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RITA MCKENZIE RECREATING AWARD-WINNING ROLE AS QUEEN OF BROADWAY’S GOLDEN AGE IN THE HIT MUSICAL, "ETHEL MERMAN’S BROADWAY"

Rita McKenzie, among Broadway, Hollywood and television’s most versatile actresses recreates her internationally acclaimed tour de force performance in ETHEL MERMAN’S BROADWAY

Launched Off-Broadway at New York’s John Houseman Theater, Rita McKenzie’s personal success triggered an international tour taking her to Carnegie Hall, Pasadena Playhouse, Harrah’s Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, and on an SRO eight-city tour of Japan. Earlier, McKenzie starred in the Los Angeles premiere of the Off-Broadway musical, RUTHLESS!, and can be heard on the original cast album. She also toured the country as Annie Oakley in the 50th Anniversary production of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN with Glen Yarbrough. An accomplished TV and film actress, McKenzie recently played Alice, the housekeeper, on Fox’s "The Brady Bunch: The Final Days," has guest-starred on NBC’s "Caroline in the City," and will be recalled for her roles as Mrs. Littlejohn on NBC’s "Frazier," Rita Marcus on the Family Channel’s "Big Brother Jake," and her recurring role on "Daddy Dearest," starring Richard Lewis and Don Rickles.

In addition to having conceived and directed both the Off-Broadway and Pasadena Playhouse productions of ETHEL MERMAN’S BROADWAY, director Christopher Powich wrote and directed McKenzie’s nationally acclaimed symphony "pops" tribute to Ethel Merman. He directed McKenzie and Carole Shelley in the re-enactment of Ethel Merman and Mary Martin’s famous 1995 television medley at New York’s Rainbow and Stars Nightclub and continued his association with McKenzie when he created, directed and performed with her in "Class Act," a night club revue which toured the Eastern United States.

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