Kellie Jean Hoagland
Biography
Overjoyed & honored to be making her Broadway debut with this extremely talented OBC! Credits: Hamilton (Angelica Tour); Mean Girls (Broadway); West Side Story (Milwaukee Rep); Rock of Ages, SIX (Norwegian Cruise Line Cast & Creative). An immense amount of love & gratitude for my support system; it truly takes a village. Thank you, family, friends, agents at MSA, casting & creatives! We are all right on time.
Credits
Gypsy
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Audra McDonald
Currently in: Gypsy
Audra McDonald is unparalleled in the breadth and versatility of her artistry as both a singer and an actor. The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards and an Emmy, in 2015 she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people and received the National Medal of Arts—America’s highest honor for achievement in the field—from President Barack Obama. In addition to her Tony-winning performances in Carousel, Master Class, Ragtime, A Raisin in the Sun, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill—the role that also served as the vehicle for her Olivier Award-nominated 2017 debut in London’s West End—she has appeared on Broadway in The Secret Garden; Marie Christine (Tony nomination); Henry IV; 110 in the Shade (Tony nomination); Shuffle Along, or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Tony nomination); and Ohio State Murders (Tony nomination). On television, she was seen by millions as the Mother Abbess in NBC’s The Sound of Music Live!, won an Emmy Award for her role as host of PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center, and received Emmy nominations for Wit, A Raisin in the Sun and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. Having played Dr. Naomi Bennett on Shonda Rhimes’s Private Practice (ABC) and Liz Reddick (formerly Lawrence) on both The Good Wife (CBS) and The Good Fight (Paramount+), she may now be seen as Dorothy Scott on Julian Fellowes’s The Gilded Age (HBO). On film, she has appeared in Seven Servants, The Object of My Affection, Cradle Will Rock, It Runs in the Family, The Best Thief in the World, She Got Problems, Rampart, Ricki and the Flash, Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast, the movie-musical Hello Again, Cinergistik’s documentary Whitney Houston in Focus, the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions’ Rustin and MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect. McDonald is a Juilliard-trained soprano, whose opera credits include La voix humaine and Send at Houston Grand Opera, and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at Los Angeles Opera, where the resulting recording earned her two Grammy Awards. She has issued five solo albums on the Nonesuch label as well as Sing Happy with the New York Philharmonic on Decca Gold. She also maintains a major career as a concert artist, regularly appearing on the great stages of the world and with leading international orchestras. She is a founding member of Black Theatre United, board member of Covenant House International, and prominent advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights, whose favorite roles are those performed offstage, as an activist, wife to actor Will Swenson, and mother.
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Shanel Bailey
Currently in: Gypsy
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Kyleigh Vickers
Currently in: Gypsy
Kyleigh Denae Vickers is overjoyed to be making her Broadway debut! She is an 11-year-old performer from Brooklyn, New York. She is a talented dancer, singer, and entertainer. Set to appear in the 2024 short film Cut Me Summa Dat Noise, she brings the rhythms of life to the screen through tap dance. Kyleigh has trained with acclaimed choreographers Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Joseph Wiggan, and Jason Samuels Smith. She has performed at top NYC venues such as 92NY, Symphony Space, The Players NYC, The Jazz Gallery, and the Billie Holiday Theatre. A Gregory Hines Scholarship recipient, she has honed her skills at the American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF), Ailey Camp NYC, and the Youth Arts Academy. Kyleigh is ready to capture hearts with her incredible talent.
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Lili Thomas
Currently in: Gypsy
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Brandon Burks
Currently in: Gypsy
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Kevin Csolak
Currently in: Gypsy
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