Prof. Nancy Anderson

Nancy Anderson is a 20-year veteran of Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional stages. Best known for her Olivier Award-nominated portrayal of Lois/Bianca in the West End premiere of Michael Blakemore’s and Kathleen Marshall’s Broadway revival of Kiss Me Kate, Nancy made her Broadway debut as Mona in A Class Act, followed by the roles of Helen and Eileen in the Broadway revival of Wonderful Town. She understudied Glenn Close in the 2017 revival of Sunset Boulevard, and she recently concluded the national tour of the all-female, trans, non-binary Broadway revival of 1776 in which she had the honor of portraying Thomas Jefferson.

Nancy has been nominated four times for Washington D.C.’s Helen Hayes award, (Kiss Me Kate Tour, Side By Side By Sondheim, Pajama Game, Billy Elliot), She is a three-time Drama Desk Nominee (Jolson & Co in 2000, Fanny Hill in 2006 and The Pen in 2017), and was nominated for an Olivier Award in London. In addition to the “PBS: Great Performances” broadcasts of Kiss Me Kate and South Pacific (starring Reba McIntyre), Nancy’s other television and screen appearances include Madame Secretary, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Other Two and The Gilded Age and a short film of the one-woman musical, The Pen by Julianne Wick. Anderson’s debut album, “Ten Cents A Dance” led to a concert career ranging from sharing the stage at Carnegie Hall with Michael Feinstein, to singing with the Atlanta Symphony as well as regular appearances at the legendary jazz club, Birdland. Nancy received the 2011 Noel Coward Cabaret Award as well as a Bistro Award for her cabaret debut at “Don’t Tell Mama” in 2004. Nancy was a soloist on opera composer Luna Pearl Woolf’s 2021 GRAMMY-nominated debut album, LUNA PEARL WOOLF: Fire and Flood. Nancy recently filmed and is in post-production for a short film of Julianne Wick Davis' Drama Desk nominated one-woman musical about OCD, The Pen.

Professor Nancy Anderson is thrilled to serve on the Adjunct Applied Musical Theater Voice faculty at George Mason University. She also serves as an Adjunct Musical Theater Voice Professor at Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester. Additionally, she is a member of the Dance Faculty of Mary Baldwin University. She attended the Tufts University/New England Conservatory 5-year double-degree program where she majored in Geological Sciences and Classical Vocal Performance.