Angie Schworer is a stage actress and dancer best known for originating the role of Angie in ''
The Prom'' on Broadway and for being the longest-running Ulla in ''
The Producers''.
Life and career
Schworer started dancing lessons at age 5. Although she didn't do any musical theatre until she started college, she was a cheerleader in high school. She attended
Northern Kentucky University
Northern Kentucky University is a public university in Highland Heights, Kentucky. It is primarily an undergraduate institution with over 14,000 students; over 12,000 are undergraduate students and nearly 2,000 are graduate students. Northern K ...
's School of Arts for three years before pursuing a scholarship at Disney Orlando. In 1991, while still working at Disney, she auditioned for the Broadway show ''
The Will Rogers Follies
''The Will Rogers Follies'' is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman.
It focuses on the life and career of famed humorist and performer Will Rogers, using as a backdrop the Ziegfeld ...
'' and booked the job and debuted as a swing. She then went on to replace in shows such as, ''
Crazy for You'', ''
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles, California, that stretches from the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades east to Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles. It is a major thoroughfare in t ...
'', ''
Annie Get Your Gun'' and ''
Young Frankenstein
''Young Frankenstein'' is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor F ...
''.
Schworer was an assistant choreographer in the 2000 Broadway revival of ''
The Rocky Horror Show
''The Rocky Horror Show'' is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple ...
''. In 2001, she was in the original cast of ''
The Producers'' as an ensemble member and Ulla understudy. After touring from 2002 to 2003 with the company, she returned to Broadway in 2003 and served as the permanent Ulla replacement until the show closed in 2007.
She has been in the original Broadway ensembles of ''
Catch Me If You Can
''Catch Me If You Can'' is a 2002 American biographical crime comedy-drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams and James ...
'', ''
Big Fish
''Big Fish'' is a 2003 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Tim Burton, and based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, ...
'' and ''
Something Rotten!
''Something Rotten!'' is a musical comedy with a book by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick and music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick. Set in 1595, the story follows the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, who struggle to find success ...
''. Perhaps her most notable credit was starring as Angie Dickinson in ''
The Prom'', a part that was written for her and also based on her. For her performance in ''The Prom'', Schworer was nominated for the 2019
Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show.
She also has many regional and touring credits including ''
Annie
Annie may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress
* Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer
The ...
'' (Lily St. Regis), ''
Disaster!
Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You! was a dark ride attraction at Universal Studios Florida. Set on a soundstage of a fictitious movie company, ''Disaster!'' was based on the park's former Earthquake: The Big One ride, which ...
'' (Jackie), ''
Mamma Mia!'' (Tanya), ''Always a Bridesmaid'' (Monette), ''
Sweet Charity
''Sweet Charity'' is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon alongside John McMartin. It is based on ...
'' (Nickie), and ''
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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'' (Roxie Hart).
Broadway productions
Personal life
Schworer is married to Richard Bird, her second husband,
[ is stepmother to his two children, and is also a grandmother.
]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schworer, Angie
Living people
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from Kentucky
American musical theatre actresses
20th-century American dancers
21st-century American dancers
Dancers from Kentucky
American female dancers
People from Kenton County, Kentucky
1965 births