The Lie Of Lady Gaga

LADY GAGA

Lady Gaga was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta on March 28, 1986 in New York, NY to parents Cynthia (née Bissett) and Joseph Germanotta, an internet entrepreneur. Descending fromItalian and more distant French-Canadian roots, Gaga is the elder of two children. Her sister, Natali, a fashion student, was born in 1992.Despite her seemingly affluent upbringing in the family homein Manhattan's Upper West Side, Gaga has stressed that she did not come from a wealthy background, stating that her parents "both came from lower-class families, so we've worked for everything Fromthe age of 11, Gaga – who was raised Roman Catholic – attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private all-girls Roman Catholic school on Manhattan's Upper East Side.[14] She described her academiclife in high school as "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" but also "a bit insecure" Acquaintances dispute that she did not fit in at school. Gaga began playing the piano at the age of 4,went on to write her first piano ballad at 13, and started to perform at open mike nights by the age of 14. Her passion for musical theatre brought her lead roles in high school productions,including Adelaide in Guys and Dolls and Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.She also appeared in a very small role as a mischievous classmate in the television drama series The Sopranosin a 2001 episode titled "The Telltale Moozadell" in addition to unsuccessfully auditioning for parts in New York shows. When her time at the Convent of the Sacred Heart came to an end, her motherencouraged her to apply for the Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21), a musical theatre training conservatory at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.After becoming one of twenty students togain early admission, she eventually lived in an NYU dorm on 11th Street by the age of 17.CAP21 prepared her for her future career focus in "music, art, sex and celebrity" where, in addition to...