DEBBIE GRAVITTE and CHRISTIANE NOLL

LITTLE ROCK connection: Both have appeared with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.  The pair appeared together during one of the Broadway Pops concerts in 2007.  Noll returned in 2010 to appear in the Valentine Pops concert.

Tony Awards connection: Gravitte won the 1989 Tony for Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. (She was then known by her maiden name, Debbie Shapiro.)  Noll was nominated for a 2010 Tony for Actress in a Musical for her performance in the revival of Ragtime.