Karen Olivo Wins Tony Award

PETER KRAMER | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Karen Olivo
LEDGER STAFF

Published: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 9:48 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 9:48 p.m.

Former Polk County resident Karen Olivo won a Tony Award for her role as Anita in the revival of ‘West Side Story’ on Broadway.

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She won her award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical.

Olivo, a 1994 graduate of Lakeland’s Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, also starred in last year’s Tony Award-winning musical “In the Heights.’

The Tony Award winners were announced at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The awards are televised on CBS.

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