Career

Nemetz left her native Pittsburgh as a teenager to work on Broadway. She performed her way across the country for the last three decades, starting with her Broadway debut in Cabaret. A protege of Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse

Robert Louis “Bob” Fosse was an American actor, dancer, musical theater choreographer, director, screenwriter, film editor and film director. He won an unprecedented eight Tony Awards for choreography, as well as one for direction...

, Nemetz first came to the attention of New York critics when she replaced Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera is an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her roles in musical theater. She is the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award...

 as Velma Kelly

Velma Kelly

Velma Kelly is one of the main characters in the successful Broadway musical Chicago. The Velma Kelly in Chicago: The Movie is a nightclub singer/vaudevillian who was accused of murder of her husband and sister. She is sent to the Cook County Jail where she hires the best soliciting lawyer, Billy...

 in Fosse's production of Chicago

Chicago (musical)

Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...

. She went on to create the role of Delores Dante in the Broadway production of Working, winning a Drama Desk Award

Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...

 nomination. She co-starred with Peter Allen

Peter Allen

Peter Allen was an Australian songwriter and entertainer. His songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Elkie Brooks, Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, with one, Arthur's Theme, winning an Academy Award in 1981...

 in his one man show Up in One both on Broadway and in Los Angeles. Nemetz co-starred with Chita Rivera as Angel in The Rink filling in for Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

Liza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli....

. She made her New York City opera debut in the role of Gladys in the revival of The Pajama Game

The Pajama Game

The Pajama Game is a musical based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise are going unheeded...

. National tours include Sweet Charity

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. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...

, Bye Bye Birdie, and Some Like it Hot. Nemetz is a prominent actress in Pittsburgh theatre

Theatre in Pittsburgh

Theatre in Pittsburgh has existed professionally since the early 1800s and has continued to expand, having emerged as an important cultural force in the city over the past 30 years.-History:...

, having appeared in productions at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera

Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera

Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera is a nonprofit professional theater company based in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA....

, Pittsburgh Musical Theater

Pittsburgh Musical Theater

Pittsburgh Musical Theater is a professional theatre company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1990 with the purpose of providing high-quality productions of musicals featuring local professionals at affordable prices to residents, the company has since expanded with the educational...

, City Theater

City Theatre (Pittsburgh)

City Theatre is a professional theatre company located in Pittsburgh's South Side. It specializes in productions of new plays and has commissioned new works by playwrights on the national theatre scene, including Christopher Durang, Adam Rapp, and Jeffrey Hatcher...

, and Pittsburgh Public Theater

Pittsburgh Public Theater

Pittsburgh Public Theater is a professional theater company based in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Cultural District.Established in 1974, it was housed in the Hazlett Theatre at the Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall on Pittsburgh’s North Side...

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Performances

• Oklahoma (Pittsburgh) 2011 - Aunt Eller
• Nunsense (Pittsburgh) 2010, 2011 - Sister Robert Anne
• Gypsy Broadway (Broadway Revival) 2008 - Mazeppa, Miss Cratchitt, Rose (Standby)
• Café Puttanesca (Regional US) World Premiere, 2003 - The Baroness
• Hello Dolly (Pittsburgh) 2002 - Dolly Levi
• Some Like It Hot (US Tour) First Class National Tour, 2002 - Sweet Sue
• Cabaret (US Tour) National Tour, 1999 - Fraulein Kost (Replacement)
• Bye Bye Birdie (US Tour) Touring Revival, 1991 - Rose Alvarez
• The Pajama Game (Off-Broadway)New York City Opera Revival, 1989 - Gladys
• Show Boat [Milburn, NJ (Regional) Paper Mill Production, 1989 - Ellie
• The Rink (Broadway) Original Broadway Production, 1984 - Angel (Standby)
• America Kicks Up Its Heels (Off-Broadway) Original Off-Broadway Production, 1983 - Hennie
• Peter Allen: Up in One Concert (Broadway) 1979 - Performer
• Working (Original Broadway Production) 1978 - Performer: Terry Mason (stewardess), Babe Secoli (supermarket checker), Delores Dante (waitress)
• Spotlight (Broadway) Closed on the road, 1978 - Performer
• Chicago Original Broadway Production, 1975 Roxie Hart (Replacement), Velma Kelly (Replacement), Roxie Hart (Standby)
• Cabaret Original Broadway Production, 1966 - Fritzie [Replacement]

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