Susan Stroman
Susan Stroman
Susan P. Stromanis an American theatre director, choreographer and performer. She is a five-time Tony Award winner, four for Best Choreography and one as Best Director of a Musical for The Producers...
thinking play dancing
I would love to direct a play. But I think when people look at me they see music and dancing and singing.
thinking house opera
Even when I rehearse down in the bowels of the Metropolitan Opera, you can't help but think why The Phantom of the Opera was inspired by what happens in the bowels of the opera house.
art real museums
I love art and I find myself at the MoMA all the time. Museums are a real refuge for me. I go to a museum for any break that I have, and I'm very inspired by art.
thinking rooms facts
You don't do any show to be celebrated. In fact, you don't do any show thinking what's going to happen in the end. You immerse yourself in a room full of talent and a room full of designers and you hope for the best.
moving thinking theatre
I tell stories through dance, and I think that's why I'm so attracted to the theatre because even the choreography in theatre moves the plot forward at all times.
mother children father
I think, though, the biggest heroes in my life would have been both my mother and father. My father because he was very brave and a kid from the Depression. And my mother, a child from the Depression too, who always remained so lovely her whole life.
thinking people theatre
I think theatres will always remain a sacred place where people go for something live and experience things live, which is very different than the experience of film.
art unique long
I feel the theatre is the most unique one of all [the arts] for collaboration. I feel very fortunate to be in a field where I really do get to have long conversations with the visual artists, the actors, the musicians. It's all art forms rolled into one and I feel very fortunate to be a part of it.
art joy really-happy
I'm really happy when I'm immersed in the art of it all- immersed in the music, the dance, the visual. Tapping into joy- it saves you.