Lenora Nemetz is an American theatre actress.Lenora left her native
Pittsburgh as a teenager to work on Broadway. She performed her way
across the country for the last five decades, starting with her
Broadway debut in Cabaret. A protégé of Bob Fosse, Lenora first came
to the attention of New York critics when she replaced Chita Rivera as
Velma Kelly in Fosse's production of Chicago. She went on to create
the role of Delores Dante in the Broadway production of Working,
winning a Drama Desk Award nomination. She co-starred with Peter Allen
in his one man show Up in One both on Broadway and in Los Angeles. She
then co-starred with Chita Rivera as Angel in The Rink filling in for
Liza Minnelli. She made her New York City opera debut in the role of
Gladys in the revival of The Pajama Game. In Lenora starred in The
Patti Lupone revival of Gypsy on Broadway playing Mazeppa and Miss
Kratchitt and standby Miss Lupone as Rose. National tours include
Sweet Charity, Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret and Some Like it Hot. Lenora is
a prominent actress in Pittsburgh theatre, having appeared in
productions at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Pittsburgh Musical
Theater, City Theater, and Pittsburgh Public Theater.In a posting on
the BroadwayWorld.com message board dated //, Nemetz recalls how she
got to play both Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly on the same day during the
original production of Chicago:"I replaced Chita, with Ann Reinking
and with Gwenn [sic] (Verdon)," she said, "and I played both roles - I
stood by for both Gwenn [sic] and Chita, and they were kind enough to
let me play both roles in the same day. At the matinee I played Velma
Kelly and in the evening performance I played Roxie Hart. It was
fun!!"
Pittsburgh as a teenager to work on Broadway. She performed her way
across the country for the last five decades, starting with her
Broadway debut in Cabaret. A protégé of Bob Fosse, Lenora first came
to the attention of New York critics when she replaced Chita Rivera as
Velma Kelly in Fosse's production of Chicago. She went on to create
the role of Delores Dante in the Broadway production of Working,
winning a Drama Desk Award nomination. She co-starred with Peter Allen
in his one man show Up in One both on Broadway and in Los Angeles. She
then co-starred with Chita Rivera as Angel in The Rink filling in for
Liza Minnelli. She made her New York City opera debut in the role of
Gladys in the revival of The Pajama Game. In Lenora starred in The
Patti Lupone revival of Gypsy on Broadway playing Mazeppa and Miss
Kratchitt and standby Miss Lupone as Rose. National tours include
Sweet Charity, Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret and Some Like it Hot. Lenora is
a prominent actress in Pittsburgh theatre, having appeared in
productions at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Pittsburgh Musical
Theater, City Theater, and Pittsburgh Public Theater.In a posting on
the BroadwayWorld.com message board dated //, Nemetz recalls how she
got to play both Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly on the same day during the
original production of Chicago:"I replaced Chita, with Ann Reinking
and with Gwenn [sic] (Verdon)," she said, "and I played both roles - I
stood by for both Gwenn [sic] and Chita, and they were kind enough to
let me play both roles in the same day. At the matinee I played Velma
Kelly and in the evening performance I played Roxie Hart. It was
fun!!"
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