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Nicole lives and breathes music. She was born in South Florida where she was singing before she could talk and began piano lessons at age 6. By age 10, it was time to join the school band and Nicole chose the drums. She was a natural and drumming quickly became her focus. Nicole received a scholarship to the prestigious University of Miami School of Music and graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Music degree in Studio Music and Jazz Drum set Performance.
After college, Nicole moved to New York City where she was the drummer in the original Off-Broadway production of "Dear Edwina." The following year brought her to Los Angeles where she played drums, guitar, keyboards and percussion in the onscreen band of Season 1 of FOX's "Glee." She's also performed on "Oprah," "The Closer," "Bones," "Ultimate Cake Off," "One Mississippi," "Best Cover Ever, "Grey's Anatomy" and "Mickey's 90th Spectacular" on ABC.
Nicole played drums in the first International Tour of the musical, HAIR (dir. Diane Paulus). Nicole is also a passionate singer/songwriter & producer. She wrote the music and lyrics, sang and played all the instruments on her EP which reached #4 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter EPs and Singles chart and #2 on the Amazon Hot New Releases. She composed music for the Hollywood Fringe Festival Show, "The Load In" and the web series, "Words with Girls." Recent favorite credits include playing drums for a Broadway show workshop, being the sub drummer for NBC’s “Grease Live” and “Hairspray Live,” playing drums for the West Coast premiere of Max Vernon's "The View Upstairs," playing congas behind Keith Urban on YouTube's new original series, "Best Cover Ever" and a very special performance on Mickey's 90th Spectacular on ABC. Nicole is bicoastal and performs and records with an array of artists, bands and musical projects. She proudly endorses Pearl Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Remo Drumheads, SilverFox Drumsticks and Humes & Berg Instrument Cases.

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XANADU Tour Announces Additional Casting and Dates - Boston, Baltimore, Detroit, Cincinnati, and More!


Complete casting and select tour dates have been announced for the National Tour of the Tony Award-nominated roller-skating smash hit musical XANADU, starring previously announced 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season five winner, Jinkx Monsoon (Calliope), and season seven finalist, Ginger Minj (Melpomene).

BWW Review: Color and Light Theatre Ensemble's LIZZIE is Rage Rock at its Finest


How much rage would a person need to feel to kill two people with 29 whacks of an axe? The short answer is, a lot. That's the number Andrew Borden and his second wife Abby actually sustained in 1892 - not the 81 immortalized in this haunting nursery rhyme.

Jennifer Foster Releases 'Coldwater Canyon' (Foster The Art Live Sessions)


Jennifer Foster (Off-Broadway's IF THERE IS I HAVEN'T FOUND IT YET, Michael Arden's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, Hollywood Bowl HAIR & MAMMA MIA) releases the first of Foster the Art's Live Sessions: 'Coldwater Canyon'. Foster the Art is a group of Los Angeles based artists and musicians who volunteer their time and skills to raise money and awareness for charitable causes through live music.

BWW Review: History Revisited in THE VIEW UPSTAIRS


The west coast premiere of THE VIEW UPSTAIRS bursts with a high-energied hodge-podge of some great vocals, charming performances and wonderfully executed choreography. Playwright Max Vernon, through the eyes of a present-day electronically dependent fashion designer, retells the stories of victims of a fire by arson at the gay bar UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans back in June of 1973.

BWW Review: Powerfully Passionate HIT THE WALL Pulls No Punches


The West Coast premiere of Ike Holter's HIT THE WALL vividly illustrates what might have happened that fateful night in 1969  when Stonewall became the flashpoint for what many consider the start of the gay liberation movement. With director Ken Sawyer's inventive staging, the audience becomes almost fully immersed in the play's actions. The stage seems to be every available space where an audience member's not physically sitting.

BWW Reviews: World Premiere Comedy THE LOAD-IN Takes You Behind-the-Scenes With a Rock Band in Small Town America


Certainly most of us have wanted to follow a band around and be a part of their backstage antics when we were young enough to have the energy to do so. In The Load In at 3 Clubs during the Hollywood Fringe Festival, it is quite a thrill to be in on the action of watching The Wax Robots load in for a performance when everything that can go wrong does, yet it all works out in the end.

DEAR EDWINA to Release Cast Recording 11/11; Purchase Available Online Now


DEAR EDWINA, starring Kerry Butler, Terrence Mann, Lynnette Perry, Andrea Burns, Rebecca Luker, Danny Burstein, Jeff Blumenkrantz, and more, will release their cast recording in stores on November 11th, 2008. The album is currently available for purchase online at www.psclassics.com.

DEAR EDWINA to Release Cast Recording 11/11; Purchase Available Online Now


DEAR EDWINA, starring Kerry Butler, Terrence Mann, Lynnette Perry, Andrea Burns, Rebecca Luker, Danny Burstein, Jeff Blumenkrantz, and more, will release their cast recording in stores on November 11th, 2008. The album is currently available for purchase online at www.psclassics.com.

Casting Announced for Goldrich and Heisler's DEAR EDWINA


Casting has been announced for the off-Broadway premiere of the ZINA GOLDRICH and MARCY HEISLER musical, DEAR EDWINA.

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