Elizabeth Parkinson

Elizabeth Parkinson is an American stage actress and dancer. She is best known for playing Brenda^[1] in the original production of the musical Movin' Out. For this performance she was nominated for the 2003 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical,^[2] the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and won the 2003 Astaire Award for Best Female Dancer.^[3][4]

Career

Parkinson has performed with many ballet companies, including Joffrey Ballet and Twyla Tharp Dance.^[5] She appeared on Broadway in the musical Fosse in 1999^[6] and then in Movin' Out (2002).^[7]

Parkinson appeared in the Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis Encores! concert, A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair, from November 13 through 17, 2013 at City Center, New York City.^[8]

She is the co-owner/co-director of Fineline Theatre Arts with her husband, fellow performer Scott Wise; the couple have one child.^[9][10]

Stage work

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Refs.
1995	Singin' in the Rain	Olga Mara, featured dancer	Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera	[11]
1998	Fosse	dancer	Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto	[12]
			Colonial Theatre, Boston	[13]
			Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles	[14]
			Broadhurst Theater, Broadway	[15]
2002	Movin' Out	Brenda	Richard Rodgers Theater, Broadway	[16]
2006	Kismet	Princess Zubbediya	New York City Center	[17]
2013	A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair	dancer	New York City Center	[18]