
Kelli O’Hara is currently starring in the Tony Award-winning revival of
South Pacific at Lincoln Center as Nellie Forbush, for which she has received her third Tony Award nomination. In March 2007 she made her New York Philharmonic debut as Eliza Doolittle in the Orchestra’s semi-staged production of
My Fair Lady. That same year she made her Carnegie Hall debut, and completed her first album. Ms. O’Hara’s other Broadway credits include
The Pajama Game with Harry Connick, Jr. (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critic Award nominations);
The Light in the Piazza (Tony and Drama Desk nominations);
The Sweet Smell of Success with John Lithgow;
Dracula; Jekyll & Hyde; and
Follies. Her Off-Broadway and regional credits include
Sunday in the Park with George, My Life with Albertine, and
Beauty. Among Ms. O’Hara’s film and television credits are
The Dying Gaul, starring Patricia Clarkson and Campbell Scott;
Alexander Hamilton, starring Brian F. O’Byrne,
NUMB3RS; All My Children; and numerous live performances on national television shows. Her recordings include
South Pacific (Sony),
The Light in the Piazza (Nonesuch; Grammy nomination),
The Pajama Game (Sony; Grammy nomination),
The Sweet Smell of Success (Sony),
My Life with Albertine (PS Classics),
Jule Styne Goes Hollywood (PS Classics), and her solo album,
Wonder in the World (Ghostlight). Ms. O’Hara has performed with the New York and Philly Pops; at The Kennedy Center with Marvin Hamlisch; and at Joe’s Pub. She recently participated in the Kennedy Center Honors as part of the Barbara Streisand tribute, and will make her debut at the Café Carlyle in April 2009.