Kim Criswell
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Kim Criswell is an American musical entertainer and actress born on July 19, 1957 in Hampton, Virginia .
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[edit] History
Criswell 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. She made her Broadway debut in The First in 1981. 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. 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 for her performance in Side By Side By Sondheim.
[edit] Musicals
- THE FIRST (1981)
- NINE (1982) as Francesca
- BABY (1983)
- CATS(1985-1986 LA Production) as Grizabella
- STARDUST (1986)
- THREE MUSKETEERS
- 3 PENNY OPERA (1989) as Lucy Brown
- DAMES AT SEA (1996)
- THE SLOW DRAG (1997)
- OF THEE I SING (1998)
- SIDE BY SIDE (1998)
[edit] Recordings
- ANNIE.......................Star To Be / Ensemble
- ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1992)...Annie Oakley
(ANYTHING GOES (2002)........Reno Sweeny
- BABY (Dec 4, 1983)..........Narrator, 6th Woman, People in Town
- CALL ME MADAME 2004)........Sally Adams
- CATS (Aug 1985).............Grizabella
- DAMES AT SEA (1996).........Ruby
- DUBARRY WAS A LADY
ELEGIES FOR PUNKS AND RAGING QUEENS (1993).Soloist
- THE FIRST (1981)............Girl at Bat/Dodger Wife/Hilda Chester
- GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (May 1991).Dorothy Shaw
- GIRL CRAZY..................Kate (?)
- GLORY OF EASTER.............Virgin Mary, (Mary Magdeline for 1 Performance)
- GUYS AND DOLLS..............Miss Adelaide
- I MARRIED AN ANGEL..........Female Lead
- INTO THE WOODS (May, 2006)..The Witch
- JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR......Mary Magdalene
- KISMET......................Lalume
- LADY BE GOOD (2000).........
- LET EM EAT CAKE (March 21, 1994).Mrs Mary Wintergreen nee Turner
- MAN OF LA MANCHA (2000 Covent Garden Festival).Aldanza
- NINE........................Francesca, (us Claudia, Carla,)
- OF THEE I SING (June 27, 1998).Diana Devereaux
- ON THE TOWN.................Hildy The Taxi Driver
- ONE TOUCH OF VENUS..........
- SIDE BY SIDE (1998).........Soloist
- SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM....Soloist (Won the Helen Hayes Award!)
- SITTING PRETTY..............
- SLOW DRAG (1997)............June Wedding
- THE SOUND OF MUSIC..........Maria Reiner
- STARDUST....................Soloist
- STRIKE UP THE BAND..........
- THREE MUSKETEERS............Queen Anne
- 3 PENNY OPERA...............Lucy Brown
[edit] Solo albums
- The Lorelei
- The Human Cry
- Back to Before
- Something to Dance About
