Overview
- Her performance aired live on ABC at 8 p.m. Eastern just before the Oklahoma City Thunder faced the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
- Chenoweth has previously sung the anthem at multiple Thunder games, at times joined by children from her Chenoweth Broadway Bootcamp.
- The Tony and Emmy winner admitted to pre-performance jitters after her arena soundcheck, quipping that she would need “anxiety medication” if it existed for Thunder fans.
- Raised in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, she earned a bachelor’s degree in musical theatre and a master’s degree in opera performance from Oklahoma City University.
- Her stage and screen achievements include a Tony Award for You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and an Emmy for her role in Pushing Daisies.