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Nancy Carol Opel is an American singing and actress, known primarily for her work on Broadway theatre. She was nominated for the 2002 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for originating the role of Penelope Pennywise in the musical Urinetown.
She has appeared on Broadway theatre in Evita as Eva Perón (1979), Evita Playbill (vault), accessed December 13, 2016 Teddy & Alice (1987), Teddy & Alice Playbill (vault), accessed December 13, 2016 Sunday in the Park with George as Frieda / Betty (1984), Sunday in the Park with George Playbill (vault), accessed December 13, 2016 Anything Goes (replacement Hope Harcourt), Anything Goes Playbill (vault), accessed December 13, 2016 Triumph of Love (1997) as Corine Triumph of Love Playbill (vault), accessed December 13, 2016 Fiddler on the Roof (2004) as Yente, Fiddler on the Roof Playbill (vault), accessed December 13, 2016 Memphis as Mama in 2011 and 2012 andHetrick, Adam. " 'Memphis' Welcomes Back Tony Nominee Nancy Opel Feb. 14" Playbill, February 14, 2012 Cinderella as Madame (the Stepmother) in June 2014 to September 7, 2014.McPhee, Ryan. "Look Out! Tony Nominee Nancy Opel Is Cinderella's Newest Madame on Broadway" broadway.com, June 30, 2014 She performed the roles of Mazeppa and Miss Cratchitt in the Encores! staged concert of Gypsy in 2007.
Opel portrayed Kafka in the Off-Broadway debut of David Ives' one-acter, Words, Words, Words, which ran at Primary Stages in November 1993 to February 1994 All in the Timing Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed December 13, 2016Brantley, Ben. "Review/Theater: 'All in the Timing'; Merrily Sputtering Along" The New York Times, December 3, 1993 She appeared in another Ives play, Polish Joke, which ran Off-Broadway in a Manhattan Theatre Club production in February to April 2003. Opel played several characters, and was nominated for the 2003 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play. Polish Joke Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed December 14, 2016
Opel played the title character in the first national tour of The Drowsy Chaperone, which started in September 2007.Jones, Kenneth. "Nancy Opel Will Be Drowsy in National Tour" Playbill, July 18, 2007
In the 2008 rock musical The Toxic Avenger, she played three characters: the Mayor, Toxie's Mother, and a nun. The musical was performed at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey in October 2008. She appeared in the musical Off-Broadway at New World Stages, starting in April 2009. For this role, she received a 2009 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. The Toxic Avenger lortel.org, accessed December 13, 2016
From November 2014 to April 2015 she appeared on Broadway in the musical Honeymoon in Vegas, and was nominated for the 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.Gioia, Michael; Gans, Andrew. "The Honeymoon Is Over! Broadway's 'Honeymoon in Vegas', Starring Tony Danza, To Close" Playbill, March 31, 2015 ' Honeymoon in Vegas Awards" ibdb.com, accessed December 13, 2016
She played the title role in Hello, Dolly! at Ford's Theatre in 2013.Jones, Kenneth. "DC 'Hello, Dolly!', With Broadway's Nancy Opel as the Matchmaker, Begins March 15" Playbill, March 15, 2013 She appeared in Follies at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in September to October 2016, as Carlotta.Hetrick, Adam. " 'Follies', With Christiane Noll, Emily Skinner and Nancy Opel, Begins Tonight" Playbill, September 7, 2016 She appeared in the new musical at the North Carolina Stage Company in October 2016.Gans, Andrew. "Nancy Opel Will Head Cast of New Musical 'Curvy Widow' " Playbill, October 6, 2016
It was announced on November 13, 2018, that Opel would be taking over the role of Madame Morrible in the Broadway production of Wicked, which she did from November 20, 2018 to January 20, 2020.Rickwald, Bethany. "Wicked Announces Nancy Opel and More Will Join Its Cast" Theater Mania, November 13, 20218
In 2021 Opel portrayed Carrie Chapman Catt in the historical musical The Suffragist, about the lives of Chapman Catt, Alice Paul, Ida B. Wells, Lucy Burns, and Anna Howard Shaw. The production was written by Cavan Hallman, with music by Nancy Hill Cobb, directed by Rachel Klein, and performed at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.
In 2022, Opel started portraying Cinderella's Stepmother in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods. She reprised this role in the subsequent 2023 national tour.
Opel's television credits include Law & Order, , and . She is also an acting coach.McGee, Celia. "The Rock Mama in Sensible Shoes" The New York Times, April 8, 2009
Personal life
She resides with her daughter in Manhattan.Siegel, Micki. "At Home With Honeymoon in Vegas' Nancy Opel: A Do-It-Yourself Dream Come True" Playbill, December 8, 2014
Filmography
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!Notes 1997 The Ice Storm Claudia White 2003 Marci X Reporter 2005 The Producers Ensemble 2008 Phoebe in Wonderland Woman in Home 2013 Chasing Taste Phyllis
Television
1975 Ryan's Hope Sybil 2 episodes 1986 American Playhouse Frieda / Betty Episode: "Sunday in the Park with George" 1996, 2008 Law & Order Doctor / Henkel 2 episodes 2003 Nina Episode: "Suite Sorrow" 2006 Teri Carthage Episode: "Infected" 2009 All My Children Lucretia 3 episodes 2010 The Big C Buttercup Episode: "Taking the Plunge" 2013–2014 It Could Be Worse Judy Gordon 5 episodes
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