Nancy Opel

On stage 15 productions, 43 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on1 work

Fiddler on the Roof

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In the literature8 passages

• Cast: Alfred Molina, Randy Graff, Nancy Opel, Stephen Lee Anderson, David Ayers, John Cariani, Nick Danielson, Phillip Hoffman, Sally Murphy, Tricia Paoluccio ,Robert Petkoff, David Wohlebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• In the 2004 Broadway revival, Alfred Molina appeared as Tevye, Randy Graff as Golde, Nancy Opel as Yente, and David Wohl as Lazar Wolf, the butcher. Later, Harvey Fierstein succeeded Molina as Tevye, and replacing Graff as Golde were Andrea Martin, then Rosie O’Donnell.ebooks/Isenberg, Barbara/Tradition!_ The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World's Most Beloved Musical - Barbara Isenberg.txt
• With Molina in place, Leveaux began to put together the rest of his forty-member cast. Broadway musical veteran Randy Graff came in as Golde, Nancy Opel as Yente the matchmaker, and David Wohl as Lazar Wolf the butcher. Future Glee star Lea Michele was cast as the young daughter Shprintze, and as an understudy for daughter Chava, the youn…ebooks/Isenberg, Barbara/Tradition!_ The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World's Most Beloved Musical - Barbara Isenberg.txt
• Nancy Opel as Penelope Pennywise sings “It’s a Privilege to Pee” 2001. JOAN MARCUS)ebooks/Kotis, Greg/Urinetown_ The Musical - Greg Kotis & Mark Hollmann.txt
• Our snowbound yet indomitable January 2000 staged reading crew, including James Barbour, Nancy Opel, Marcus Lovett, Spencer Kayden, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Brooks Ashmanskas, Dale Hensley, Nanci Gaye Bradshaw, Christopher Murney, Tom Gualtieri, Jessica Frankel, Debra Wiseman, Raquel Hecker, Duane Martin Foster, Michael St. John, and Dani…ebooks/Kotis, Greg/Urinetown_ The Musical - Greg Kotis & Mark Hollmann.txt
• Nancy Opel, who was a terrific Miss Cratchitt in act one, learned to play a good bugle but was uncomfortable and not very good as Mazeppa until we reworked “Gimmick.” When Lenora Nemetz replaced her in the Broadway company, because Nancy unfortunately was committed elsewhere, I made life easier for her by replacing Mazeppa and her Gladiat…ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Mainly on Directing - Arthur Laurents.txt

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