Kristin Chenoweth, star of the Broadway musical “On the Twentieth Century,” will juggle two roles during the Tony Awards as a co-host and a nervous nominee for theater’s biggest honors but what she wants most is for her show to win this year.
They include a nod for best revival of a musical and best actress for Chenoweth as temperamental Hollywood star Lily Garland, opposite Peter Gallagher who plays her former love, the bankrupt producer Oscar Jaffee.
Chenoweth said during an interview, “I’ve always wanted to be in a show that wins a Tony.” Chenoweth’s idol, the late Madeline Kahn, originally played the role when the musical opened on Broadway in 1978.
