Shows starring
Nancy Anderson
Nancy Anderson
Artist Bio
Nancy Anderson has made her mark on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in the West End, and across the country. In 2001 Nancy performed to rave reviews and received an Olivier award nomination for her work as Bianca/Lois in The West End production of Kiss Me Kate. In New York, Nancy has appeared on Broadway in the Tony nominated productions of A Class Act, and Wonderful Town. Nancy has also enjoyed great success Off-Broadway. She earned a 2001 Drama Desk nomination for playing every female role in the hit musical Jolson & Co. Last year she received her second nomination for playing the title role in Fanny Hill. Most recently, Nancy received great reviews for appearing in the star-studded production of Burleigh Grimes.
Nancy can also been seen on the live recording of Kiss Me Kate which originally aired on PBS and is now available on DVD. She has also appeared on television with Reba McEntire in South Pacific, and in the documentary Broadway; The American Musical. Nancy has just released her first solo album Ten Cents a Dance.
Nancy is no stranger to National tours, Regional productions, and concert work. She was honored with a Helen Hayes nomination for her star turn in the National tour of Kiss Me Kate and she also starred in the national tour of Dr. Doolittle. Nancy has worked in some of the finest regional theaters in the country including Goodspeed, Papermill Playhouse, and The Kennedy Center. She has also starred in five of the Broadway By the Year Concerts at Town Hall. In 2003 Nancy Anderson performed a one night only sold out solo show titled Together Again for which she won the 2004 Backstage Bistro Award for outstanding debut.
Following the 2006 release of her debut album, Ten Cents a Dance, Nancy has appeared regularly at the legendary jazz club, Birdland, with Ross Patterson and his Little Big Band, and has appeared several times with Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks, most notably in 2006 at the JVC Jazz Festival.
Reviews and Quotes
What People Are Saying!
“Anderson, brings down the house”
Newsday
“Anderson is a delight”
New York Times
“Nancy Anderson is winning”
Howard Kissel, Daily News
“Anderson is Outstanding”
Hollywood Reporter
“Anderson is superb, flexible and funny
She is the best thing in the show.”
Donald Lyons NY Post
“Nancy Anderson is the cuddliest
sexpot, not, however, without a
sting or two.
John Simon, New York Magazine
“Nancy Anderson is a true
soubrette-diva”
The London Times- John Peter
“Nancy Anderson is a real scene-stealer…she has a bright energy and a beguiling stage personality….You can’t take your eyes off of her”
Connecticut Post
“She is both hubba-hubba and
refreshingly smart”
The Washington Times
“Ms. Anderson is a star in the making...
as hilarious as she is glamorous”
The Dallas Morning News
“Anderson tears the joint apart!”
The Independent
“Flawless!”
The Baltimore
Nancy Anderson—and again I’ll say that she merits stardom in a major Broadway musical—can do no wrong. She dazzled whether singing glowingly without a mike “It’s You I Love” from “Sons O’Guns,” by Arthur Swanstrom, Benny Davis and Fred Coots, or teasingly toying with “I Want to be Bad” from “Follow Thru,” by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson. Anderson looked gorgeous and trim in the bargain, the epitome of a leading lady.
Wolfe Entertainment Guide
“Someone out there should be writing a musical for him and the adorable and super-talented Nancy Anderson.”
Elyse Sommer, Curtain Up
Two of the Hottest Young Things on Broadway, Noah Racey and Nancy Anderson, sang "I’ve Made a Habit of You" from The Little Show, the first number of the evening to feature Mr. Racey’s bright choreography. Nancy Anderson, whose dresses matched her voice in loveliness, burned up with the stage with "I Want to be Bad" from the golf musical (yes, you read that right) Follow Thru.
Jena Tesse Fox, BroadwayWord.com
“I Want to Be Bad,” a naughty
confessional was served up with saucy
allure by Nancy Anderson”
Robert L. Daniels, Variety
“Singing "It's You I Love" (Sons O' Guns)
silver-voiced Nancy Anderson
sounded for the world like Irene Dunne.
