Kim Criswell

Kim Criswell (born July 19, 1957) is an American musical entertainer and actress.

Life and career Criswell was born in Hampton, Virginia, United States, and grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After she graduated from Hixson High School in suburban Chattanooga, she studied musical theatre at the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music. She then moved to New York City 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.

On August 1, 2009, she was a featured soloist in the "BBC Proms 2009: a Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals" at the Royal Albert Hall. On that evening she performed a number of songs including: "The Trolley Song", "Over the Rainbow" and "Get Happy" all originally made famous by Judy Garland. She additionally performed the songs "I Got Rhythm" (also in Garland's repertoire) and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in a duet with Seth MacFarlane. On October 4, 2009, she was a featured artist at the Broadway to West End Gala in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. She repeated her Proms Concert success when she appeared in a Rodgers and Hammerstein evening, once again with the John Wilson Orchestra at The Royal Albert Hall with opera singer Rod Gilfry in August 2010.

In January 2012, she performed at Vienna's Volksoper, starring in Bernstein's Candide.

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 Paper Mill Playhouse as Mary Magdalene Cats (1985-1986 LA Production) as Grizabella Stardust (1986) as Soloist Three Musketeers (1983) as Queen Anne Side By Side By Sondheim (1988) 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 Wonderful Town (1999) as Ruth Sherwood Hollywood and Broadway II - Herself, Bonnie Langford & Wayne Sleep - 1993 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 Candide (2006) at the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris - France) as The Old Woman The Sound of Music (2009) at the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris - France) as The Mother Abbess Hysteria (2011) as Mrs. Castellari Carrie (2015) at the Southwark Playhouse (London) as Margaret White

Films The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997) as Georgie Maguire

Recordings Title Character Side By Side (1988) Soloist Side By Side By Sondheim Soloist (won the Helen Hayes Award!) Annie Star to be / Ensemble Annie Get Your Gun (1992) Annie Oakley Anything Goes (studio recording) Reno Sweeney 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 Magdalene for 1 performance) Guys And Dolls Miss Adelaide The History Of The Musical by Richard Fawkes (Naxos Audiobooks) Narrator Kiss Me Kate Lois Lane/Bianca Lady Be Good (2000) Let Em Eat Cake (March 21, 1994) Mary Turner Man Of La Mancha (2000 Covent Garden Festival) Aldonza / Dulcinea 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 Sitting Pretty Slow Drag (1997) June Wedding Strike Up The Band Trouble in Tahiti (12 October 2008, BR Klassik 403571900300) Dinah Wonderful Town (1999) Ruth "Dearest Enemy" (2012) Mary Murray

Solo albums The Human Cry (1993) The Lorelei (1994) Back to Before (1999) Something to Dance About