Carmen Cusack the standby, Jemma Rix, had been given the lead role. Cusack was with the company from June 10 to July 10, 2009. She left to begin rehearsals for "South Pacific". In 2009, Cusack played Nellie Forbush in the first national tour of "South Pacific". Based on the 2008 Broadway revival, performances began September 18, 2009 in San Francisco. For this role Cusack was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non Resident Production. In 2012, she played the role of Miss Gardner in the Off-Broadway revival of "Carrie - The Musical", which began performances at
Little Nellie Kelly (musical) "The Belle of New York"", the "Star" "a real novelty full of swift surprises, haunting melodies, dancing phenomena, and playful burlesque". "The Daily Telegraph" made a prediction: "For months all New York has been drawn to see, to listen to, and to applaud "Little Nellie Kelly", and London is going to follow its example for an even longer period." Sources – Broadway: and West End: Little Nellie Kelly (musical) Little Nellie Kelly was a two-act musical comedy of the Roaring Twenties, written, produced and directed by George M. Cohan. After opening in Boston in July 1922, it had long runs