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I am a storyteller, and I grew up with a father who told big-fish stories, so storytelling is very much a part of me. It was a part of my family.

Susan Stroman

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Susan Stroman
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 17
Actor
Choreographer
Film Director
Music Director
Theatre Director
Theatrical Director
Wilmington
Delaware
Susan P. Stroman
Family
Bigs
Father
Stories
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Fish
Much
Fishes
Grew
Told

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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.
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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.
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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.
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My father was very funny, so I grew up with humor in the house. And I was always really attracted to comedies on TV. I was always really attracted to comics.
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I don't want to work with someone who's nervous, I want to work with someone who is fearless
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You can't remember what movie you saw two weeks ago, but you can remember what Broadway show you saw two weeks ago and where you ate dinner - everything about it. There's something about live theatre that hits you in the heart.
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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.
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I would love to direct a play. But I think when people look at me they see music and dancing and singing.
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