NEW YORK — Julie Wilson, a musical theater actress and cabaret star who earned a Tony Award nomination and was cheered for her ability to harness the songs of Stephen Sondheim and Cole Porter, has died. She was 90. Christopher Denny, Wilson's friend, said she died Sunday in New York after having suffered two strokes over the last several days. Upon learning the news of her death, the Broadway icon Kristin Chenoweth tweeted: "Broadway's loss. Heaven's gain." Wilson's most famous stage role was the 1988 Peter Allen musical "Legs Diamond," for which she earned a Tony Award nomination. Her other Broadway credits include "Park" in 1970, "The Girl in the Freudian Slip" in 1967 and as a replacement for the role of Babe Williams in the original run of "The Pajama Game." But it was as a singer — known for her interpretations of such songwriters as Sondheim, Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, and Porter — that made the biggest impressions, from such recordings as "Julie Wilson Sings the Cy Coleman Songbook" to her live sets at the Oak Room in the Algonquin Hotel. She is survived by her son, actor, writer, and producer Holt McAloney. — AP
