Donna McKechnie: Take Me To The World – The Songs of Stephen Sondheim

Tony Award winner and internationally renowned Broadway leading lady, Donna McKechnie returns to Crazy Coqs with her brand new show!

Donna celebrates the greatest Broadway composer and lyricist of our time, Stephen Sondheim, by performing songs from many of his shows, including A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Anyone Can Whistle and songs from film scores. Donna shares stories of her time working with him and the great influence he had in her life, both professionally and personally.

With Musical Direction by Ian Herman

Photo credit Bill Westmoreland

Donna McKechnie, who received a Tony Award for her performance in the original company of A Chorus Line, is regarded internationally as one of Broadway’s foremost singing and dancing leading ladies. Donna has starred in and choreographed productions in London’s West End, along with theatrical productions in Tokyo and Paris.

Some of Ms. McKechnie’s Broadway credits Include How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, The Education Of Hyman Kaplan, Sondheim: A Musical Tribute, (which she also choreographed), Promises-Promises, Company, On The Town and State Fair (Fred Astaire Award) and The Visit.

She has starred and/ or choreographed numerous regional plays and musicals, including Follies, Mack And Mabel, Gypsy, The Glass Menagerie, Sweet Charity, Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks, Guys And Dolls and can be seen in concert and with Symphony Orchestras as well as TV Specials and dramatic series including Fame, Cheers, and Dark Shadows. She was featured in the film Every Little Step and played the Rose in the film The Little Prince.

Donna will be opening and performing her one woman show, Take Me To The World-The Songs Of Stephen Sondheim starting in 2022.

Ms. McKechnie’s memoir, Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life, was published by Simon and Schuster. Donna was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2019. www.donnamckechnie.com