OCU Loves the Tony Awards
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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.
Photo by Juliete Cervante
Photo by Joan Marcus
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!