THE CHER SHOW's Stephanie J. Block Wins 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

By: Jun. 09, 2019
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Stephanie J. Block has won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for The Cher Show.

On Broadway, Block has been seen in Falsettos (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), Anything Goes, 9 to 5 (Drama Desk nom.), The Pirate Queen, The Boy from Oz, Wicked.

Off-Broadway she appeared in Brigadoon (City Center Encores!); Little Miss Sunshine (Drama Desk nom.); and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Drama Desk nom.). Her TV work includes "Rise," "Madam Secretary," "Orange Is the New Black," "Homeland," "It Could Be Worse," and "Stephanie J. Block Live from Lincoln Center" for Great Performances on PBS. Her voice can be heard on numerous original cast recordings as well as her solo album This Place I Know.

SUPERSTARS COME AND GO. CHER IS FOREVER. For six straight decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture - breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. The Cher Show is her story, and it's packed with so much Cher that it takes three women to play her: the kid starting out, the glam pop star and the icon.

The Cher Show is 35 smash hits, six decades of stardom, two rock-star husbands, a Grammy, an Oscar, an Emmy, and enough Bob Mackie gowns to cause a sequins shortage in New York City, all in one unabashedly fabulous new musical. Jason Moore directs, with choreography by Christopher Gattelli and orchestrations by Daryl Waters.



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