- Susan Blackwell
Susan Blackwell is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in several plays, musicals, and television shows including " [title of show| [title of show] ", "
Law & Order ", "P.S. I Love You", and "Speech and Debate "." [title of show] "
Blackwell is perhaps best known for her role in the musical " [title of show] ," now playing on Broadway after a successful extended
Off-Broadway run at theVineyard Theatre in 2006.The musical documents its own creation by two Broadway fans, who want to enter the New York Musical Theatre Festival and struggle to complete the show in three and a half weeks, and their two actress friends. The actors are also the writers and characters of the musical.
Blackwell's character, "Susan," is a quirky performer by night and corporate drone by day -- what Blackwell calls a "distillation" of her true personality.Feldman, Adam. [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/theater/40431/quirky-downtown-theater-actor quirky downtown theater actor] , "Time Out New York", 17 July, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2008.]
Blackwell became involved in the musical's development early on, through her longstanding friendships with the show's writer,
Hunter Bell , and composer,Jeff Bowen (who also star in the show, as "Hunter" and "Jeff"). Blackwell had worked with the two men as part of her previous Off-Off-Broadway performing duo, the New Wondertwins.Murrin, Tom. [http://www.papermag.com/?section=article&parid=876 Stagenotes: Five from Broadway to Way-Off Broadway] , September 2005. Retrieved July 24, 2008.]At the time Bowen and Bell began work on " [title of show] ", Blackwell had decided to abandon performing for a stable, corporate office job.
"I feel really grateful to my friends for rescuing me," she has said of her role in " [title of show] ". "They airlifted me out of very corporate ascension and plopped me down into this whole other experience."
Other Work
Blackwell began her professional acting career with a two-year stint in the company of Minnesota's Guthrie Theatre before moving to New York in 1995.
Later, Blackwell performed Off-Off-Broadway with Rebecca Finnegan as The New Wondertwins, a variety act whose assortment of songs, sketches and daredevil feats included ventriloquism and making deviled eggs in their mouths.Eisgrau, Robin. [http://www.offoffoff.com/theater/2001/sparklevision.php3 Trick or treat] , OFFOFFOFFtheater, 14 April 2001. Retrieved July 24, 2008.]
One "Village Voice" reviewer wrote of the duo in 1999: "Their wordless finale, orchestrated to a space-age bachelor-pad soundtrack, is a tour de force of fascination and horror: never have soy milk and deviled eggs been used to such loathsome effect."Soloski, Alexis. [http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-06-08/theater/sparklefest-2000/ SparkleFEST 2000] , "Village Voice", 8 June 1999. Retrieved July 24, 2008.]
In addition to " [title of show] "'s Off-Broadway and Broadway runs, Blackwell's more recent credits include the Off-Broadway shows "Speech and Debate", "Anon", "Working Title", "Vilna's Got a Golem" and "The Heidi Chronicles" (as Peter Patrone).
Blackwell's television appearances "
The Sopranos ", "Third Watch ", "All My Children ", and several episodes of "Law and Order ".Her film credits include "P.S. I Love You", "Margot at the Wedding", "Bun Bun", "Changing Lanes" and "Night Int. Trailer" for the feature film "Ten Minutes Older." [http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/17773 Playbill Biography: SUSAN BLACKWELL] . Retrieved July 24, 2008.]
Personal
Blackwell was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio.Hernandez, Ernio. [http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/111690.html PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Susan Blackwell] , "Playbill", 10 October 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2008.]
She is married to musician Steve White.
She has an M.F.A. in acting from the
University of Minnesota . [http://titleofshow.com/who.html title of show: The Players] , titleofshow.com. Retrieved July 24, 2008.]References
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