Klea Blackhurst has performed in legendary rooms from The Bluebird Cafe to the Cafe Carlyle, The London Palladium to Carnegie Hall, The Royal Albert Hall to Jazz at Lincoln Center, and with symphony orchestras from Atlanta to Boston, Ravinia to Tanglewood.

She starred in Goodspeed Musicals’ 50th anniversary production of Hello, Dolly! Originated the role of Miss Lemon in Marvin Hamlisch/Rupert Holmes musical, The Nutty Professor, directed by Jerry Lewis and the title role in Hazel at Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago, where she also headed a critically lauded production of Gypsy.  She is a member of Mendez Boxing Harlem, where she is known as The Belter. Klea is a distinguished Alumna of the University of Utah.