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SUSAN'S
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of the Rings Symphony |
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Susan appeared as the featured soloist with
the New Jersey and Baltimore Symphonies, conducted by John Mauceri in the Lord
of the Rings Symphony by Howard Shore, based on his Oscar
Award-winning film score.
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| New
Jersey Symphony - December 9 and 12 |
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Susan starred as the featured vocalist in New
Jersey Symphony's Holiday concert, Home for the Holidays.
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| Joe's
Pub Concert - November 7th |
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As part of BroadwayWorld.com's Front &
Center series, Susan presented her solo concert honoring her new CD, Coffee
House at Joe's Pub in New York on November 7th. It was an
amazing evening with a sold out audience filled with much love and
support.
Click
here to see the photo coverage by BroadwayWorld.com.
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Men's Chorus - LA at Disney Concert Hall - November 8th |
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Susan sang 3 Jerry Herman songs (2 with the
chorus) as a preview of the Kander and Ebb concert she's doing with them
in the summer.
Also featured in this concert was old chum,
Malcolm Gets. The two of them sang "The Best of Times"
with the chorus.
At right: backstage in Susan's dressing
room with Malcolm just before the show.
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| SCOTT
NEVINS PRESENTS... |
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Scott's November 1st show was a call out to
all Broadway boys... this night was for them. Susan joined the
chummy chat fest and performed several songs, gossiped and had some laughs
with the cast of Forbidden Broadway - Special Victims Unit, who
poked fun at the Great White Way.
Without a doubt... a prescription for fun!
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| UTAH
SYMPHONY |
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Susan performed the soprano and mezzo roles
for the Lord of the Rings Symphony, conducted by Alexander Mickelthwate at
Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, October 29 & 30.
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| DETROIT
SYMPHONY |
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Susan performed the soprano and mezzo roles
for the Lord of the Rings Symphony, conducted by Markus Huber at the Fox
Theatre in Detroit, October 16.
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| SOCIETY
OF COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS FUNDRAISER |
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On October 20, Susan performed songs with
Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich, as well as several other tunes in this
fundraiser that was presented at the beautiful cabaret room at the
Catalina Bar & Grill in Los Angeles. Filling out the night was
also solo performances by Zina, Marcy and Jason Graae.
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| WHITTIER
COLLEGE |
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Susan performed her solo concert at the
Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Arts at Whittier College on Saturday,
October 9th. It was a great time singing for an amazingly supportive
audience, including Mrs. Ruth B. Shannon herself!
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| THE
JERRY LEWIS TELETHON |
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Susan sang Taylor, The Latte Boy
LIVE on the Jerry Lewis Telethon super early Sunday morning (1am) on
September 6th to celebrate the release of her latest CD, Coffee House.
Click
here to watch!
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| ON
THE AIR WITH SUSAN... |
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Susan was
heard on the weekly radio program presented at Haines His Way, The
Broadway Radio Show with Donald Feltham. Her interview ran for a
week beginning Sunday, August 8th. It's always a treat to be
interviewed by Donald and Susan had a great time. Be sure and visit
the website at www.haineshisway.com/radio/
to enjoy all of Donald's terrific shows!
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| POKER
FACE! |
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 Susan
played in the Budd Friedman Celebrity Invitational Poker Tournament at
Harrah's in Las Vegas July 30-August 2nd!! We were anxious to see if her television
poker obsession had taught her anything at all! Did her ingénue expressions confuse the professionals?
Actually, she did really well. She may have lost, but it was with a
full house of Ace's and Queens -- would you believe that her opponent
ended up with 4 Queens, to take the hand? So, although Susan didn't
win, she lasted an admirable amount of time and went out with a more than
respectable hand. But, all was not lost, as Susan retreated to the
Blackjack tables, from where she walked away with a hefty little profit!!
Brava, Susan!!!
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| COFFEE
HOUSE RELEASE! |
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 FINALLY!!
Susan's THIRD solo CD is almost here -- July 15th online and September 7th
in stores!!! COFFEE HOUSE is a new musical blend that reflects how
the worlds of Broadway, pop and classic rock have recently begun to merge.
