Full given name: |
Kelli Christine O'Hara — Now it's Kelli O'Hara Naughton  |
| Hometown: |
Edmond, Oklahoma |
| Audition song: |
It always changes depending on the show. I used to sing a cut song from Sweet Smell of Success a lot. These days, it's anybody's guess. |
| Special skills: |
Well, I think my resume says things like funny faces, high notes, dialects, gymnastics/tumbling, etc. These days, I think my special skill is picking great leading men (on and off the stage). |
| First Broadway show ever saw: |
Master Class |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? |
South Pacific, of course |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: |
In the Heights!!!! Wow! |
| Favorite show tune: |
Yikes! I refuse to answer. |
| Most played song on your iPod: |
Something by John Mayer |
| Last book you read: |
"Widow for One Year" - John Irving |
| Must-see TV show: |
"Top Chef" |
| Last good movie you saw: |
"The Visitor" or "Eagle vs. Shark" |
| Favorite board game: |
Scrabble (but I'm pretty bad) |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: |
Greg Naughton |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: |
"Friends" I was totally into it. I miss those guys. And "Top Chef"!!!! |
| First stage kiss: |
West Side Story...believe it or not, I actually played "Maria," and I got to kiss the cutest guy in all of Deer Creek High School (see? another good leading man). |
| Favorite post-show meal: |
Anytime (but not too terribly often) I love to go across to Rosa Mexicana with cast members for made-to-order guacamole and pomegranate margaritas. For pre-show meals, I stick with a salad or soup or both...sometimes sushi. I've made the mistake of having chili! Never again. |
| How you got your Equity card: |
My 2nd job after I moved here was a production of the Yeston/Kopit Phantom at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport CT. They gave me my card, and I loved every minute of it. |
| Worst missed cue: |
Oh, there are many good choices. But the worst was during "Follies" on Broadway. I was thrown on for a role with no rehearsal, obviously feeling like a nervous wreck! Things were going fairly well, and I was down in the quick-change area halfway into my next costume when I heard my cue line over the monitor (I had forgotten a whole scene!). Thankfully, it was Blythe Danner and Treat Williams making up for my absence onstage (they handled it with ease), but I've never gotten over it. |
| Worst costume ever: |
When I was in 5th grade, I played "Jumbo the Elephant" in the school play (No, not Dumbo...Jumbo), and I wore an elephant costume that went embarrassingly well with my chubby body at the time. |
| Cats or dogs? |
I have a black Lab named Ella. |
| Favorite cereal: |
I love oatmeal. But I could go to town on some Cinnamon Life. |
| Who would play you in the movie? |
Wow, I would hope they'd invite me to do that, but if not, then my dream would be Laura Linney. |
| Worst job you ever had: |
I grew up on a farm, and chopping cotton was a big job for my siblings and me. I used to think of it as the worst job in the world...walking up and down the rows of cotton with a hoe, chopping weeds in the hot sun. Ugh. Now, thinking back, I actually love those memories. I used to sing in those aisles. |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: |
I recently shot a short film industrial directed by Martin Scorsese. It was one of the neatest experiences! It was an Alfred Hitchcock spoof, and I was dressed up as Eva Marie Saint. Simon Baker was my "Carey Grant." See? Another leading man score! |