I saw Ali Stroker, the only performer in a wheelchair to win a Tony Award, shine brightly in concert Saturday.  Ali won her Tony in 2019 as best supporting actress in Oklahoma. She has an incredible story. After a car accident, Ali has been paralyzed from the chest down since she was two. 

Ali has charm, energy, beauty, and a voice from heaven.  She performed a range of songs including: Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now, the Beatles’ Blackbird, Carole King’s You Make Feel Like A Natural Woman, and Chorus Line’s What I Did for Love. She had the audience in the palm of her hand and then she brought out her co-star from Oklahoma to do her signature song.  I’m a Girl Who Just Can’t Say No. The audience went wild and Ali’s smile was as wide as the Oklahoma sky.

Ali Stroker’s motto “Turning Your Limitations Into Your Opportunities” is focused on improving the lives of others through the arts, disabled or not!

Ali will be featured in the final half of the last season of Ozark.  She will play Charles-Ann, a friend of Ruth Langmore’s mother.  I can’t wait to see her!