Nikki James: She’s Still Going Strong
The Tony-award winner visits this year’s cast of 'Hello, Dolly!'
It was a chorus of “Hello, Dolly!” when Nikki James, who grew up performing on Livingston stages, returned to LHS as a Tony-award winner who once shined as one of the most fabulous meddlers on the musical stage -- Dolly Gallagher Levi. You couldn’t help but hum … You're lookin' swell, Dolly … I can tell, Dolly You're still glowin '... you're still crowin '... She’s still going strong after 800 performances and counting in The Book of Mormon, the irreverent -- or as James explained, “that’s code for wildly offensive” -- Broadway show that swept the Tony awards in 2011, including best musical, the best featured actress prize for James, and best orchestrations for Stephen Oremus, who also starred on the LHS stage. (He also recently visited…
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