Chenoweth comes to SD State Tuesday

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BROOKINGS – Woodbine Productions’ Tuesday show at the SDSU Performing Arts Center will have every seat filled for a sold-out performance by Emmy and Tony Award winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth.

Concert-goers are urged to plan ahead for their arrival at the 7:30 p.m. concert due to construction at the Performing Arts Center.

Now in its 10th year, Woodbine Productions is a project coordinated by the SDSU Foundation and underwritten by an anonymous donor who had the goal of bringing world-famous (or about to be) performers to Brookings for the benefit of the students, campus and community. Woodbine Productions and its patrons provide more than $50,000 scholarships annually for students involved in music at South Dakota State University.

Chenoweth’s career spans film, television, voiceover and stage. In 2015, Chenoweth received a coveted star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2009, she received an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in “Pushing Daises.” In 1999, she won a Tony Award for “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” and she was also nominated for her original role of Glinda the Good Witch in “Wicked” in 2004.

David Reynolds, director of the Division of Performing Arts at SDSU, is not surprised by the strong interest in this concert.

“When we bring a performer of Ms. Chenoweth’s level of accomplishment and recognition, word gets out. We have folks coming to this show from hundreds of miles away. This performance will be one our students and community will never forget. Of course, that is our intent with every Woodbine Productions performance.”

Last year, Chenoweth released “The Art of Elegance,” her first album of American songbook classics via Concord Records. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Current Jazz and Traditional Jazz charts, and No. 1 on Amazon’s Vocal Pop chart.

Chenoweth is a graduate of Oklahoma City University with a Master’s degree in Opera Performance. She formed a charity partnership with the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center (BAPAC) Foundation in her home state of Oklahoma.