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STAGE TUBE: THE KING AND I Star Kelli O'Hara's Best Leading Actress Tonys Speech

By: Jun. 08, 2015
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THE KING AND I's Kelli O'Hara took home the 2015 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical tonight, and you can see her genuine, goofy and touching speech in full below!

Her previous nominations were for South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, The Bridges of Madison County, Nice Work If You Can Get It and The Pajama Game. O'Hara's other LCT credits include South Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Light in the Piazza (Tony, OCC noms.). On Broadway she has appeared in The Bridges of Madison County (Tony, DD, Drama League, OCC noms.), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Tony, DD, DL, OCC, Fred Astaire Award noms.), The Pajama Game (Tony, DD, OCC noms.), Sweet Smell of Success, Follies, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde. Metropolitan Opera credits includeThe Merry Widow. Off-Broadway/concerts: My Fair Lady, Carousel (Avery Fisher Hall/NY Philharmonic); Far From Heaven, My Life With Albertine (Playwrights Horizons); King Lear (Public); Bells Are Ringing (Encores!).

The 2015 Tony Awards just came to a close on CBS, co-hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming, and, as usual, BroadwayWorld.com continues to be your one-stop shop for all things Tonys -- tonight and beyond!







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