Judy Kaye

Judy Kaye starred in a critically acclaimed production of Lost in Yonkers at the Old Globe in San Diego earlier this year. She starred on Broadway in Souvenir, A Fantasia On The Life Of Florence Foster Jenkins, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. She also performed it at the York Theatre where she was nominated for Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards at the Berkshire Theatre Festival and in Los Angeles(LA Ovation Award as Best Actress), Tucson, Phoenix, Westport, Conn., San Francisco, Baltimore, Sarasota, and Rochester, NY. She also starred as Mrs. Lovett on Broadway and the National Tour of Sweeney Todd.

Ms. Kaye appeared in Face the Music for the Encore Series in NY and in LA’s Reprise Series in ZORBA.

Highlights of her career: Broadway: Phantom of the Opera (Tony Award, Drama Desk nomination), Mamma Mia (Tony & Drama Desk Nominations), On the Twentieth Century (Theatre World Award, Drama Desk Nomination), Ragtime (Theatre LA Ovation Award), Musetta in La Bohème, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, and Lucy Lockett in The Beggars Opera, all at the Santa Fe Opera. Other roles range from Sally in Follies, Maggie in The Man Who Came to Dinner, Penny in You Can’t Take It With You, Kitty Dean in The Royal Family to Mama Rose in Gypsy.

Ms. Kaye has appeared with symphony orchestras around the country and the world, and has sung at the White House twice. Her cabaret shows are very popular; her current show is a salute to Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. She is the voice of Kinsey Millhone for the Sue Grafton/Random House Audio Book alphabet mystery series. For more information visit judykaye.com.