Donna McKechnie

Donna McKechnie is the legendary actress best known for her Tony Award-winning performance in A Chorus Line . She made her Broadway debut in 1961 with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying . Her other Broadway shows include Promises, Promises ; Company ; Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (which she also choreographed); On the Town ; Sweet Charity (national tour); and State Fair , for which she won a Fred Astaire Award in 1996. Reviewing her recent one-woman show, My Musical Comedy Life ,...See more

Donna McKechnie is the legendary actress best known for her Tony Award-winning performance in A Chorus Line . She made her Broadway debut in 1961 with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying . Her other Broadway shows include Promises, Promises ; Company ; Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (which she also choreographed); On the Town ; Sweet Charity (national tour); and State Fair , for which she won a Fred Astaire Award in 1996. Reviewing her recent one-woman show, My Musical Comedy Life , Ben Brantley wrote in the New York Times: "She remains the essence of the heroic drive that A Chorus Line celebrates." She lives in New York. See less