Betsy Wolfe

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Betsy Wolfe
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Born
Elizabeth Marie Wolfe

(1982-06-01) June 1, 1982 (age 42)
Visalia, California, U.S.
Education University of Cincinnati (BFA)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, entrepreneur
Years active2005–present
SpouseAdam Krauthamer (m. 2017)
Children1
Website www.betsywolfe.com

Betsy Wolfe (born Elizabeth Marie Wolfe; June 1, 1982) is an American actress, singer, and entrepreneur.

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Wolfe starred in the Broadway musical & Juliet as Anne Hathaway, a performance for which she was nominated for the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her previous Broadway credits include: 110 in the Shade (2007), Everyday Rapture (2009-2010), Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012–13), Ellen in Bullets Over Broadway (2014), Cordelia in Falsettos (2016–17), and Jenna Hunterson in Waitress (2017–18). She also starred as Cathy Hiatt in the 2013 off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years .

In 2020, Wolfe starred in the holiday film Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol With A Twist. She can be seen in the indie feature First One In, and had a guest starring role on the CBS series Instinct .

Wolfe co-founded BroadwayEvolved, a musical theatre training program for students.

Early life and education

Wolfe grew up in Visalia, California. [1] She attended Golden West High School and graduated in 2000. [2] She graduated from the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music in 2004. [3]

Career

Wolfe played Evelyn Nesbit in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Ragtime in 2005. [4]

Wolfe starred as Cathy in the Off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years , which ran at the Second Stage Theater from March 7, 2013 (previews), to May 18, 2013. Charles Isherwood, in his review in The New York Times , wrote that Wolfe has "a bright, strong soprano with a keen belt. With her wholesome blond beauty she is well cast." [5]

In 2014 she appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's musical Bullets Over Broadway as Ellen. The CurtainUp reviewer wrote: "Betsy Wolfe also has little to do as David's girlfriend Ellen but, like Ziemba, when she does get to sing it's lovely." [6]

She appeared in Up Here, a new musical written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, at the La Jolla Playhouse in July 2015. [7] The Variety reviewer noted that Wolfe "is charming in her role and even sings the hell out of such banalities as 'I feel like I've always known you.'" [8]

In May 2016, Wolfe played Elsa in the lab production of Disney's Frozen . [9]

She appeared in a reading of a new musical titled Flying Over Sunset by James Lapine (book and director), Tom Kitt (score) and Michael Korie (lyrics). The reading took place at the Vineyard Arts Project in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on July 29, 2016, with additional cast members Marin Mazzie and Boyd Gaines. [10] [11]

Wolfe played Cordelia in the Broadway revival of Falsettos , which ran from September 29, 2016 (previews), to January 8, 2017. [12] [13] She joined the cast of Waitress on Broadway on June 13, 2017, in the role of Jenna. [14] Wolfe left the role on January 9, 2018.

In February 2018, Wolfe and Cynthia Rose announced that they would be founding a company, BroadwayEvolved, to give workshops and masterclasses to young actors.

In June 2018, she played Rosemary Pilkington for a limited engagement of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., alongside Michael Urie, John Bolton, John Michael Higgins and Skylar Astin. [15]

In 2020, Wolfe appeared as Bonnie in the musical podcast Propaganda! [16]

She starred as Anne Hathaway in the new Broadway musical & Juliet at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Wolfe played her final performance as Anne on October 20th, 2024.

Opera and concerts

Wolfe appeared with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, directed by Erich Kunzel, at Carnegie Hall on April 1, 2003. [17] [18] In 2016 and 2017, Wolfe appeared with Darren Criss and Adam Kantor, respectively, in The New York Pops' concerts "Best of Broadway" and "Women of Notes: In Dedication to Female Composers and Lyricists" at Carnegie Hall, with appearances by Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Jason Robert Brown, and by Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Georgia Stitt, and Shaina Taub, respectively. [19] [20] She also frequently performs the music of newer musical theatre writers in concert, including Ryan Scott Oliver and Zack Zadek. [21]

Wolfe appeared in the Metropolitan Opera production of Die Fledermaus as Ida, with a new book by Douglas Carter Beane. The opera, which also starred Paulo Szot as Dr. Falke and Danny Burstein as Frosch, opened on December 31, 2013. [22] In November 2017 Wolfe performed at the Houston symphony with Jeremy Jordan.

Personal life

Wolfe began dating Adam Krauthamer, a French horn player, in June 2014. They met while working on Bullets Over Broadway . [23] The pair married on December 17, 2017. [24] In 2020, she welcomed a daughter, Poppy. [25]

Theater credits

YearProductionRoleLocationCategory
2005 Ragtime Evelyn Nesbit Paper Mill Playhouse Regional
A Wonderful Life Ensemble Shubert Theatre Actors Fund of America Staged Concert
2006 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Rona Lisa Peretti San Francisco Playhouse Regional
Wilbur Theatre
2007 Ace [26] Louise Old Globe Theatre
110 in the Shade Katheryn Brawner Studio 54 Broadway
2008 Camelot Ensemble Lincoln Center New York Philharmonic Concert
2009 Everyday Rapture MennonetteSecond Stage TheatreOff-Broadway
2010 American Airlines Theatre Broadway
2011 Tales of the City Mary Ann Singleton American Conservatory Theater Regional
The Boys from Syracuse [27] Luciana Sidney Harman Hall, Washington, DC
2012 Merrily We Roll Along Beth New York City Center Encores! Concert Production
35mm: A Musical Exhibition Voice 1Galapagos Art Space Off-Broadway
2012-2013 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Rosa Bud/Miss Deirdre PeregrineStudio 54Broadway
2013 The Last Five Years Cathy Hiatt Second Stage Theatre Off-Broadway
The Pirates of Penzance Edith Delacorte Theatre Concert
Red Eye of LoveSelma ChargesseWaterman's Community CenterRegional
2014 Bullets Over Broadway Ellen St. James Theatre Broadway
2015 The Music Man Marian Paroo Cincinnati Music Hall Concert
Up HereLindsay La Jolla Playhouse Regional
The Pirates of Penzance Edith New York City Center Off-Broadway
2016 Frozen Elsa UnknownWorkshop
Flying Over Sunset UnknownStaged Reading
2016-2017 Falsettos Cordelia Walter Kerr Theatre Broadway
2017 The Last Five Years Cathy Hiatt Colony Theatre Concert
2017–2018 Waitress Jenna Hunterson Brooks Atkinson Theatre Broadway
2018 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Rosemary Pilkington Kennedy Center Regional
2019 High Button Shoes Sara LongstreetNew York City CenterEncores! Concert Production
2022 & Juliet Anne Hathaway Princess of Wales Theatre Toronto - North American Premiere
2022-2024 Stephen Sondheim Theatre Broadway

Sources: [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2014 The Last Five Years Former StripperUncredited
2020First One InGrace
2020Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol With A TwistEstella Scrooge
2021 Tales of the City Mary Ann Singleton

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Live from Lincoln Center EnsembleEpisode: "Camelot"
2017CordeliaEpisode: "Falsettos"
2019 Instinct Ella BettsEpisode: "204"

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Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2023 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical & Juliet Nominated
Drama League Award Distinguished PerformanceNominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway MusicalNominated

Discography

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