Editing Bebe Neuwirth (section)

===Theater work===
[[File:Bebe Neuwirth at BCEFA.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Neuwirth at the Annual Flea Market and Grand Auction hosted by [[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS]], September 26, 2006.]]

Studying acting for two years under [[Suzanne Shepard]],<ref name = "Backstage">{{cite web|last=Painter|first=Jamie|date=February 21, 2001|url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/pointe-whether-dancing-singing-acting-bebe-neuwirth-applies-50263/|title=TO THE POINTE – Whether dancing, singing, or acting, Bebe Neuwirth applies the same discipline and focus|work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]]|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-date=February 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015759/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/pointe-whether-dancing-singing-acting-bebe-neuwirth-applies-50263/|url-status=live}}</ref> Neuwirth made her Broadway debut in the role of Sheila Bryant in ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' in 1980. She later appeared in revivals of ''[[Little Me (musical)|Little Me]]'' (1982); ''[[Sweet Charity]]'' (1986), for which she won a [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical]] at the [[40th Tony Awards]]; and ''[[Damn Yankees]]'' (1994).

1996 saw Neuwirth play Velma Kelly in the Broadway revival of ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]''. She described the difficulty level of the role as "like performing microsurgery from 8 to 10:20."<ref name = "AUmag"/> That role brought her her greatest stage recognition to date and several awards including a [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Tony Award]], [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Drama Desk Award]] and [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Neuwirth would later return to the revival of ''Chicago'' in 2006, this time as Roxie Hart.<ref name=":0">{{IBDB name|id=54414}}</ref> In 2014 she returned again, this time playing "Mama" Morton, making her the first person to play three different characters at three separate times during the course of a single Broadway run.

She appeared in the musical revue ''Here Lies Jenny'' which featured songs by [[Kurt Weill]] sung and danced by Neuwirth and a four-person supporting cast, as part of an unspoken ambiguous story in an anonymous seedy bar possibly in Berlin in the 1930s. The show ran from May 7 through October 3, 2004, in the Zipper Theater in New York.<ref>{{Cite web
| url = http://www.playbill.com/article/jenny-made-her-mind-up-here-lies-jenny-will-extend-one-last-time-to-oct-3-com-121616
| title = Jenny Made Her Mind Up: Here Lies Jenny Will Extend One Last Time, to Oct. 3
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| first = Kenneth
| date = August 27, 2004
| website = [[Playbill]]
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| archive-date = March 4, 2016
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}}</ref> ''Here Lies Jenny'' was also presented by Neuwirth in San Francisco in 2005. In 2009, Neuwirth toured a one-woman cabaret show with pianist Scott Cady. The cabaret included music by Kurt Weill, [[Stephen Sondheim]], [[Tom Waits]], [[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[John Kander]] and [[Fred Ebb]] amongst others. In 2010, she returned to Broadway to create the role of [[Morticia Addams]] in the original production of ''[[The Addams Family (musical)|The Addams Family]]'' opposite [[Nathan Lane]].<ref name=":0" />

In 2019, Neuwirth returned to the stage with the [[Philadelphia Theatre Company]], appearing in ''A Small Fire'' at the [[Suzanne Roberts Theater]] in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parade.com/946874/debrawallace/bebe-neuwirth-life-lessons/|title=Cheers Star Bebe Neuwirth's Life Lessons: "Come with an Open Heart, An Open Mind and Be Game for the Ride"|first=Debra|last=Wallace|date=November 5, 2019|website=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918195315/https://parade.com/946874/debrawallace/bebe-neuwirth-life-lessons/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024 she returned to Broadway playing Fräulein Schneider	in a revival of ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' for which she received a nomination for the [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical]] at the [[77th Tony Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://people.com/2024-tony-awards-nominations-see-the-full-list-8640244|title= 2024 Tony Awards: Sarah Paulson, Jeremy Strong, Rachel McAdams and More Nab Nominations — See the Full List|website= April 30, 2024}}</ref>