Angie Schworer Dances Through Her Broadway Resume

She’s been a presence on Broadway for decades. One of the countless Broadway dancer-actors who’ve worked extensively since the 1990s. Anyone following Broadway since then is quite aware of her and her work.

I was so impressed with her when I saw The Prom that I looked up to see if she’d done any podcast interviews. Here’s one from 2015: she’s had an amazing career! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/broadways-backbone/id1083130024?i=1000362654273

I had seen Angie over the years in multiple shows.
When I checked my phone at intermission of The Prom there was a comment from her on my Instagram. Turns out she had gone to undergraduate school with a friend who was in graduate school with me. They were actually sort of chatting to each other on my post about going to The Prom.

I got to talk to her after the show and she's very lovely woman in person as well. What a career she's had and it's so terrific that this role of Angie was written for her.

What I always wonder is how much memory goes into the routines. Some of the shows are in this series are from a very long time ago. Or as trained dancers, does the muscle memory take over and the perform the snippets with very little rehearsal?

For Angie though I have to agree with the YouTube comments that the all black outfit against an all black background was not a good choice. Too hard to see intricate movements.

PatrickDC said: "What I always wonder is how much memory goes into the routines. Some of the shows are in this series are from a very long time ago. Or as trained dancers, does the muscle memory take over and the perform the snippets with very little rehearsal?

For Angie though I have to agree with the YouTube comments that the all black outfit against an all black background was not a good choice. Too hard to see intricate movements."

I was quite amazed at the memory for all this choreography (Angie's first Broadway show was 1991-93!), but I do think that a lot of it is just in the dancer's body. And specifically for Angie - I think she spent a long time in some of these shows. She played Ulla the longest on Broadway. Another fun fact: Angie replaced in original Broadway production of Crazy For You (she mentions that she overlapped with Beth briefly) and she was part of the 25th anniversary concert in 2017 starring Laura Osnes and Tony Yazbeck! So that choreography was probably more fresh in her mind.

I was delighted to see that Angie got a Chita Rivera Award nomination for Best Female Dancer on Broadway.