Mary Testa

Mary Testa is the recipient of the Legend of Off-Broadway Award, Three Tony nominations, two Lucille Lortel nominations, six Drama Desk nominations, two Drama League nominations, two Outer Critic’s Circle nominations, and an Obie Award. In recognition of three decades of outstanding work on the New York stage, she was honored with the 2012 Drama Desk Award, which also singled out her bravura performance in Michael John LaChiusa’s Queen of the Mist. She most recently appeared on Broadway in a critically-acclaimed performance as Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! Her other Broadway credits include Wicked, Guys and Dolls, Xanadu, Chicago, 42nd Street, Marie Christine, On the Town, ...Forum, The Rink, Marilyn and Barnum. Off-Broadway, Mary appeared in The Portuguese Kid, The Government Inspector, First Daughter Suite, Queen of the Mist, A New Brain, See What I Wanna See, and many more. On Television, she has recurred on TV shows Divorce, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, and Whoopi. She has appeared in many films including Eat Pray Love, The Bounty Hunter, The Out-of-Towners, and Sleepers. Mary has sung with many of the leading symphony orchestras in the country, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Philly Pops, Minnesota Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony. She also appeared at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the US Premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera, Anna Nicole. Featured on fourteen original cast albums, Mary's album with Michael Starobin, Have Faith, is now available.