Donna McKechnie

On stage 10 productions, 65 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Paper Mill Playhouse Cast, “The Complete Recording” (1998) . Kaye Ballard (“Broadway Baby”), Eddie Bracken, Laurence Guittard, Dee Hoty, Donna McKechnie, Ann Miller (“I’m Still Here”), Lilane Montevecchi, Phyllis Newman, Tony Roberts, and Donald Sadler, and Jonathan Tunick (conductor). TVT Soundtrax TVT 1030–2.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• For a solid decade, Broadway saw no sign of Donna McKechnie. After she originated the iconic role of Cassie in A Chorus Line and won a Tony as Best Actress in a Musical, she, along with much of the original cast, took the show to California in April 1976.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• DONNA McKECHNIE is best known for her role as Cassie in the original A Chorus Line. Her other Broadway appearances include roles in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying! ; Company ; On the Town ; Promises , Promises ; and State Fair.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
• DONNA McKECHNIE: How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying! was the first Broadway show I saw, and the first Broadway show I was in. I was the second understudy to the two leads: Rosemary, the secretary, and Hedy La Rue, the bombshell, and I was in the chorus. I thought, This is what it’s like. You go from show to show to show . .…ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
• DONNA McKECHNIE: Fosse developed his style out of his limitations. He choreographed around them, out of what he saw in his own body. He tried all his dances on himself. He did a lot with hats, which looked really great on him.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
• DONNA McKECHNIE: I met Gwen during rehearsals for How to Succeed . She was Bob’s assistant and my first dance captain. By this time Gwen was a big star, but between shows, she loved to work as a fixer-upper. She would tell me how she and Bob would work the numbers up at night, thinking them through on their bed, jumping up and down all ov…ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt

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