Guest Artist: Marin Mazzie

Marin Mazzie recently returned from London’s West End where she starred in Kiss Me, Kate (Olivier nomination), following her Broadway run for which she received the Outer Critic’s Circle Award and a Tony and Drama Desk Award nomination.

She received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critic’s Circle Award nominations for her portrayal of Mother in the Broadway production of Ragtime a role she created in the original workshop production and world premier.

Also on Broadway, she received a Tony nomination for her portrayal of Clara in the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical Passion and repeated her role for the film version for PBS.

Other Broadway credits include: Into the Woods, Big River and the City Center Encore production of Out of This World. Off-Broadway, Marin played Helen/Dido in the En Garde Arts production of The Trojan Women: A Love Story; she also appeared Off-Broadway and on the national tour of Kander and Ebb’s The World Goes Around.

Regional credits include The Goodman Theater, Arena Stage, The Denver Center, The La Jolla Playhouse and Pittsburgh CLO. For PBS, Marin has appeared in My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies and My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs. Her recordings include: Kiss Me, Kate (DRG), Ragtime: Original Broadway Cast Recording (RCA), Songs from Ragtime (RCA), Passion (Angel), Out of This World (DRG), My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies, My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (Hybrid), Broadway Divas (RCA), The Stephen Schwartz Album (Varese Sarabande), and I Was Looking At The Ceiling, And Then I Saw The Sky (Nonesuch).

She has appeared in symphonic concerts throughout the country from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl under the batons of Marvin Hamlisch, Keith Lockhart, Skitch Henderson, John Mauceri, Charles Prince, Doc Severinsen and Patrick Sommers.

Marin was part of the Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Angela Lansbury, and was honored to be a part of Stephen Sondheim’s 70th birthday celebration at the Library of Congress.