Nancy Carol Opel (born December , ) is an American singer and actress.
She grew up in the Kansas communities of Prairie Village and Leawood,
and graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School. She trained at
Juilliard.She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading
Actress in a Musical for her performance as Penelope Pennywise in
Urinetown.She has appeared on Broadway in Evita (), Teddy & Alice (),
Sunday in the Park with George as Frieda, Betty (), Anything Goes
(replacement Hope Harcourt), Triumph of Love () as Corine Fiddler on
the Roof () as Yente, Memphis as Mama in and and Cinderella as
Madame (the Stepmother) in June to September , . She performed the
roles of Mazeppa and Miss Cratchitt in the Encores! staged concert of
Gypsy in .She portrayed Kafka in the Off-Broadway debut of David Ives'
one-acter, Words, Words, Words, which ran at Primary Stages in
November to February She appeared in another Ives play, Polish Joke,
which ran Off-Broadway in a Manhattan Theatre Club production in
February to April . Opel played several characters, and was nominated
for the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.
She grew up in the Kansas communities of Prairie Village and Leawood,
and graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School. She trained at
Juilliard.She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading
Actress in a Musical for her performance as Penelope Pennywise in
Urinetown.She has appeared on Broadway in Evita (), Teddy & Alice (),
Sunday in the Park with George as Frieda, Betty (), Anything Goes
(replacement Hope Harcourt), Triumph of Love () as Corine Fiddler on
the Roof () as Yente, Memphis as Mama in and and Cinderella as
Madame (the Stepmother) in June to September , . She performed the
roles of Mazeppa and Miss Cratchitt in the Encores! staged concert of
Gypsy in .She portrayed Kafka in the Off-Broadway debut of David Ives'
one-acter, Words, Words, Words, which ran at Primary Stages in
November to February She appeared in another Ives play, Polish Joke,
which ran Off-Broadway in a Manhattan Theatre Club production in
February to April . Opel played several characters, and was nominated
for the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.
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