Kelli O'Hara - 'They Don't Let You In The Opera If You're A Country Star' At the OHoF Ceremony

Kelli O'Hara performs 'They Don't Let You In The Opera If You're A Country Star' at the 2016 Oklahoma Hall of Fame Banquet & Induction Ceremony.
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Kelli O'Hara's Oklahoma Hall of Fame Profile - oklahomahof.com/member-archiv...
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More about Kelli O'Hara:
- Birth and Death Year | 1976 - Present
- Profession | Singer/Actress
- Oklahoma Connection | O'Hara was born in Elk City, Oklahoma
BIO:
Kelli O’Hara has unequivocally established herself as one of Broadway’s great leading ladies. Her portrayal of Anna Leonowens in the critically acclaimed revival of the King and I garnered her the 2015 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, along with Drama League and Outer Critics nominations.
O’Hara earned a degree in opera from Oklahoma City University. After winning the State Metropolitan Opera Competition in 1998, she moved to New York City and enrolled in the Lee Strasberg Institute for acting. She made her Broadway debut in Jekyll & Hyde, followed by Sondheim’s Follies, Sweet Smell of Success opposite John Lithgow, and Dracula. In 2003 Kelli committed to a production of The Light in the Piazza at Seattle’s Intiman Theatre. The show landed on Broadway in 2005 and earned O’Hara her first Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations.
She moved from one critical and commercial success to another when she joined Harry Connick on Broadway in the 2006 Tony award-winning production of The Pajama Game, for which she received Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Award nominations. She starred in the Tony Award-winning revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center, enrapturing audiences and critics alike with her soulful and complex interpretation of Nellie Forbush, and garnering Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Award nominations. She later teamed up with Matthew Broderick in Broadway’s musical comedy Nice Work if You Can Get it, earning Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations, as well as the Fred Astaire Nomination.
In 2014, her performance as Francesca in the musical adaptation of The Bridges of Madison County earned her Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Additionally, she starred as Mrs. Darling in NBC’s live telecast of Peter Pan alongside Allison Williams and Christian Borle. O’Hara made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the production of The Merry Widow with Renee Fleming.
Her concerts span from Carnegie Hall to Capitol Hill. Film and television credits include Sex & the City 2, Martin Scorsese’s The Key to Reserva, Blue Bloods, Alexander Hamilton, N3mbers, and the animated series Car Talk. She is a frequent performer on PBS’s live telecasts and the Kennedy Center Honors. Her solo albums, Always and Wonder in the World are available on Ghostlight Records.

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[@spwb2k]

Tough room. Sooners c'mon wake up. Wow. This song brings the house down wherever she performs it. :-)

[@tishtashtishtash]

They applaud her at the end, but yeah, they certainly sound like they’re asleep.

[@corochick100]

Superb! Tough audience .... xx

[@Unobtanium100]

I'll bet 90% of it went over their heads.

[@corochick100]

@@Unobtanium100 She gave a great performance in spite of the dead audience!

[@tishtashtishtash]

They give her a standing ovation but hey, laugh a little at the superb punchlines.

[@cerracarmine]

BRAVA!!!!

[@vcarmichelli7781]

She is absolutely a superb singer. Amazing, amazing, amazing! ❤️❤️❤️

[@maryjones5843]

She's amazing! Is the audience in a coma?

[@tishtashtishtash]

They fete her at the end, but yeah, laugh a little, Oklahomans. For hell’s sake, your state was the title of the new story-based musical!

[@kathleenmckenzie6261]

This is SO good!

[@joycelang1]

Love this. ❤❤❤

[@runkles]

Love it. 😍

[@karenholtzclaw3135]

🥰❤

[@franciscallahan]

Did someone chloroform this audience, or is the mic unidirectional?

[@renayhawkins9541]

Bahaa! That's exactly what I was thinking!

[@MindenMoose]

The band is no better.

[@Itsalandear]

Are there no female instrumentalists in OK?

[@torcal47]

It's Oklahoma. Said 'nuf?

[@NeilJR]

Not a smile, not a laugh. Must be all stuffed shirts on Valium. Watch the other video of this song. The audience really get into it and give Kelli a deserved standing ovation at the end. And yes the band here is truly awful. Again the other video’s musical accompaniment is stunning although I think the lady oboist (?) front right must be from OK too.....not a hint of a smile.

[@markharvey573]

I think the women get it 😂

[@dustyrose5994]

Too bad the audience was so boring and subdued. This was fantastic!

[@DIMON_CAMI]

Dead audience...💀

[@jordanrees4284]

I love her but it bothers me that the lyrics say it’s a C but she’s actually singing an A...

[@dustyrose5994]

It's called a joke and I think it makes it even funnier 😂

[@tishtashtishtash]

It was sarcasm.

[@edithgonzalez7249]

the audience is so dead

[@jonjames5561]

What a flat crowd. Band is no better. Can they not hear?