Kate Baldwin is a two-time Tony Award nominee who starred as Irene Molloy in the hit 2017 Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!. She originated the role of Sandra Bloom in Big Fish on Broadway, Leslie Lynnton Benedict in Michael John LaChiusa’s Giant at The Public Theatre and Charlotte in Tom Kitt and John Logan’s Superhero at Second Stage.
Kate appeared in the Broadway casts of The Full Monty, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Wonderful Town but it was her starring role in the 2009 revival of the classic musical Finian's Rainbow that put her on the map as "a real musical theatre star." (New York Post)
On television, she guest starred on NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU” and the Disney Plus series “Just Beyond.” On PBS, she starred in “Live from Lincoln Center: Stephen Sondheim’s Passion,” and “First You Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb”
She earned a 2023 Chicago/Midwest Emmy nomination for her docu-concert film “Broadway Comes Home,” which she produced in partnership with HMS Media.
Her concert work includes appearances with the New York Pops, Boston Pops, National Symphony, the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center Honors and at the legendary New York nightclubs Feinstein’s, Birdland and 54 Below.
Kate’s debut album on PS Classics, “Let’s See What Happens” features Lane and Harburg songs from both stage and film. Her second album celebrates the work of lyricist Sheldon Harnick and is titled, “She Loves Him.” She is a graduate of Northwestern University and lives with her husband and son in Maplewood, NJ .