- Leslie Kritzer
Leslie Kritzer (born
May 24 ,1977 ) is an award-winning Broadway actress. She was last seen on Broadway in the musical "A Catered Affair ". She is fromLivingston, New Jersey .Biography
Kritzer, a 1999 graduate of the
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music , has also appeared on Broadway in "Hairspray" and '. Off-Broadway she was seen in "The Great American Trailer Park Musical ", ' and "Godspell ", and her regional credits include "Vanities " (Kathy), "Babes in Arms " (Baby Rose), and both "Grease" (Rizzo) and "Funny Girl" (Fanny) at Paper Mill Playhouse. [ [http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/8652.html Celebrity Buzz: Who's Who] , "Playbill "]She received a 2006 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for "The Great American Trailer Park Musical", [ [http://www.dramadesk.com/nom05.htm 2007 Drama Desk Awards nominations] ] followed by a 2007 Special Achievement MAC Award for her show "Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches", [ [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/106833.html MAC Awards to Be Presented May 1; Kritzer to Receive Special Award] , Andrew Gans, "Playbill", March 26, 2007.] and a 2007 Clarence Derwent Award for her performance as Serena in "Legally Blonde". [ [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/107958.html Blonde's Kritzer and Heights' Miranda Take 2007 Clarence Derwent Awards] , Andrew Gans, "Playbill", May 9, 2007.]
Kritzer most recently starred in "
A Catered Affair ", portraying Janey Hurley, the character played byDebbie Reynolds in the 1956 feature film of the same name. [ [http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=549003 Leslie Kritzer to Join Harvey Fierstein and Faith Prince in A Catered Affair] ,Broadway.com , June 4, 2007.] "A Catered Affair" had its out-of-town tryouts from September 20 – October 28, 2007 at theOld Globe Theatre in San Diego,California , and began its Broadway run on March 25, 2008 at theWalter Kerr Theatre and ended its run on July 27, 2008. [ [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110086.html A Catered Affair to Play the Kerr; Design Team Announced] , Andrew Gans, "Playbill", August 6, 2007.]External links
*ibdb|380038
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