Donna McKechnie, the Tony Award winning star of A Chorus Line, is regarded internationally as one of Broadway’s foremost singing and dancing leading ladies. She was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2019 and was last seen on Broadway playing Madam Morrible in Wicked in 2024. 

Some of Ms. McKechnie’s Broadway credits include How To Succeed…, The Education of H*Y*M*A*N-K*A*P*L*A*N, Sondheim:  A Musical Tribute (which she also choreographed), On The Town, Promises Promises, Company, State Fair (Fred Astaire Award), and The Visit.  She has starred in numerous regional plays and musicals, including Follies, Mack & Mabel, Gypsy, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, and productions in London’s West End, as well as major productions in Paris and Tokyo.   Bob Fosse invited Donna to play the lead in his last production, a National tour of Sweet Charity, for which she was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award.

Donna has also performed extensively on the concert stage and with symphony orchestras, as well as numerous TV Specials and dramatic series, including Fame, Cheers, and Dark Shadows. One of the highlights of her recent professional life was to choreograph the highly acclaimed Guys and Dolls at the Hollywood Bowl, and to star in The Glass Menagerie and The Subject Was Roses for the River City Rep.

Ms. McKechnie’s memoir, Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life, was published by Simon and Schuster and she is in constant motion with her one-woman show, A Musical Memoir. She also teaches master classes in Musical Theatre Performance across the country and was awarded with an Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music in 2026.

Donna was featured in the documentary film, Every Little Step, and also played The Rose in the feature film, The Little Prince.