Birth Place: Wilmington, DE, USA
A five-time Tony Award winning director and choreographer most known for Crazy For You, Contact, The Scottsboro Boys, and The Producers. Her work has been honored with Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel and a record six Astaire Awards.
She directed and choreographed The Producers, winner of a record-making 12 Tony Awards including Best Direction and Best Choreography.
She co-created, directed and choreographed the Tony Award winning musical Contact for Lincoln Center Theater, which was honored with a 2003 Emmy Award for “Live from Lincoln Center”.
She directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed musical The Scottsboro Boys on Broadway and in the West End, where it was honored with the 2014 Evening Standard Award for Best Musical. She most recently directed the Broadway play POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. Other Broadway credits include Oklahoma!, Show Boat, Prince of Broadway, Bullets Over Broadway, Big Fish, Young Frankenstein, Thou Shalt Not, The Music Man, The Frogs, Big, Steel Pier, Picnic, and Crazy for You.
Off-Broadway credits include: The Beast in the Jungle, Dot, Flora the Red Menace, And the World Goes ’Round, Happiness and The Last Two People on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville starring Mandy Patinkin and Taylor Mac.
For ten years she choreographed Madison Square Garden’s annual spectacular A Christmas Carol. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut directing and choreographing The Merry Widow, starring Renée Fleming.
Her London West End productions include Crazy For You, Oklahoma!, Show Boat, Contact, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein.
For New York City Ballet, she created Double Feature, a full-length ballet featuring the music of Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson, and For the Love of Duke, featuring the music of Duke Ellington.
Other ballet credits include But Not For Me for the Martha Graham Company and Take Five…More or Less for Pacific Northwest Ballet. Her choreography received an Emmy Award nomination for the HBO presentation Liza – Live from Radio City Music Hall, starring Liza Minnelli. She received the American Choreography Award for her work in Columbia Pictures feature film Center Stage. She directed and choreographed The Producers: The Movie Musical, nominated for 4 Golden Globes.
She directed and choreographed the Broadway bound Ahrens/Flaherty musical Little Dancer for The Kennedy Center and Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater. In collaboration with the Williamstown Theatre Festival, she directed the play Photograph 51 for Audible.
She is an Associate Director for Lincoln Center Theater and a member of the Board of Directors for the Ronald O. Perelman Center for the Performing Arts located at the World Trade Center.
She is the recipient of the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater and an inductee of the Theater Hall of Fame in New York City.
Learn more at SusanStroman.com.
[1998]You've Got Mail choreographer
[2000]Center Stage choreographer
[2005]The Producers choreographer
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Susan StromanAnd the World Goes Round
Susan Stroman has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
Susan Stroman has not appeared in the West End.
Susan Stroman has been nominated for several awards throughout her career. Some of the notable nominations include Outstanding Choreography at the Drama Desk Awards for "New York, New York," Outstanding Direction of a Musical at the Drama League Awards for the same production, and Best Choreography at the Tony Awards for "New York, New York." She has also received nominations for her work on productions like "Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical," "The Scottsboro Boys," "Happiness," "Young Frankenstein," "Oklahoma!," "The Producers," "Contact," "The Music Man," "Steel Pier," "Big," "A Christmas Carol," "Show Boat," and "Crazy for You." Stroman has been recognized for her outstanding contributions to Broadway with nominations for Best Director, Best Theatre Choreographer, and various other choreography awards at prestigious events like the Olivier Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Tony Awards.
Susan Stroman has won numerous awards for her work in Broadway productions. Some of her notable wins include Outstanding Choreography for "New York, New York" at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Choreography for "The Producers" at the Tony Awards, and Best Theatre Choreographer for "Oklahoma!" at the Olivier Awards. She has also received recognition for her directing skills, such as the Outstanding Director of a Musical award for "The Producers" at the Drama Desk Awards. Stroman's talent in choreography and directing has been celebrated across various prestigious award ceremonies, including the Drama League Awards, Helen Hayes Awards, and Lortel Awards.
Susan Stroman has written 3 shows including And the World Goes 'Round (Conceiver), Steel Pier (Conceiver), Contact (Conceiver).
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