Nice Reviews for Fanny Hill, everbody loves our Fanny(I mean Nancy)

[BROADWAYFAN3]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 9:35am

Fanny Hill
February 14, 2006
By Andy Propst/Backstage

Under the direction of James Brennan, Fanny Hill, Ed Dixon's new musical adaptation of John Cleland's 1749 novel, bursts with buoyant energy and infectious bawdiness.

Naïf Fanny Hill sets off for London to make her fortune and finds herself taken in by an unscrupulous madam (played and sung with gleeful broadness by Patti Allison). Fanny quickly flees and meets Charles, her true love (a solid juvenile turn by Tony Yazbeck), only to have him kidnapped by pirates. Again alone, she returns to a life of prostitution, where she's snapped up by a wealthy nobleman (David Cromwell delights in this role and as a variety of elderly letches).

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:01am

great review! Nancy has the glamour of the old age. Not many actresses do. She was great in Wonderful Town and in Kiss me Kate.

[Nonfreak]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:58am

I don't understand something, it says in Nancy's bio that she was Eilleen in the Wonderful Town revival, I remember Jennifer Westfeldt in the begining and Jennifer Hope Wills coming in when Brooke came in towards the end. So if Nancy is taking credit for the role,....when did she play it.........or was she just a temporary fill in during the change of cast.If that's the case......can she really say she "played" the role????

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:05am

I think she understudied the role and since she went on, she lists it in her bio.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:09am

I'm gonna see this because of Emily Skinner. I wish there would have been something about her in the review.

[bdwybug55]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:41am

I'm very curious about this. I've never been a big fan of Nancy Anderson but perhaps this is just the perfect fit for her. I only wish that Emily Skinner's role was bigger. Perhaps I will check it out.

[BwayLover]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:43am

Nancy Anderson did play the part of Eileen for a while, after Jennifer Westfeldt left and before Jennifer Hope Wills came on board. So she can write it in her bio.

[bdwybug55]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:50am

I thought she really worked for Helen...not so much for Eileen. So...I am very curious to see her Fanny. She does have that very "old fashioned"...of another era look and sound so perhaps this is just the perfect pairing of actress and character.