Kim Criswell

Kim Criswell is an American musical entertainer and actress born on July 19, 1957 in Hampton, Virginia.

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".

Musicals

*"The First"(1981) as "Hilda/ensemble"
*"Nine"(1982) as "Francesca" (also as "Claudia"-first replacement)
*"Baby"(1983) as "Narrator/Sixth Woman"
*"Jesus Christ Superstar" at Papermill Playhouse as "Mary Magdalene"
*"Cats"(1985-1986 LA Production) as "Grizabella"
*"Stardust"(1986) as "Soloist"
*"Three Musketeers"(1983) as "Queen Anne"
*"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"
*"Side By Side By Sondheim"(1998)
*"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"

Recordings

*ANNIE.......................Star To Be / Ensemble
*ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1992)...Annie Oakley
*ANYTHING GOES (studio recording)........Reno Sweeny
*BABY (Dec 4, 1983)..........Narrator, 6th Woman, People in Town
*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
*KISS ME KATE...................Lois Lane/Bianca
*LADY BE GOOD (2000).........
*LET EM EAT CAKE (March 21, 1994).Mrs Mary Wintergreen nee Turner
*MAN OF LA MANCHA (2000 Covent Garden Festival).Aldonza
*NINE........................Francesca, (u/s 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
*STRIKE UP THE BAND..........
*WONDERFUL TOWN (1999).......Ruth

Solo albums

*The Lorelei
*The Human Cry
*Back to Before
*Something to Dance About

External links

* [http://uk.gay.com/article/entertainment/theatre/1659/p=0 Interview with Kim Criswell]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188201/ Kim Criswell's IMDB entry]