Tommy Femia to star as Judy Garland May 28-June 8 at Rising Action Theatre in Oakland Park

Rising Action Theatre Co. news release:

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More about Tommy Femia:

Tommy has performed as Judy on national television, in two Off-Broadway shows Whoop-Dee-Doo! and I Will Come Back!, and at clubs, casinos and events around the world. He has won an unprecedented 5 MAC Awards for Outstanding Impersonation and a Back Stage Bistro Award for his work. Tommy also received a 6th MAC Award for Outstanding Musical Comedy Duo for "Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli Live!", co-starring Christine Pedi (Forbidden Broadway, The Sopranos) as daughter Liza Minnelli.

Tommy Femia made his Off-Broadway debut in The New American at The Nat Horne Theater. He toured the South as Linus in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, survived a dinner theater production of Two By Two playing Japheth, Noah's 'preferred' son, and portrayed Tallulah Bankhead in the musical Tallulah!

Tommy co-starred in the hit Off-Broadway production of the Drama Desk Award Winner Whoop-Dee-Doo! at The Actor's Playhouse, and is featured on the original cast recording as Judy Garland, Nancy Reagan and others.

Tommy starred in the Off-Broadway musical I Will Come Back! at The Player's Theater.
On television, Tommy has appeared as Judy Garland on The Montel Williams Show, CNBC's Real Personal with Bob Berkowitz, The Jane Whitney Show, The Jerry Springer Show, and co-hosted a special Geraldo with Geraldo Rivera.

Since 1987, this 6-Time MAC Award (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Winner has performed his various cabaret shows in almost every New York cabaret and nightclub, and at the Blue Angel as M.C. of the celebrated revue La Cage Aux Folles. Concert appearances include Merkin Hall, Battery Park City, Symphony Space (NYC), Theater Three (Port Jefferson, NY), The Cinegrill (Hollywood), two sold-out concerts at the Shubert Theater (New Haven, CT), Earl Court (London), The Plush Room (San Francisco), Odette's (Pennsylvania) and Davenport's (Chicago).