It celebrates the kind of music once played in those local hangs 30-40
years ago – great story songs with an acoustic texture – fused with
contemporary interpretations created by Egan and her long-time friend,
producer, arranger and orchestrator, Christopher McGovern. You’ll
hear Terrence Mann (Egan’s costar in Broadway’s Beauty and
the Beast) singing a Janis Ian duet, an Alan Menken/David Zippel pop
song cut from the animated film Hercules, and Jerry Herman’s
latest jazz tune from his new musical Miss Spectacular set along
side great new theatre/cabaret composers and classic artists such as Cat
Stevens, Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell. The worlds of these writers are no
longer far apart! Click
here to view the Press Release!
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Read
the reveiw from showbusinessweekly.com
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Click
here for Playbill.com article
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Susan Egan Brews a New Solo CD,
"Coffee House,"
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Click
here
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Premium blend of music in
new CD, 'Coffee House' on BroadwayWorld.com
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Click
here
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MILLIE
CLOSING
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 June
21 marked the closing performance for Susan as Millie in Broadway's
Thoroughly Modern Millie! For Susan, the closing was bittersweet – she
says, "I’ll miss the truly marvelous group of people on and off
stage at the Marquis Theatre – BUT the show had a great run and our
closing was something special. Our lovely producers sent us out with
a riotous party – see pictures!! And having only had one week off
– I’ve already gained FOUR pounds!! Needless to say I’ve
stopped eating the Millie-high-caloric-diet now. =) I think its
under control at this point! Oy. Big thanks to the cast and
crew and production team and most of all Mary Ann the
master-Millie-dresser who made my stay so great!! And to Karen who flew
out for the shin-dig!"
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With Mary Ann and Vanessa (the greatest dresser and hairdresser on the planet!)
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Posing with the gals backstage before the final performance!
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With Kevin Early (Mr. Graydon) - far left
With Millie's lyricist and book writer, Dick Scanlon |
Susan dancing with Richard Roland at the par-tay! |
Richard giving up on Susan's dancing! |
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| THE
THIRD WISH |
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 Susan
just finished shooting the independent film,The Third Wish, directed
by Shelley Jensen. Susan plays Audrey, the best friend of Jenna Mattison's
main character of Maggie. The film also stars Armande Assante, Sean
Maguire, James Avery, Betty White, Jennifer Blanc and Mindy Cohn.
Click here to see behind the scenes pictures!
Pictured
at right with (L to R): Jenna Mattison, Jennifer Blanc and Mindy Cohn
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| BARNES
& NOBLE BOOK SIGNING |
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On June 10th, Susan appeared at Barnes & Noble
Lincoln Center Store (1972 Broadway) to celebrate the release of the book Making
It on Broadway. She joined the authors, Jodie Langel
and David Wienir, as well as Terrence Mann and Gerry McIntyre.
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| IDOL
AIKEN MEETS MODERN MILLIE |
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America bites its nails over the American Idol final
Season 3 face-off between Diana and Fantasia, one of last year's
favorites is making the Broadway scene. Clay Aiken, the Idol
runner-up who is now a multi-platinum recording artist, was
spotted backstage at Thoroughly
Modern Millie on May 22, gushing to its leading ladies
about their |
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Tony-winning tuner. It's too bad the show is winding
down its two-year run next month. Clay could have made a
thoroughly delightful Jimmy, no? Photos by Bruce Glikas for
Broadway.com |
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| BEAUTY
& THE BEAST 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY |
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was pleased to have joined in the festivities of celebrating
Beauty and the Beast's 10 Year Anniversary on Broadway! |
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With
Gary Beach & Linda Woolverton |
With Laura
Michelle Kelly, a London Belle, her husband Nick (left), and
BatB director Robert Jess Roth |
With
Bway's current Belle, Christy Carlson Romano |
With
Triumph of Love co-star, Chris Sieber |
| THE
EVENT AS REPORTED AT BROADWAY.COM |
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and the Beast
celebrated 10 years on the Great White Way on April 18. After
the cast--headed by Christy Carlson Romano as Belle and Steve
Blanchard as the Beast--played its 4,095th performance at the
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, they headed to nearby ESPN Zone to party
down. Soon (April 21 to be exact), the family-friendly show will
be the sixth longest running musical in Broadway history.
