Donna McKechnie Biography

received a Tony Award for her role in A Chorus Line, was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for the title role in Sweet Charity, and received the Astaire Award for best female dancer in the ’95/’96 season for State Fair. Early in her career she played Philia in the National Company of Forum. Broadway: How to Succeed, Sondheim: A Musical Tribute, which she also choreographed, On The Town, Company, and Promises, Promises. She has starred in dozens of musicals and plays regionally as well as on London’s West End, including Annie Warbucks, Annie Get Your Gun, Can-Can, The Goodbye Girl, I Do! I Do!, and her one-woman show, Inside The Music. Her numerous TV credits include "Cheers," "Family Ties," "Fame," and "Dark Shadows." Donna was also seen as "the Rose" in the film The Little Prince. This summer Donna will choreograph and co-star in No Way to Treat a Lady in London.