![]() Tall and lanky, Schworer had been doing it since the age of 5, when she began classes at the Ziegler Studio of Dance in Covington, Kentucky. Instead, she went back into the chorus-when Susan Stroman asked if she’d be a replacement in the Young Frankenstein ensemble, she said, “S-u-u-u-re. “Had I been that person saying ‘I only do roles now,’ I would have missed out on probably five more shows,” she says. But Schworer’s big moment had come 16 years earlier, when, after 16 months dancing in the ensemble and understudying Ulla in the 2001 phenomenon The Producers, she did the role in the first national tour, and then, already into her 30s, played the Scandinavian sexpot on Broadway for the musical’s last four years. Sure, it was a dream come true, especially since she was playing a veteran ensemble dancer named Angie waiting for a long-overdue break. But for Angie Schworer, who starred in The Prom after 27 years on Broadway, it wasn’t quite that simple. ![]() It’s the classic story-a chorus girl steps in for a star and becomes an instant leading lady.
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