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Susan Stroman

Born October 17, 1954 (1954-10-17) (age 53)
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Years active 1970s-present
Spouse(s) Mike Ockrent (1996-1999)

Susan Stroman (born October 17, 1954) is an AmericanTony Award-winning Broadway director, choreographer, film director, and performer. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Mike Ockrent ( June 18, 1946 - December 2, 1999) was a British stage director well-known both for his Broadway Musicals Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the Theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production (a play, See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film.

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Biography

Early life

Stroman was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Frances and Charles Stroman. Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine [1] She was exposed to show tunes by her piano-playing salesman father. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers She began studying dance, concentrating on jazz, tap, and ballet at the age of five. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance She studied under James Jamieson at the Academy of the Dance in Wilmington. James Jamieson (1920 &ndash December 25, 1993) was a specialist in Highland dancing, best remembered for both performing in and restaging Agnes de She majored in English at the University of Delaware; her first professional appearance was in Hit the Deck at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1974. The University of Delaware ( UD) is the largest University in the U Goodspeed Musicals, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works was formed in 1959 to restore the Goodspeed After graduating in 1976, she moved to New York City. The City of New York

Career

Stroman's first big break came when director Scott Ellis hired her to choreograph his off-Broadway revival of Flora the Red Menace at the Vineyard Theatre in Greenwich Village in 1987. Scott Ellis ( 19 April[[ 957]] Washington DC) is an American Stage director and Television director. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. A revival is a restaging of a former hit play at a later date Flora the Red Menace is a musical with a book by David Thompson music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan Her work there was seen by Hal Prince, who hired her to work on the dance sequences for his New York City Opera production of Don Giovanni. Harold Smith Prince (born January 30 1928) is an American Theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb| New York State Theater]] The New York City Opera (NYCO is based in Philip Johnson 's New York State Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni Her first Broadway credit was as an ensemble member in the 1979 musical Whoopee!. Whoopee! was a Broadway Musical comedy which debuted on 4 December, 1928. In 1980 she was assistant director, assistant choreographer, and dance captain for Musical Chairs. She earned her third Broadway credit for her collaboration with director, and then-future husband, Mike Ockrent (1946-1999) on Crazy for You in 1992. Mike Ockrent ( June 18, 1946 - December 2, 1999) was a British stage director well-known both for his Broadway Musicals Crazy for You is a musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin.

In 1994, Stroman collaborated with Prince on a revival of Show Boat, where she unleashed some of her most innovative ideas. Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book (based on a novel by Edna Ferber) and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein She added several dance montages to the show, complete with a revolving door, to help guide the audience through the generations that are covered in the show. Stroman heavily researched the period in which the show takes place and learned African-Americans are credited for inventing the Charleston. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The Charleston is a Dance named for the city of Charleston South Carolina. She used information in designing of the montages, as the popular dance is introduced by and eventually appropriated from the black characters.

After suffering two major failures with Big, The Musical (1996) and Steel Pier (1997), Stroman was approached by Lincoln Center's artistic director Andre Bishop, who offered her assistance in developing the project of her choice. This is an article about the stage musical For the 1988 film see Big (film. Steel Pier is a musical written by the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb from the original book by David Thompson. She and John Weidman, who had written the book for Big, began working on what would become the three-part "dance play" Contact which she choreographed as well as directed. John Weidman (born September 25 1946 is an American librettist. Contact The Musical is a musical "dance play" (some deemed it a ballet that was developed by Susan Stroman and John Weidman, with The show opened at Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater in the fall of 1999, and later transferred upstairs to the larger Vivian Beaumont Theater (where it was reclassified as a musical, and won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Musical). The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a theater in New York City in the United States.

While preparing for Mel Brooks' musical version of The Producers, Stroman's husband Ockrent lost his battle with leukemia, and she assumed the reins of the production. Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist The Producers is a Comedy - musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film of the same name, Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood Its success and record twelve Tony Awards proved a bittersweet triumph. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented In 2005, she made her directorial debut as a feature filmmaker with a big screen adaptation of the show. The Producers is a 2005 comedy - Musical film starring Uma Thurman and The Lion King 's Nathan Lane and In 2007, she collaborated with Brooks again, this time as the director and choreographer of the musical Young Frankenstein which is currently running on Broadway. Young Frankenstein, officially known as The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and

Awards and nominations

Awards
Nominations

Stage productions

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Susan Stroman Biography (1960-)

External links


The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short originally part of the WWII Allied Relief Fund is a New York City -based organization "dedicated to supporting
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