Nancy Opel

Nancy Carol Opel (born c. 1957) 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 2002 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown.

She has appeared on Broadway in Evita (1979),Teddy & Alice (1987),Sunday in the Park with George as Frieda, Betty (1984),Anything Goes (replacement Hope Harcourt),Triumph of Love (1997) as CorineFiddler on the Roof (2004) as Yente,Memphis as Mama in 2011 and 2012 andCinderella as Madame (the Stepmother) in June 2014 to September 7, 2014. She performed the roles of Mazeppa and Miss Cratchitt in the Encores! staged concert of Gypsy in 2007.

She 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 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.

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