Judy Kuhn (born May 20, 1958) is a Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award nominated American singer and actress.
Born in New York City, Kuhn's training as a classical soprano was at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, from which she graduated in 1981.
It is erroneously believed that she earned her first Broadway credit working as an assistant to the director of a short-lived musical, Don't Step on My Olive Branch, in 1976.
Her Broadway on-stage deb...
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Judy Kuhn (born May 20, 1958) is a Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award nominated American singer and actress.
Born in New York City, Kuhn's training as a classical soprano was at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, from which she graduated in 1981.
It is erroneously believed that she earned her first Broadway credit working as an assistant to the director of a short-lived musical, Don't Step on My Olive Branch, in 1976.
Her Broadway on-stage debut was in a multiple award winning The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a Rupert Holmes musical based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel, in 1985. Her next appearance was in the ill-fated Rags, which closed after just four performances but managed to attract a lot of major nominations. Her next role of Cosette in the 1987 multiple award winning Broadway production of Les Misérables brought her the first Tony Award nomination, as Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award nomination as Outstanding Featured Actress in A Musical and...
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