Judy Kaye
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Born | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | October 11, 1948
Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
Years active | 1972–present |
Spouse | David Green |
Judy Kaye (born October 11, 1948) is an American singer and actress. She has appeared in stage musicals, plays, and operas. Kaye has been in long runs on Broadway in the musicals The Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime, Mamma Mia!, and (in a second Tony award-winning role) Nice Work If You Can Get It.
Early life
Kaye was born in
Career
Kaye made her Broadway debut as a replacement Rizzo in the original company of Grease in the 1970s. Her next show was the Broadway musical On the Twentieth Century (1978), playing only the small role of the maid Agnes, and also the understudy for leading lady Madeline Kahn. Kahn left the show early in the run, and Kaye took over the lead role. The New York Times reported "Judy Kaye replaced Madeline Kahn...and bang, boom, overnight she is a star."[6][7] Kaye also toured the US in the musical.
Her next two Broadway ventures flopped.
She was featured in the 1987 concert version of the rarely produced musical
It was nearly a decade before her next Broadway role, appearing as Emma Goldman in Ragtime from 1997 to 2000.[13] She was the only principal to remain with that show for its entire run, where she showcased her remarkable range as she sang the Goldman alto part while hitting the B5 high note in the opening prologue.[14][15] In 2000, she played Mrs. Lovett opposite Len Cariou as Todd and Davis Gaines as Anthony in a London concert of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.[16] Next on Broadway, she appeared as "Rosie" in Mamma Mia! in 2001–2003,[17] and received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical.[18]
Kaye has performed extensively in regional theatre, in roles as widely varied as both Julie Jordan and Nettie Fowler in
Kaye's non-musical roles have included such classics as
Kaye appeared in Stephen Temperley's Souvenir and "drew raves for her humorous, yet touching work" with her portrayal of the legendarily bad singer Florence Foster Jenkins.[23] The play originally ran Off-Broadway in November 2004 to January 2005.[24] After a production at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in August to September 2005, it premiered on Broadway, from October 2005 to January 2006,[25] and she has since performed it in several venues in the United States.[26] Ben Brantley, in his New York Times review, wrote: "Ms. Kaye strikes that single note of personality with a happy mixture of ardor, unblinking obliviousness and ... pitch-perfect period detail."[27]
In June 2006, Kaye assumed the role of Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd on Broadway for one week during Patti LuPone's vacation.[28] She returned in August 2006, when LuPone left for a week to play "Rose" in Gypsy.[29] She went on to play Mrs. Lovett in the 2007–2008 North American Tour of Sweeney Todd.[30][31] The Curtain Up review of that tour in Los Angeles praised Kaye, stating: "There's humor in this production ... Much of that is due to Kaye's impeccable timing, the delicacy of her yearning and her way with a tuba."[32] Kaye had previously played Mrs. Lovett in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Sweeney in 1991. The New York Times reviewer wrote of her performance there, "it's going to be tough to come up with a Todd and a Mrs. Lovett comparable to George Hearn and Judy Kaye. ... Ms. Kaye's voluptuous voice taps and illuminates musical treasures. The ribaldry, seductiveness and wit of her performance appear thoroughly rooted in Mrs. Lovett's love for Todd."[33]
The musical
She starred in the musical
From February to October 2016, Kaye performed the role of Madame Morrible in the Broadway production of Wicked.[40][41] She then took over the role of the Dowager Empress in the Broadway production of Anastasia from September 2018 through January 2019.[42][43]
On November 17, 2021, Kaye opened in the Broadway production of Diana,The Musical at the Longacre Theater. She plays the roles of Queen Elizabeth II and the novelist Barbara Cartland, who was Princess Diana's step-grandmother.[44]
Opera, operetta, and recordings
She has performed frequently in opera, operetta and older musicals, including leading roles in
In August 1990 she played Musetta in the
