Susan Stroman | |
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 Stroman in 2007 | |
| Born | October 17, 1954 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Choreographer, performer, theatre director |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Spouse | Mike Ockrent (1996–1999, his death) |
Susan P. Stroman[1] (born October 17, 1954) is an American theatre director, choreographer, and performer. Her notable theater productions include Oklahoma!, The Music Man, Crazy for You, Contact, The Producers, The Frogs, The Scottsboro Boys, Bullets Over Broadway, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, and New York, New York.
She is a five-time Tony Award winner, four for Best Choreography and one as Best Director of a Musical for The Producers. In addition, she is a recipient of two Laurence Olivier Awards, five Drama Desk Awards, eight Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, and the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater.[2] She is a 2014 inductee in the American Theater Hall of Fame in New York City.[3][4]
- ^ "Five alumni added to Wall of Fame". udel.edu. 1993.
- ^ "George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater" sdcfoundation.org, accessed January 31, 2020
- ^ "Theater Hall of Fame members" theaterhalloffame.org, accessed January 31, 2020
- ^ Gans, Andrew, "Theater Hall of Fame Ceremony, Honoring Susan Stroman, F. Murray Abraham, Philip J. Smith and More, Presented Tonight" Playbill, May 4, 2015