The Gilded Age star was most recently on Broadway in 2024 opposite Brian d’Arcy James in this new Michael Greif-directed musical by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel based on both the JP Miller play and the Warner Bros. film. O’Hara, James, and Guettel were all Tony nominated.
Days of Wine and Roses
Brian d'Arcy James and Kelli O'Hara in Days of Wine And Roses
O’Hara was Lilli Vanessi/Katharine opposite Will Chase’s Fred Graham/Petruchio in the 2019 Tony-nominated revival of this Cole Porter classic that was directed by Scott Ellis and earned O’Hara her seventh Tony nomination.
Kiss Me, Kate!
Kelli O'Hara and company of Kiss Me, Kate!
O’Hara won the 2015 Tony for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her work as English school teacher Anna Leonowens opposite Ken Watanabe’s The King of Siam in director Bartlett Sher’s Tony-winning revival of this Rodgers and Hammerstein favorite.
The King and I
This 2014 Jason Robert Brown-Marsha Norman musical, based on the Robert James Waller novel of the same name, co-starred Steven Pasquale as National Geographic photographer Robert and O’Hara in a Tony-nominated turn as Francesca, an Italian-American housewife in 1965 Iowa.
The Bridges of Madison County
Steven Pasquale in The Bridges of Madison County
This 2012 musical comedy, which featured a book by Joe DiPietro and the songs of George and Ira Gershwin, earned O’Hara a Tony nomination for her performance as Billie Bendix opposite Matthew Broderick’s Jimmy Winter. Kathleen Marshall directed and choreographed a cast that also included Tony-winning performances by Judy Kaye and the late Michael McGrath.
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Broderick in Nice Work If You Can Get It
For her performance as Ensign Nellie Forbush—opposite Tony winner Paulo Szot’s Emile de Becque—in Tony winner Bartlett Sher’s 2008 Tony-winning revival of this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical set on a tropical island during World War II, O’Hara picked up her third Tony nomination.
South Pacific
O’Hara earned her second Tony nomination (her first for Best Actress in a Musical) playing Babe Williams opposite the Sid Sorokin of Tony nominee Harry Connick, Jr. in the 2006 Tony-winning revival of this Richard Adler-Jerry Ross-George Abbott-Richard Bissell musical that was helmed by Kathleen Marshall, who won a Tony for her choreography.
The Pajama Game
In 2005 O’Hara earned her first Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Clara in this Tony-nominated Adam Guettel-Craig Lucas musical about a mother (Tony winner Victoria Clark) and her daughter (O’Hara) on a life-changing vacation in 1953 Italy.
The Light in the Piazza
