Full given name: |
Nancy Carol Opel |
Hometown: |
Kansas City |
Audition song: |
"I Never Do Anything Twice" |
Special skills: |
Aside from the usual, I love dialects. Backstage, I knit, make jewelry, play violin very badly, try to learn Chinese, and sew (if I have room, I bring my machine). |
First Broadway show ever saw: |
Good Evening with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook. |
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? |
Gypsy of course! |
Favorite show tune: |
Currently, "Rose's Turn." |
Most played song on your iPod: |
17-year-old daughter has hijacked iPod |
One CD you couldn't live without: |
Pink Martini - "Hey Eugene!" |
Last book you read: |
[Evan Thomas'] "Sea of Thunder" (about Battle of Leyte Gulf in WWII) |
Must-see TV show: |
"The Colbert Report," also DIY anything! |
Last good movie you saw: |
"Lives of Others" |
Favorite board/card game: |
Computer game called Snood (mindless!!) |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: |
Alison Fraser and Marilyn Caskey (they're sitting next to me) |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: |
"That '70s Show" reruns |
First stage kiss: |
The Boyfriend (I was 16.) |
Favorite pre-/post-show meal: |
Do Twizzlers count? |
How you got your Equity card: |
The Darien Dinner Theatre production of Carnival. |
Worst missed cue/onstage mishap: |
I've had several. I've been locked off the set two times by different scenic pieces, and I've fallen face down in a white ball gown during my second performance as Evita Peron. |
Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? |
A Botox customer, an undercover parole officer, and a conservative wife of a bad guy. All editions! |
Worst costume ever: |
Dancing Frog, which consisted of a green unitard, goggles and flippers. Couldn't see, couldn't dance. |
Cats or dogs? |
Two cats, a Westie and a toy poodle. |
Favorite cereal: |
Frosted Mini-Wheats - a guilty pleasure I rarely indulge in. |
Who would play you in the movie? |
Allison Janney or Julie White!! Both!! |
Worst job you ever had: |
I only made it as a waitress for a couple of days at one of those Brew/Burger places. Red polyester skirt, too. |
What's the dramatic role you've been dying to play: |
What's available? I am highly interested in anything coming up in September… |