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Priscilla Lopez is an American singer, dancer, and actress.

Born on February 26, 1948 in the Bronx, Lopez has the distinction of having appeared in two Broadway landmarks - one of its greatest hits, the highly-acclaimed, long-running A Chorus Line
, and one of its biggest flops, the infamous musical version of Breakfast at Tiffany's
, which closed before opening night.

Had Tiffany's survived, it would have marked her debut on the Great White Way, but she - along with stars Richard Chamberlain and Mary Tyler Moore - sank in a production plagued with so many problems that its creative team deemed it impossible to fix. From there she moved on to Henry, Sweet Henry, which limped along for two months at the end of 1967. Her luck was no better the following year, when Her First Roman lasted a mere two weeks.

Lopez finally achieved success as a replacement in two shows - Stephen Sondheim's Company (1970), followed by Pippin in 1972. Two years later, she was invited by director and choreographer Michael Bennett to participate in a series of tape-recorded group therapy-style sessions in which chorus boys and girls - AKA "gypsies" - bared their souls and discussed their lives, dreams, and frustrations. From this emerged A Chorus Line (1975), and Lopez was invited to join the cast portraying Morales, a character patterned very much after herself. She introduced the hit song "What I Did for Love."

In her next production, A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (1980), Lopez stepped out of the ensemble and into the spotlight, utilizing both her comedic and vocal skills. The show had two acts, the first a Jerry Herman mini-musical about the early days of movie making, the second a send-up of the slapstick Marx Brothers movies, with Lopez in the role of Harpo. Both she and the show received rave reviews, and it ran nearly a year-and-a-half.

In 1982, Tommy Tune, with whom she had worked in Hollywood/Ukraine, hired her as his assistant on Nine, the musical version of the Federico Fellini film 8½
. Midway through the run, she joined the cast as a performer.

Lopez's most recent stint on Broadway was in the critically-acclaimed play Anna in the Tropics (2003).

Her off-Broadway credits include Other People's Money
, Key Exchange, Extremities, The Oldest Profession, and Class Mothers '68, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Best Actress. She also was featured in the City Center Encores! production of Babes in Arms
.

Lopez's television work includes several episodes of L.A. Law (in which she guest-starred as a judge), Law & Order, All in the Family, Trapper John, M.D.
, and Cosby.

She appeared in Maid in Manhattan
with "the other Lopez", Jennifer, and recently completed the film version of the long-running off-Broadway hit, Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding.

Awards and nominations

1980 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical for A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (winner)
1976 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical for A Chorus Line (nominee)
1976 Obie Award for A Chorus Line (winner)
1976 Theatre World Special Award for Ensemble Performance for A Chorus Line (winner)

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