Kristine Nielsen: what's so funny? The actress slyly seduces audiences with her specific brand of mania.(PEOPLE)(Interview)
American Theatre, March, 2006 by Apple, Krista
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Kristine Nielsen's father did not laugh easily or often. But when he did....
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"He couldn't control it," declares the Obie-winning actress, who's cultivated a knack for inducing belly laughs herself.
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It might be assumed that Nielsen, a native of Washington, D.C., descended from sober stock: Her mother worked in politics and her father was a naval officer and a quiet, reserved man. But he always chose comedies over dramas when the family went to the theatre, and was always broadsided by wild farce and slapstick. "He had a laugh that ...
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