Move over Helen Kane for Nancy Anderson
who, Betty Boop-ed, beguilingly through
"I Wanna Be Bad"
Simon Saltzman, TheatreScene.net
BROADWAY BY THE YEAR 1925
REVIEWS
“Nancy Anderson wowed me when I saw her do eight roles in "Jolson & Company," including a memorable Mae West. If they ever write a new musical about Marilyn Monroe or Jean Harlow, Anderson should be the one. Apart from being a knockout in the looks department, she's superb acting out her lyrics and she is graced with a beautiful soprano voice, doubly exemplified when she thrillingly sang "Some Day" from "The Vagabond King" without a mike. She was also delightful sexily performing "Old Fashioned Girl" from "The Garrick Gaieties," "I'm All Alone" from "China Rose" and "That Means Nothin' to Me!" from "Naughty Cinderella."
Wolfe Entertainment Guide
“But, as reassuring as the familiar songs in this series can be, it’s the obscure tunes that make these concerts the exceptional treasure that they are. On Monday, audiences heard "That Means Nothing to Me!" from the now-forgotten Naughty Cinderella. As performed by Nancy Anderson, this song, in which a woman complains about her beaus’ weak attempts at love-making, became a comic highlight of the evening.
Anderson was a delight throughout, and proved that she was willing to do just about anything, including accompanying, on ukulele, Walker Jones’ rendition of "Susie". Her clarion soprano, which at times reminded one of recordings from the era, served her well, particularly in a emotional rendition of "Some Day" from Friml’s operetta. The Vagabond King. (Here, Anderson’s voice filled Town Hall without the aid of a microphone.)”
American Theater Web
Especially impressive was Nancy Anderson, who
previously starred in the series 1925 show, as well
as Marc Kudisch who starred in the 1925 and 1960
shows. Anderson’s voice is perfect for material
from this time period and, with her porcelain
complexion and kewpie-doll smile, can seemingly
sing anything. Her off-microphone performance of
"Sort of Lonesome" from Herman Hupfeld’s The
Merry World was sheer perfection in every detail and will linger in my memory as one of the greatest moments of the entire series.
David Hurst, Show Business Weekly
Blond and radiant Anderson, who made her Broadway debut in “ A Class Act,” gave “A Little Bird Told Me” from Rodgers and Hart’s “Peggy Ann” just the fluttering the song required. Despite fighting off the effects of a cold (as Siegel told us), Anderson (who took your breath away in a shimmering white gown worn only for the following song) had her best solo moments with the wistful “Sort O’ Lonesome” from a flop “The Merry World” by Herman Hupfeld, and singing and dancing flapper style “The Black Bottom” from the hugely successful DeSylva/Brown/Henderson revue “George White Scandals of 1926.”
Simon Saltzman, Theaterscene.net
Sutton Foster, best known to New York audiences as that thoroughly modern flapper of Thoroughly Modern Millie, was billed as the guest star. Essentially, like all these evenings, this is an ensemble piece and Nancy Opel and Nancy Anderson had every bit as much star power as Foster. In fact, if I had to pick one of these ladies as the one I'd most like to see starring in her own big Broadway hit it would be Nancy Anderson. Her rendition of that irresistible toe-tapper and hummer, "Black Bottom" was one of many of the evening's highlights.
As long as I'm wishing on a star, I'd want Marc Kudisch to be Anderson's co-star.
Elyse Sommer, Curtain Up
Some savvy producer must build a new Broadway show around Anderson. She is beautiful, has a lovely, well-trained soprano voice and she can act--the perfect embodiment of a leading lady. One of the pleasures of the evening was her rousing performance of "Black Bottom" from "George White's Scandals of 1926." Whether in duets, solos or in ensemble numbers, Anderson consistently wowed the audience with her talent and stage personality.
Wolfe Entertainment Guide
Specialties
Popular Vocalist Big Band Jazz Vocal Ensemble & Group - vocal & instrumental
Genre
Swing pop vocal traditional jazz vocal Cabaret Broadway Big Band American Popular Standards