Tari Kelly
Biography
Broadway: Mr. Saturday Night, Groundhog Day, Something Rotten!, Anything Goes, The Boy from Oz, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Show Boat. National Tours: Clue (Mrs. White), Anastasia (Countess Lily), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Show Boat (Ellie), and Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl). Selected Regional: End of the Rainbow at the Arvada Center (Judy Garland - Henry Award); Anything Goes at the Maltz Jupiter (Reno Sweeney - Carbonell Award); Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Marriott Lincolnshire (Millie - Jeff Nomination), Cabaret at the Pittsburgh Public, Ordway and 5th Avenue, Rags at the Fulton Theatre (Rebecca), and Chicago in Concert (Velma Kelly) with various symphonies under the baton of Maestro Rob Fisher. Original Broadway Cast recordings: Groundhog Day, Anything Goes, The Boy from Oz, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Television: “And Just Like That,” the Tony Awards, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and more. www.TariKelly.com
Credits
Something Rotten! How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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