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'''Connie Champagne''', née Kelly Kay Brock,<ref>{{cite web|last=Whiting|first=Sam|title=Connie Champagne almost a born Garland|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Connie-Champagne-almost-a-born-Garland-3261684.php|work=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=February 12, 2013|date=June 17, 2010}}</ref> born November 23, 1959 is an American singer, song-writer and actor.<ref name=BW>{{Citation| last = Lovendusky | first = Eugene | title = Connie Champagne in 'Yellow Brick Road' at NCTC Opens 7/14| newspaper = Broadway World| pages = | year = | date = July 14, 2007| url = http://sanfrancisco.broadwayworld.com/article/Connie_Champagne_in_Yellow_Brick_Road_at_NCTC_Opens_714_20070714| accessdate =January 25, 2010}}</ref> She won the ''SF Weekly'' Wammie Award for Outstanding Cabaret/Lounge Performer.<ref name=BW /> She is known for performing the character of actress, Judy Garland including ''Christmas With the Crawfords'' in 2001 and ''Imagine Judy Garland: An Evening With Connie Champagne'' in 2003.<ref>{{Citation| last = Genzlinger| first = Neil | '''Connie Champagne''', née Kelly Kay Brock,<ref>{{cite web|last=Whiting|first=Sam|title=Connie Champagne almost a born Garland|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Connie-Champagne-almost-a-born-Garland-3261684.php|work=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=February 12, 2013|date=June 17, 2010}}</ref> born November 23, 1959 is an American singer, song-writer and actor.<ref name=BW>{{Citation| last = Lovendusky | first = Eugene | title = Connie Champagne in 'Yellow Brick Road' at NCTC Opens 7/14| newspaper = Broadway World| pages = | year = | date = July 14, 2007| url = http://sanfrancisco.broadwayworld.com/article/Connie_Champagne_in_Yellow_Brick_Road_at_NCTC_Opens_714_20070714| accessdate =January 25, 2010}}</ref> She won the ''SF Weekly'' Wammie Award for Outstanding Cabaret/Lounge Performer.<ref name=BW /> She is known for performing the character of actress, Judy Garland including ''Christmas With the Crawfords'' in 2001 and ''Imagine Judy Garland: An Evening With Connie Champagne'' in 2003.<ref>{{Citation| last = Genzlinger| first = Neil| title = THEATER REVIEW; Dragging Out Essentials of a Holiday Perennial| newspaper = The New York Times | pages = | year = | date = November 27, 2001 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/theater/theater-review-dragging-out-essentials-of-a-holiday-perennial.html?pagewanted=1| accessdate =January 25, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last = Guthmann | first = Edward | author-link = | title = Singer Connie Champagne brings Judy Garland to life -- as she might have been today| newspaper = San Francisco Chronicle| pages = | year = | date = June 26, 2003| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/26/DD132946.DTL| accessdate =January 25, 2010}}</ref> She won a 2007 San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award (BACTC) for her role in ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road''.<ref>{{Citation| last = Lipton| first = Brian| author-link = | title = Hines, Lumbly, Payne, Ruta, Woods, et al. Win 2007 BACCA Awards| newspaper = Theater Mania| pages = | year = | date = March 7, 2008| url = http://www.theatermania.com/san-francisco/news/03-2008/hines-lumbly-payne-ruta-woods-et-al-win-2007-bacca_12937.html| accessdate =January 25, 2010}}</ref> Specializing in numerous styles of music and theater including cabaret, swing, jazz, rock and roll, and musical theater, Champagne performed in numerous venues throughout the US and Europe. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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Champagne has also performed in 2008 Dusty Springfield tribute show ''Brand New Me''.<ref>{{Citation | last = Dodds | first = Richard | author-link = | title = Echoes of the Dusty Springfield songbook| newspaper = Bay Area Reporter| pages = | year = | date = July 17, 2008 | url = http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=theatre&article=416| accessdate =January 25, 2010}}</ref> In 2009, Champagne reunited with Musical Director Scrumbly Koldewyn and began working with the award-winning underground theater group the Thrillpeddlers, and most recently appeared in ''Marat/Sade'', directed by Russell Blackwood and produced by impresario Marc Huestis. In 2012, Champagne appeared in Trevor Anderson’s Award winning independent film ''The Man That Got Away'', which was featured internationally, including Berlinale Berlin, LA’s OutFest and Toronto’s HotDocs Film Festivals. | Champagne has also performed in 2008 Dusty Springfield tribute show ''Brand New Me''.<ref>{{Citation | last = Dodds | first = Richard | author-link = | title = Echoes of the Dusty Springfield songbook| newspaper = Bay Area Reporter| pages = | year = | date = July 17, 2008 | url = http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=theatre&article=416| accessdate =January 25, 2010}}</ref> In 2009, Champagne reunited with Musical Director Scrumbly Koldewyn and began working with the award-winning underground theater group the Thrillpeddlers, and most recently appeared in ''Marat/Sade'', directed by Russell Blackwood and produced by impresario Marc Huestis. In 2012, Champagne appeared in Trevor Anderson’s Award winning independent film ''The Man That Got Away'', which was featured internationally, including Berlinale Berlin, LA’s OutFest and Toronto’s HotDocs Film Festivals. | ||
In the spring of 2016, Champagne | In the spring of 2016, Champagne appeared as Judy Garland in Landmark Musical Theatre's Bay area premiere production of ''The Boy From Oz''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landmarkmusicals.com|website=Landmark Musical Theatre|title=Landmark Musical Theatre|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref> | ||
She is currently based in San Francisco. | She is currently based in San Francisco. | ||
==Involvement with Mark Eitzel== | ==Involvement with Mark Eitzel== | ||
Eitzel wrote Connie Champagne's song "[[What Do I Do]]" which appears on her 1991 album, ''La Strada''. | Eitzel wrote Connie Champagne's song "[[What Do I Do]]" which appears on her 1991 album, ''[[La Strada]]''. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*{{Official website|http://www.conniechampagne.com/}} | *{{Official website|http://www.conniechampagne.com/}} | ||
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