Connie Champagne

Connie Champagne is an American singer, song-writer and actor.[1] She won the SF Weekly Wammie Award for Outstanding Cabaret/Lounge Performer.[1] She is known for performing Judy Garland impersonations including Christmas With the Crawfords in 2001 and Imagine Judy Garland: An Evening With Connie Champagne in 2003.[2][3] She won a 2007 Bay Area Critics Circle Award (BACCA) for her role in Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.[4] Champagne has also performed in 2008 Dusty Springfield tribute show Brand New Me.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Lovendusky, Eugene (July 14, 2007), "Connie Champagne in 'Yellow Brick Road' at NCTC Opens 7/14", Broadway World, http://sanfrancisco.broadwayworld.com/article/Connie_Champagne_in_Yellow_Brick_Road_at_NCTC_Opens_714_20070714, retrieved January 25, 2010 
  2. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (November 27, 2001), "THEATER REVIEW; Dragging Out Essentials of a Holiday Perennial", The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/theater/theater-review-dragging-out-essentials-of-a-holiday-perennial.html?pagewanted=1, retrieved January 25, 2010 
  3. ^ Guthmann, Edward (June 26, 2003), "Singer Connie Champagne brings Judy Garland to life -- as she might have been today", San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/26/DD132946.DTL, retrieved January 25, 2010 
  4. ^ Lipton, Brian (March 7, 2008), "Hines, Lumbly, Payne, Ruta, Woods, et al. Win 2007 BACCA Awards", Theater Mania, http://www.theatermania.com/san-francisco/news/03-2008/hines-lumbly-payne-ruta-woods-et-al-win-2007-bacca_12937.html, retrieved January 25, 2010 
  5. ^ Dodds, Richard (July 17, 2008), "Echoes of the Dusty Springfield songbook", Bay Area Reporter, http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=theatre&article=416, retrieved January 25, 2010 

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