PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Porgy and Bess' Nikki Renee Daniels

By Matthew Blank
27 Mar 2012

Nikki Renee Daniels
Nikki Renee Daniels

Nikki Renee Daniels, currently appearing as Clara in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess on Broadway, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

Daniels has been seen on Broadway in Les Miserablés; Nine; Aida; Little Shop of Horrors; The Look of Love; Promises, Promises; Anything Goes and Lestat.

Other theatre credits include Ray Charles Live! (Della B.) at Pasadena Playhouse, Anything Goes (Hope) at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Beauty and the Beast (Belle) at Sacramento Music Circus, Ragtime (Sarah) at North Shore Music Theatre and Dorian (Celia) at the Denver Center.

She has performed as a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops, Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and at Carnegie Hall.



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Full given name: Nikki Renee Daniels
Where you were born/where you were raised: Atlanta, Georgia
Zodiac Sign:I'm a true Capricorn.
What your parents did/do for a living:My mom teaches pre-schoolers, and my dad manages a meat packing company.
Siblings:One sister
Current audition song/monologue: Whatever they give me!
Special skills: If I had a LOT of time to practice, I could play the flute and the piano.
Something you're REALLY bad at: Drawing. I'm a terrible artist. Oh, and swimming. But I'm working on it!
First Broadway show you ever saw: Kiss of the Spider Woman with Chita Rivera and Brian Stokes Mitchell. It was legendary.
If you could go back in time and catch any performance, what would it be? I would love to catch the original Dreamgirls.
Current show you have been recommending to friends: Sleep No More
Favorite showtune of all time: "Home" from The Wiz
Some favorite modern musicals: The Light in the Piazza
Caroline, or Change
Some favorite classic musicals: West Side Story
Carousel
Favorite contemporary plays: I’m a big fan of Stephen Adly Guirgis and Martin McDonagh
Your personal vocal idols, living or dead: Mariah Carey in her heyday and Kathleen Battle
The one performance – attended - that you will never forget: I saw The Normal Heart last year. I can't remember ever having a more visceral reaction to a play than that one. It blew me away.
MAC or PC? MAC
Most played song on your iPod: Lately I've been obsessively listening to tracks from my upcoming solo CD!
Most-visited websites: playbill.com, ancestry.com, facebook.com and twitter.com
Favorite Tweeters: @AudraEqualityMc, @TheOnion and @PorgyBessOnBway.

You can follow me @nikkireneesings :-)
Last book you read: "The Grapes of Wrath"
Must-see TV show(s): "Modern Family"
"Who Do You Think You Are?"
"The Daily Show"

And I hate to admit it, but, "Dance Moms!"

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