“I especially loved Anne Otto in a supporting role; man she is something else, just on fire onstage! ”
Anne Otto is from the suburbs of Illinois. As a child, she was an extremely talented athlete, but dance was always her heart and soul. She studied in downtown Chicago at Lou Conte Dance Studio (home of the Hubbard Street Dance Company), and Joel Hall Dance Studio, where she eventually performed with their second company JHDC2. After auditioning she was offered the opportunity to study at the acclaimed school of, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York.
“..sultry, long-legged dancer Anne Otto.”
Within Anne’s first year in New York she realized her dream was no longer modern/concert dance. Her true joy became performing in musical theater. Some of Anne’s musical credits include, Sweet Charity, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Renee), Sophisticated Ladies, Singin’ in The Rain (Green Dress and Olga), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Potiphar’s Wife), and, A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum (Gemini Twin). She was also a cast member of the Broadway workshop, All That Glitters, the Liberace story.
“In a scantily clad ode to Valentines Day, Anne Otto used two pink feathered fans to taunt and tease the audience.”
Outside of New York, Anne was a Las Vegas Showgirl in, Jubilee, at Bally’s Casino, where the slogan, Hundreds and Thousands of Rhinestones Covering Practically Nothing, meant wearing original Bob Mackie costumes and strutting down 40 foot staircases. Afterwards Ms. Otto performed many principal dance roles aboard the Asuka II cruise ship. And six months later it sailed her to home, to the Big Apple.
Newly tossing off her sea legs she auditioned and was selected as part of Chet Walker’s Jazz Company, WALKERDANCE. In between these rehearsals and performances she was performing at the Triad Theater in, Erotic Broadway Vintage Variety, (Burlesque) and, Broadway Bares as Ms. February.
It wasn’t long before Anne’s hard work cast her in the Broadway show, Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway. Ms. Otto was part of the ensemble and Mr. Jackman’s dance partner. After Broadway the show toured Las Vegas, LA, and Istanbul. She also danced alongside Mr. Jackman in the 68th Annual Tony Awards.
Other credits include, performing in CBS’, Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, (two years in a row) modeling and dancing as the face and body of the M.A.C Convention, and modeling for Hermès twice for Fashion Week, launching their new campaigns for bathing suits and jewelry. Some of her commercial credits include, Vogue.com, Ford Motor Company, Cablevision, and Six Flags. Anne sang and danced as Velma in, Chicago the Musical’s Casino Game, by High 5 Games.
“..Anne Otto, playing his trophy wife and seductress.”
Soon after Ms. Otto was cast as, Go to Hell Kitty, in the national/international tour of the Broadway show, Chicago. Months later Anne hit the road to Australia, performing in, Hugh Jackman’s, Broadway to Oz, arena tour of Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, and closing in Perth.
More recently, Anne was in the Off-Broadway revival of the Richard Rodger’s musical, No Strings. She was cast as Gabrielle, the sultry French love interest. And soon after the pandemic shutdown, Ms. Otto played her dream role of Sheila in, A Chorus Line, staged and directed by Broadway legend and Tony Award Winner, Baayork Lee.
Besides Ms. Otto’s dancing, singing, acting and modeling, she studied Improvisation at the Magnet Theater Levels 1-3. Then she joined the Improv team, Dolley Madison. The acting classes and Comedy Improvisation allowed for small parts in, Deception (TV pilot), The Looming Towers, (Woman in the pub) and Ocean’s 8, (Daphne’s Guest & Met Gala Attendant). These smaller roles led to being cast as Sasha Morgan in, Law & Order.
“Anne Otto as Sheila and Ryan Rodiño…these two are thick as thieves on stage, Otto struts about with the grace of a lioness…”
-Ella Outlaw of Broadway World Review