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Kim Criswell (born July 19, 1957) is an American musical entertainer and actress.
Life and career
Criswell was born in Hampton, Virginia , but grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee . After she graduated from high school, she studied musical theatre at the University of Cincinnati 's College Conservatory of Music. She then moved to New York where she landed a role in the touring company of Annie (musical)|Annie . She made her Broadway debut in The First (musical)|The First in 1981. She has been in numerous musicals and has appeared with some of America's leading symphony orchestras as the featured soloist. She won the Helen Hayes Award in 1989 for her 1988 performance in Side By Side By Sondheim at the Olney Theatre in Washington.cite web|url= http://theatrewashington.org/hha-nominees? field_award_year_value_many_to_one=1989 |title=Helen Hayes Awards Nominees and Recipients |publisher=TheatreWashington |date= |accessdate=2012-01-31
In September, 1991 she presented her one-woman show Doin What Comes Naturally , at the Shaw Theatre in London. She has lived in London since 1992 when she was invited to play Annie Oakley in Irving Berlin 's musical Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun .cite web|url= http://www.jayrecords.com/performers/kimcris.htm |title=Broadway and West End Artists and Composers |publisher=JAY Records |date= |accessdate=2012-01-31
On August 1st 2009 she was a featured soloist in the " The Proms|BBC Proms 2009 : a Celebration of Classic MGM Musical film|Film Musicals " at the Royal Albert Hall . On that evening she performed a number of songs including: " The Trolley Song ", " Over the Rainbow " and " Get Happy (song)|Get Happy " all originally made famous by Judy Garland . She additionally performed the songs " I Got Rhythm " (also in Garland's repertoire) and " Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (song)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire " in a duet with, perhaps surprisingly, Seth MacFarlane . On October 4, 2009, she was a featured artist at the Broadway to West End Gala in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane . cite web|url= http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/08-2009/kim-criswell-daniel-evans-gareth-gates-et-al-set-f_20365.html |title=Kim Criswell, Daniel Evans, Gareth Gates, et al. Set for Broadway to West End Gala |publisher=Theatermania.com |date=2009-08-18 |accessdate=2012-01-31 She repeated her Proms Concert success when she appeared in a Rodgers and Hammerstein evening, once again with the John Wilson Orchestra at The Royal Albert Hall with opera singer Rod Gilfry in August 2010.
In January 2012 she performed at Vienna's Volksoper, starring in Bernstein's "Candide".
Musicals
The First (1981) as Hilda/ensemble
Nine (musical)|Nine (1982) as Francesca (also as Claudia -first replacement)
Baby (musical)|Baby (1983) as Narrator/Sixth Woman
Jesus Christ Superstar at Papermill Playhouse as Mary Magdalene
Cats (musical)|Cats (1985-1986 LA Production) as Grizabella
Side By Side By Sondheim (1988)cite web|url= http://www.olneytheatre.org/about/history/playhistory.asp |title=Olney Theatre Center - Play History |publisher=Olneytheatre.org |date= |accessdate=2012-01-31cite web|url= http://web.archive.org/web/20101126013815/ http://olneytheatre.org/about/history/playhistory.asp |title=Archived copy of Olney Theatre Centre Play History |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=2010-11-26 |accessdate=2012-03-17
The Threepenny Opera (1989) at Lunt Fontanne Theatre, Broadway as Lucy Brown
Annie Get Your Gun (1992) at Prince Of Wales Theatre, London as Annie Oakley
I Married an Angel at Theatre Off Park as Peggy
Dames at Sea (1996) as Mona Kent
The Slow Drag (1997) as June Wedding
Of Thee I Sing (1998) as Diana Deaveraux
Hollywood and Broadway II -Herself, Bonnie Langford & Wayne Sleep - 1993
Anything Goes (2002) at Grange Park Opera as Reno Sweeney
Call Me Madam (2004) at Goodspeed Opera House as Mrs. Sally Adams
Into The Woods (2006) as The Witch
Candide (2006) at the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris - France) as The Old Woman
The Sound of Music (2009) at the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris - France) as The Mother Abbess
http://uk.gay.com/article/entertainment/theatre/1659/p=0 Interview with Kim Criswell
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Persondata | NAME = Criswell, Kim | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = July 19, 1957 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Criswell, Kim Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music alumni
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