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OCU Loves the Tony Awards

The Tony Awards are this Sunday and we at OCU are especially excited this year as five of our alumni are in companies nominated for Tony Awards: Colin Anderson in Carousel, Best Revival of a Musical, Abby C. Smith and Lauralyn McClelland in Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical, Best Musical and Heather Botts and Sasha Hutchings in My Fair Lady, Best Revival of a Musical.

The Company of Carousel Photo by Juliete Cervantes
The Company of Carousel
Photo by Juliete Cervante
The company of Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical Photo by Joan Marcus
The company of Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical
Photo by Joan Marcus
The company of My Fair Lady Photo by Joan Marcus
The company of My Fair Lady
Photo by Joan Marcus

We thought this would be the perfect time to celebrate two of our Tony Award-winning alumni as we root for our Stars this weekend.

Kelli O'Hara has been nominated for six Tony Awards and won in 2015.

  • Clara Johnson, The Light in the Piazza (2005)
  • Babe Williams, The Pajama Game (2006)
  • Nellie Forbush, South Pacific (2008)
  • Billie Bendix, Nice Work if You Can Get It (2012)
  • Francesca Johnson, The Bridges of Madison County (2014)
  • Anna Leonowens, The King and I (2015)

Kristen Chenoweth has been nominated for three Tony Awards and won in 1999.

  • Sally Brown, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (1999)
  • Glinda, Wicked (2004)
  • Lily Garland, On the Twentieth Century (2015)

We celebrate your success and are cheering for our OCU Stars this weekend, break a leg!

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