Cinderella Star Laura Osnes Recalls Tony Parties & a Former Co-Star's Acceptance Speech

In the weeks leading up to the 2013 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting video clips of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. Like any Broadway super-fan, Best Actress nominee Laura Osnes spent her younger years sharing Tony night with her friends. Below, the Cinderella star shares memories of Tony party refreshments and offers a shout-out to former leading man Paulo Szot, who won Best Actor in a Musical on June 15, 2008, at Radio City Music Hall. (We've also included a clip of the five-minute South Pacific Tony medley, featuring Szot, Kelli O'Hara and 2013 Tony nominee Danny Burstein.)

“My friends and I would always host a Tony party and serve things like Spamalot cheesecake and Pacific Overtures fried rice, food based on the shows that were nominated. Once I got to Broadway, I loved Paulo Szot’s acceptance speech [as Best Actor in a Musical for South Pacific]. I didn’t actually see him give it because we were performing in Grease, but I remember watching it afterward and thinking that it was so, so wonderful. And then we worked together!”