Kaye has made several recordings, including Where, Oh, Where?: Rare Songs of the American Theater (Premier), Diva to Diva (Varèse Sarabande), which focus on musical theatre and "great musical theatre women", and Judy Kaye: Songs From The Silver Screen (Varèse Sarabande), saluting women singing in movie musicals.[50] Two other CDs partner her with the baritone William Sharp, one an all-George Gershwin program, the other all-Leonard Bernstein; the latter includes the world-premiere recording of Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles.[51]
Kaye is featured on six tracks of John McGlinn's EMI disc Broadway Showstoppers, four of them numbers from Jerome Kern's Sweet Adeline (including the ballad "Why Was I Born?") and one a first-ever recording of the "Duet for One (The First Lady of the Land)", the tour-de-force from Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.[52] She was featured on the 1997 Varèse Sarabande studio recording of the 1965 musical Drat! The Cat![53]
Kinsey Millhone books
Kaye is the voice for the audiobooks of
Personal life
Kaye lives in New Jersey with her husband, David Green, in an apartment overlooking Manhattan.[55]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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1978 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | On the Twentieth Century | Nominated | [56] |
Theatre World Award | Honouree | [57] | |||
1988 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | The Phantom of the Opera | Won | [58] |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Nominated | [56] | ||
2002 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Mamma Mia! | Nominated | [58] |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Nominated | [56] | ||
2005 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actress In A Play | Souvenir | Nominated | [59] |
Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Nominated | [60] | ||
Lucille Lortel Award | Outstanding Lead Actress | Nominated | [61] | ||
2006 | Tony Award | Best Actress In A Play | Nominated | [58] | |
2012 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Won | [58] |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress In A Musical | Won | [36] | ||
Outer Critics Circle Award
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Outstanding Featured Actress In A Musical | Won | [37] | ||
2022 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Supporting Actress | Diana | Won | [62] |
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- ^ a b Gromberg, Alan."Spotlight on Judy Kaye", talkinbroadway.com, accessed March 10, 2009
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- ^ Rich, Frank. "Stage: 'Phantom of the Opera'" The New York Times, January 27, 1988
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- ^ Brantley, Ben. "THeater Review: 'Ragtime': A Diorama With Nostalgia Rampant" The New York Times, January 19, 1998
- ^ Jones, Kenneth."Broadway Ragtime Closing January 16; National Tour Journeys On" Playbill.com, January 14, 2000
- ^ Broadway's "RAGTIME" Reunion: Stars in the House
- ^ Kaye, Cariou & Gaines to do London Sweeney Concerts, Feb. 13
- ^ "'Mamma Mia!' Listing" Internet Broadway Database, accessed March 19, 2011
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- ^ "1995 Theater Under the Stars Production" sondheimguide.com, accessed March 20, 2011
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- ^ a b Bio Archived August 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, arizonatheatre.org, accessed March 20, 2011
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- ^ "Souvenir Broadway" Archived November 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine playbillvault.com, accessed November 2, 2015
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Tony Winner Kaye Reprises Role of Off-Key Singer in A.C.T.'s 'Souvenir' Starting Feb. 13", playbill.com, February 13, 2009
- ^ Brantley, Ben. "A Mighty Squeal From a Big Heart", The New York Times, November 11, 2005.
- ^ "Kaye cues up for Sweeney", Daily Variety, May 19, 2006, Vol. 291, No. 35, p. 2
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- ^ "Constantine Germanacos and Penny Fuller Will Join the Company of ANASTASIA", broadwayworld.com, December 6, 2018, accessed January 2, 2019
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- ^ Lewis, Hilary (February 7, 2022). "Razzies: Filmed Version of 'Diana' Stage Musical Tops 2022 Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
External links
- Judy Kaye at the Internet Broadway Database
- Judy Kaye at IMDb
- Judy Kaye - Downstage Center interview at the American Theatre Wing
- Judy Kaye at Playbill Vault (archive)