Congratulations! Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com |
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B'WAY SHOW LEAGUE, MAY 2004 |
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Broadway Show League had its opening day on May 6 in the wilds of
Central Park. Susan threw out the first pitch for this event,
celebrating it's 50th year! |
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gets a boost from Alfred Molina and Alec Baldwin (left), Susan throws
out the first pitch (center). Susan reunites with Beth Fowler,
BatB co-star. |
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STANDING OVATIONS, SPRING 2004 |
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joined an all-star cast in Standing Ovations, Spring 2004 - a
Benefit Concert on Sunday May 23, 2004 from 7-10 PM at Joe's Pub.
This event was presented by BroadwayWorld.com and benefits Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.. |
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BROADWAY SINGS ON PARK AVENUE |
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Susan sang in the annual AIDS benefit, Broadway Sings
On Park Avenue on Sunday, April 4th at 7:30pm. All
proceeds benefit children's charities for those affected with HIV.
It was a fantastic evening with an amazing array of Broadway
talent. Susan wowed 'em with Gimme, Gimme! |
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THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY AWARDS |
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April 1st, Susan sang at this entertaining event that serves as
a platform for bestowing accolades on great creative advertising to
and about women. |
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SUSAN
RETURNS TO THE STUDIO |
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right! Susan is thrilled to be back in the booth recording her
third solo CD entitled Susan Egan, Something Else. The CD is
produced and co-conceived by her longtime friend, the talented
Christopher McGovern, who just produced and released Rebecca
Luker's new CD Leaving
Home just released on PS Classics, and is the
author/composer of the musical Lizzie
Borden. Christpher and Susan have known each other since
(gasp!) 1993, when they worked together on the workshop of a new
musical The Little Prince, right before she starred in Beauty
and the Beast. This CD has an intimate acoustic feel and a
song list to die for. Look for it later this year!! |
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THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE |
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February 16, 2004, Susan joins the Broadway company of Thoroughly
Modern Millie as Broadway's newest Millie. |
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Gimme, Gimme
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Susan with co-star Christian Borle
An average day at the office as Millie. |
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Susan with director of MILLIE (and TRIUMPH OF LOVE), Michael Mayer.
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PORCO ROSSO DVD TO RELEASE IN AUGUST |
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Susan
recently recorded a singing and speaking role in the next Miyazaki
Animated Feature, Porco
Rosso, being produced by Disney. Disney and
Miyazaki's last joint project, Spirited Away, won the Oscar
for Best Animated Feature last year! The
word we've heard through a reliable source (thanks, Eric!) is that
the DVD will become available as a two disc set on August
31st. It will include complete storyboards, behind-the-scenes
featurettes and more. For more Porco Rosso Info, visit one of
these links: www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/porco/
or www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/porco/faq.html#title
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13
GOING ON 30 OPENS
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Susan
stars as Tracy, in this Sony Pictures film starring Jennifer Garner
and Mark Ruffalo. After playing
the party game Seven Minutes in the Closet, an awkward 13-year-old
girl emerges from the closet just days shy of her 30th birthday,
looking fabulous and feeling fierce...
Susan plays a co-worker of this "30 year old." www.sonypictures.com/movies/13goingon30
Opening: April 23, 2004.
Pictured at left with Jennifer Garner and
Marcia DuBonis
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ALL THE INDIES...
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All the independent films
Susan did in 2003 made it into film festivals...
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THE THIRD WISH (Click
here to see Susan on the set with her co-stars.)
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MEET MARKET (Sarasota Film
Festival, 2004)
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DEATH AND TEXAS (Closing night
film for 2004 Slamdance Festival & Seattle Film Festival)
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THE ALMOST GUYS (HBO Comedy
Festival, 2004 & Boston Film Festival 9/11 & 12)
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BROADWAY'S FINAL SALLY
BOWLES
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  Auf
Wiedersehen CABARET!
The
run of CABARET was a huge success, Susan was honored to be the final Sally
Bowles. It was an amazing experience both personally and
professionally! On January 6, 2004 Broadway's Cabaret at Studio 54
played to it's final audience. Susan enjoyed every minute!
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The dressing table. Get a look at the g-string left by Jane Leeves (a former Sally). |
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Martin Moran "Ernst" and Susan shared a floor in the "tower of Studio 54." Here they are on closing night!
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