012: Klea Blackhurst – Award-Winning Ethel Merman Tribute & Acting in the Trenches
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Today’s guest is my friend and neighbor, Klea Blackhurst. Klea is known for her award-winning tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything The Traffic Will Allow.
She recently starred Off-Broadway opposite Hayley Mills in Party Face. She played the title role in the world premiere production of Hazel at Drury Lane in Chicago, a classic second banana in The Nutty Professor, premiering in Nashville, directed by Jerry Lewis with a score by Marvin Hamlisch and Rupert Holmes and as Dolly in Goodspeed Opera’s 50th Anniversary production of Hello, Dolly!
Klea is a charter member of the Jerry Herman Legacy Concerts for the ASCAP Foundation and a distinguished Alumna of the University of Utah.
You can learn more about Klea at: www.KleaBlackhurst.com