Broadway Career
On March 10, 2009 Osnes took over the role of Ensign Nellie Forbush from Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara, who went on maternity leave, in the Lincoln Center Theater Broadway revival of South Pacific. She stayed with the show through October 4, 2009.
She then starred as Bonnie Parker in the world premiere of Bonnie & Clyde: A New Musical; the musical played at the La Jolla Playhouse from Nov. 10 to Dec. 20, 2009.
On December 20, 2009 Osnes performed in a Christmas special with the band at Living Word Christian Center in Brooklyn Park, MN.
Osnes returned to the role of Nellie Forbush in the Broadway production of South Pacific on January 5, 2010. She played her final performance on August 8, 2010. O'Hara once again returned to the production two days later to film the "Live from Lincoln Center" broadcast of the show.
Osnes reprised the role of Bonnie Parker in Bonnie & Clyde at the Asolo Repertory Theatre, Sarasota, Florida in November and December 2010.
She then starred as Hope Harcourt, alongside Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes, which began previews on March 10, 2011 and officially opened on April 7, 2011. For this role Osnes received nominations for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical as well as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. She was also nominated for an Astaire Award for excellence in dance. Osnes departed the production on September 11, 2011 and was succeeded by Erin Mackey on September 13.
Osnes performed at the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors in a tribute to Barbara Cook alongside Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, Patti LuPone, Glenn Close, and Audra McDonald.
Beginning previews on November 4, 2011 with a December 1 opening night, Osnes once again played Bonnie Parker, this time on Broadway as Bonnie & Clyde made its Broadway debut at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. She was joined by her Asolo Rep castmate Jeremy Jordan as Clyde Barrow. Other cast members included Melissa van der Schyff (2003's Big River) as Blanche Barrow, Claybourne Elder (Road Show) as Buck Barrow, and Louis Hobson (Next to Normal) as Ted Hinton. Despite a generally positive audience reception, due to negative critics' reviews and lackluster ticket sales the show closed on December 30, 2011. A cast recording of the show took place January 2, 2012 and was released April 24, 2012.
In January 2012, Osnes played the title character in an industry-only reading of the reworked adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Cinderella.
She then led the Encores! production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Pipe Dream, based on John Steinbeck's novel Sweet Thursday. Under the direction of Marc Bruni, the production ran from March 28 to April 1, 2012.
On April 24, 2012, Osnes headlined a benefit performance of The Sound of Music at Carnegie Hall as Maria Rainer. Also featured were Tony Goldwyn as Captain von Trapp, Brooke Shields as Elsa Schraeder and Patrick Page as Max Detweiler. Also in August 2012, it was announced that Cinderella will begin performances at the Broadway Theatre on January 21, 2013 with an official opening scheduled for February 21.
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