Connell was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in "Me and My Girl" (1986). Additional Broadway credits include "New Faces of 1956" (1956); "Drat! The Cat!" (1965); "Dear World" (1969), once again supporting Angela Lansbury; the short-lived 1983 revival of "Mame", in which Lansbury reprised her 1966 lead role; "Lend Me a Tenor" (1989); "Crazy for You" (1992); and "Moon Over Buffalo" (1995), starring Carol Burnett; "The Full Monty" (2000), succeeding Kathleen Freeman, who died during her run in show, and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (2001).