ROCKing the TONY AWARDS – Remmel T. Dickinson

Rock the TonysRTDREMMEL T. DICKINSON

Little Rock connection: Little Rock native (and nephew of Little Rock Mayor Pratt C. Remmel) and supporter of Little Rock arts scene and institutions.

Tony Awards connection: Received Tony Awards for producing 2010 Best Play War Horse, 2010 Best Musical Memphis and 2009 Best Play Revival The Norman Conquests.  He has also been nominated for producing Catch Me If You Can (2011) and Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012). This season he produced the musical First Date, the play A Time to Kill and the musical The Bridges of Madison County.  The latter musical received four Tony nominations.

ROCKing the TONY AWARDS – Judy Kaye

Rock the TonysJudyKayeJUDY KAYE

Little Rock connection: Performed with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.

Tony Awards connection: Won the Tony for Featured Actress in a Musical for The Phantom of the Opera in 1988 and Nice Work If You Can Get It in 2012. She has also been nominated for her performances in Mamma Mia (2002 Featured Actress in a Musical) and Souvenir (2006 Actress in a Play).  In addition to performing on the Tonys with the cast of Mamma Mia, she has appeared on the telecasts with the casts of On the Twentieth Century (1978) and Ragtime (1998).