Fulton); Cats (Jellylorum, Gateway); Kiss Me, Kate (Lois Lane, Gateway); big, the musical (Abigail/Susan, Drury Lane). Television: The Game, Cold Case, AMC Date Night. She has done numerous concerts in NY and LA, at places like Show at Barre, Upright Cabaret, and First and Hope. She also does vocal session work and teaches voice and piano.