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S5 Ep5: Rachel York
29 mins
11/2/21

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About

Rachel York is a dynamic and versatile award-winning actress and singer. She is best known for her critically acclaimed Broadway performances in City of Angels, Les Misérables, Victor/Victoria (Drama Desk Award) with Julie Andrews, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sly Fox with Richard Dreyfuss, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Jonathan Pryce. Ms. York starred on Broadway in Disaster! The Musical and the ground-breaking Go-Gos musical Head Over Heels. She also turned heads on television with her courageous portrayal of Lucille Ball in the CBS movie, Lucy.

On tour Ms. York has earned accolades as Reno Sweeney in the national tour of the Tony-winning revival Anything Goes (Helen Hayes Award). She also created the role of Cruella de Vil in The 101 Dalmatians Musical; starred as Guenevere in Camelot (Carbonell Award); and portrayed Lilli Vanessi/Kate in Kiss Me, Kate (US and West End, Helen Hayes and IRNE Award nominations).

Off-Broadway Ms. York has starred in the musical revue The Best Is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman; Dessa Rose at Lincoln Center Theatre (Drama Desk nomination); Stephen Sondheim’s Putting It Together (Drama Desk nomination), also with Julie Andrews; as well as the highly acclaimed New York City Center Encores! productions of Little Me and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

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