Alumni from the UC College-Conservatory of Music can generally be found in any show on Broadway and in most of the touring companies at any time. Tony and Drama Desk award-winners are listed below, followed by cast members in recent shows.

Shoshana Bean, CCM '99, as Elphaba in "Wicked"

Award winners

• "The Drowsy Chaperone" ('06, won Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical plus six other awards out of 14 nominations, plus 13 Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical)

• "Avenue Q" ('04, won Tony Award for Best Musical)

• "La Boheme" ('03, both Tony and Drama Desk nominee for Best Revival of a Musical)

• "Private Lives" ('02, won both Tony and Drama Desk awards for Best Revival of a Play)

• "De La Guardia" ('99, Drama Desk nominee for Unique Theatrical Experience)

• "Rent” ('96, won both Tony and Drama Desk awards for Best Musical)

• "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" ('94, Tony nominee for Best Play)

• "Damn Yankees" ('94, both Tony and Drama Desk nominee for Best Revival of a Musical)
-- producer Kevin McCollum, CCM ’84, HonDoc '05

• “Ragtime” ('98, won both Tony and Drama Desk awards for Best Original Musical Score, plus three other Tonys among 13 total nominations)

• “Dessa Rose" ('05 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Music)

• “A Man of No Importance" ('03 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Music)

• “Seussical" ('01 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Music)

• “Once on This Island" ('91 Tony Award winner for Best Original Musical Score)
-- composer Stephen Flaherty, CCM ’82 (also composed the score for "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life")

(L to R) Harry Groener as 'King Arthur,' and Lauren Kennedy as 'The Lady of the Lake,' in the Tony Award winning Monty Python's SPAMALOT at the Shubert Theatre. © 2006, Joan Marcus.

• “The Paris Letter" ('06 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play)

• “Cabaret" ('98 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical)

• “Crazy for You" ('92 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical)
-- actress Michelle Pawk, CCM ’85 (also performed in Broadway productions of "Crazy for You," "Chicago," "Seussical," "Mamma Mia")

• "Legally Blonde"(2007 Actors' Equity Clarence Derwent Award for being the "most promising female performer on the New York metropolitan scene," plays the role of Serena)

• “The Great American Trailer Park Musical" ('06 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical)

-- actress Leslie Kritzer, CCM '99 (also performed in a Broadway production of "Hairspray")

• “Chicago” ('97, both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominee for Best Featured Actress in a Musical)

• “Grease" ('94 Tony Award nominee for Best Featured Actress in a Musical)

• “Rags" ('87 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical)
-- actress Marcia Lewis, att. CCM (also performed in Broadway productions of "Fiddler on the Roof," "Funny Girl")

• “Guys and Dolls” ('92, won both Tony and Drama Desk awards for Best Actress in a Musical)

• “Bells Are Ringing" ('01, both Tony and Drama Desk nominee for Best Actress in a Musical)

• “Jerome Robbins' Broadway" ('89, both Tony and Drama Desk nominee for Best Actress in a Musical)

-- actress Faith Prince, CCM ’79 (also performed in Broadway productions of "Noises Off," "James Joyce's The Dead," "Little Me," "The King and I") (See TV credits.)

Ashley Brown, CCM '04, now playing Mary Poppins

• “Brigadoon” ('81, both Tony and Drama Desk award nominee for Best Featured Actor in a Musical)

• “Oklahoma" ('80, Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical)
-- Martin Vidnovic, CCM ’71 (also performed in Broadway productions of "Footloose," "King David," "Guys and Dolls," "King and I")

• “Company” (’71, Tony Award nominee for Best Featured Actress in a Musical)
-- Pamela Myers, CCM ’70, received a ’71 Tony nomination for featured actress in a musical (also performed in the Broadway production of "Into the Woods") (See TV credits.)

• "Coup de Graae" ('06, won New York NIGHTLIFE Award For Best Musical Comedy)

--actor Jason Graae, CCM '80

Currently or recently on stage

"A Catered Afair" (2008)

-- actresses Faith Prince, CCM '79, and Leslie Kritzer, CCM '99

The Color Purple" (2008)

--actor Alton Fitzgerald White, CCM '86 (previously appeared in "Tommy," Smokey Joe's Cafe" and "Ragtime: The Musical")

"Mary Poppins" ('06-08)
• starring actress Ashley Brown, CCM '04, as Mary Poppins (previously played Belle in "Beauty and the Beast")

(A video of Brown's performance is available on the "Mary Poppins" Web site.)

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" ('05-07 -- '05 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Ensemble Performance)

• actress Lisa Howard, CCM '97, as Rona Lisa Peretti

"Monty Python's Spamalot" ('05-07)
• actress Lauren Kennedy, CCM '93, as the Lady in the Lake (previously performed in "Side Show," "Sunset Boulevard," "Les Miserables")

"Wicked" ('05-06)
• starring actress Shoshana Bean, CCM '99, as Elphaba the witch (now in the national "Wicked" tour, previously performed in "Hairspray" and "Dreamgirls")

"Les Miserables" revival ('06-07)

• actors Aaron Lazar, MFA (CCM) '00, whom the New York Times praised for his role as Enjolras, and other CCM grads who play several roles each -- Justin Bohon, CCM '00; Blake Ginther, CCM '03; Dan Bogart, CCM '99; Nikki Renée Daniels, CCM '01

(Watch Aaron in a video clip from rehearsal. He is the actor singing as the video begins, and he will be interviewed further into the footage.)

"Apple Tree" (2007)

• actress Sarah Jane Everman, CCM '03 (previously the 1999 America's Junior Miss)

"Inherit the Wind" with Brian Dennehy (2007)

• actress Katie Klaus, CCM '06

"110 in the Shade" revival (2007)

• actress Betsy Wolfe, CCM '04

— D. Rieselman