Connie Champagne

Connie Champagne
Connie Champagne as Judy Garland in the musical Judy's Scary Little Christmas
Born
Kelly Kay Brock

(1959-11-23) November 23, 1959 (age 64)
OccupationActress
Websitewww.missconniechampagne.com

Connie Champagne, née Kelly Kay Brock,[1] (born November 23, 1959), is an American singer, songwriter and actress.[2] She won the SF Weekly Wammie Award for Outstanding Cabaret Performer.[2] She is known for performing the character of actress Judy Garland in productions including Christmas With the Crawfords in 2001 and Imagine Judy Garland: An Evening With Connie Champagne in 2003.[3][4] She won a 2007 San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award (BACTC) for her role in Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.[5] Despite fierce competition by acclaimed Broadway actors including Phylicia Rashad, Champagne also earned Los Angeles' Ovation Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in A Musical, Judy's Scary Little Christmas, directed by Kay Cole. Specializing in numerous styles of music and theater including cabaret, swing, jazz, rock and roll, and musical theater, Champagne has performed in numerous venues throughout the US and Europe.

  1. ^ Whiting, Sam (June 17, 2010). "Connie Champagne almost a born Garland". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Lovendusky, Eugene (July 14, 2007), "Connie Champagne in 'Yellow Brick Road' at NCTC Opens 7/14", Broadway World, retrieved January 25, 2010
  3. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (November 27, 2001). "THEATER REVIEW; Dragging Out Essentials of a Holiday Perennial". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Guthmann, Edward (June 26, 2003), "Singer Connie Champagne brings Judy Garland to life -- as she might have been today", San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved January 25, 2010
  5. ^ Lipton, Brian (March 7, 2008), "Hines, Lumbly, Payne, Ruta, Woods, et al. Win 2007 BACCA Awards", Theater Mania, retrieved January 25, 2010