In Houston, along with her appearance as Alice in Falstaff, she played the title role in Janacek's Jenufa and the role of Love Simpson in Houston Grand Opera's world premiere production of Carlisle Floyd's Cold Sassy Tree productions which have been featured by NPR on World of Opera.

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The big news, though, came from Chicago, where BoHo Theatre did itself proud with the first big-city production since 2003 of Adam Guettel's "Floyd Collins, " the first great post-Sondheim musical.

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