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Rita McKenzie
Associate Producer

...is co-creator and star of her Off-Broadway and nationally toured show, Ethel Merman’s Broadway. She was producer for Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite tour with Lee Meriwether. She was also co-producer for Simon’s The Odd Couple - Female Version starring Barbara Eden and co-producer for the Chicago run of Joe Bologna and Renee Taylor’s If You Ever Leave Me...I’m Going with You! An accomplished musical theatre performer, Ms. McKenzie has starred in such shows as Ruthless! The Musical in Los Angeles and Off-Broadway as well as National Tours of Gypsy, Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Man Of La Mancha and many more. Ms. McKenzie has had the privilege of opening for stars such as Milton Berle, Steve Allen, and Don Knotts, and she has been an acclaimed Pops guest artist with virtually every major symphony across the country. An accomplished TV and film actress, Ms. McKenzie appeared in Meet Wally Sparks starring Rodney Dangerfield, Fox’s The Brady Bunch: The Final Days as Alice, Caroline in the City, Frasier, Big Brother Jake, and her recurring role on Daddy Dearest, starring Richard Lewis and Don Rickles. (ethelmermansbroadway.com)