FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February xx, 2018 Contact: Steve Bianchi Nashville Children’s Theatre 615-252-4658
[email protected] BROADWAY STAR LAURA OSNES TO PERFORM AT NASHVILLE CHILDREN’S THEATRE BENEFIT Grand Night, NCT’s benefit to support the theatre’s scholarship programs will offer Grand Hollywood style, a seated dinner on the stage, and performances by Laura Osnes. Nashville, TN - Nashville Children’s Theatre (NCT), the nation’s oldest professional theatre for young audiences is delighted to announce the participation of two time Tony-nominated Broadway singer Laura Osnes at NCT’s Grand Night benefit. About Laura Osnes Laura Osnes most recently completed a starring run in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Bandstand (Drama Desk, Drama League nominations). Other Broadway: Cinderella in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Drama Desk Award; Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Astaire nominations), Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde (Tony Award nomination) after creating the role at Asolo Repertory Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse (San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award), Hope Harcourt in the Tony Award-winning revival of Anything Goes (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Astaire Award nominations), Nellie Forbush in Lincoln Center Theater’s production of South Pacific, and Sandy in the most recent revival of Grease. Other New York/regional credits include Crazy For You (Manhattan Concert Productions), The Blueprint Specials (Public Theatre), The Threepenny Opera (Atlantic Theater), City Center Encores! productions of The Band Wagon, Randy Newman's Faust, and Pipe Dream; The Sound of Music (Carnegie Hall), Carousel opposite Steven Pasquale (Lyric Opera of Chicago), and Broadway: Three Generations (Kennedy Center).