Judy Kaye
JUDY KAYE is currently appearing Off Broadway in Stephen Temperley's Souvenir. She began her career in 1968 as Lucy in the Los Angeles company of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She played Hodel in four different companies of Fiddler on the Roof and Mary Magdalene in five different companies of Jesus Christ Superstar. In 1973, she created the role of Rizzo in the first national company of Grease. She made her Broadway debut in the same role in 1977. Other roles in the '70s included Leah in The Dybbuk and Agnes in I Do, I Do! At the Sacramento Music Circus, she played Lili Vanessi in Kiss Me, Kate opposite John Reardon and Sheila in Hair. She was also in the Los Angeles company of Godspell. In 1978, never having been an understudy, she reluctantly agreed to play the role of Agnes, the maid, and to understudy Madeline Kahn in the lead role of Lily Garland/Mildred Plotka in the Broadway production of On the Twentieth Century. During the Broadway run, she made her cabaret debut and her film debut in Sidney Lumet's Just Tell Me What You Want. She won a Tony for best featured actress in a musical in The Phantom of the Opera and created the role of Emma Goldman in the Broadway production of Ragtime. Off-Broadway credits include Love, with Nathan Lane, later recreating the role in a revival at the York Theatre Company. She has also starred in numerous cabaret acts and concert performances of classical musicals and operettas. For Random House's Recorded Books series, she is the voice of private eye Kinsey Millhone in Sue Grafton's popular alphabetical series. Bio as of December, 2004. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) Humor in Performance - December, 2004 - Watch now. Performance - April, 1988 - Watch now. Downstage Center (audio) Judy Kaye - November, 2005 - Listen Now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com) Website: www.JudyKaye.com