Playbill News: Tony Nominees: Featured Actress (Musical)

Tony Nominees: Featured Actress (Musical)

May 28, 1996

BEST PERFORMANCE by a FEATURED ACTRESS in a MUSICAL

Joohee Choi, The King and I
Ms. Choi was the first place winner of the 1995 Heida Hermanns International Young Artists Competition. Her operatic roles include Marriage of Figaro and L'Elisir d'Amore at Julliard Opera Theater and La Bohéme at the Chautauqua (NY) Summer '95 Festival. The King and I marks Ms. Choi's Broadway debut.

BEST PERFORMANCE by a FEATURED ACTRESS in a MUSICAL

Joohee Choi, The King and I
Ms. Choi was the first place winner of the 1995 Heida Hermanns International Young Artists Competition. Her operatic roles include Marriage of Figaro and L'Elisir d'Amore at Julliard Opera Theater and La Bohéme at the Chautauqua (NY) Summer '95 Festival. The King and I marks Ms. Choi's Broadway debut.

Veanne Cox, Company
Ms. Cox appeared on Broadway inSmile and Off-Broadway in Flora, the Red Menace, Showing Off, and Baby Dreams. She has appeared in many regional productions across the country, on television and in movies.

Ann Duquesnay, Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk
Ms. Duquesnay appeared on Broadway in Jelly's Last Jam, The Wiz and Blues in the Night. She appeared in the Public Theater's production of Spunk. Ms. Duquesnay has worked extensively in regional theatre and in Europe. She has also appeared in several television programs.

Idina Menzel, Rent
Ms. Menzel is a singer/songwriter who performs with her own band in New York City clubs. She is a graduate of New York University and is making her Broadway debut in Rent.