Susan Birkenhead
SUSAN BIRKENHEAD wrote the additional lyrics for High Society and the lyrics for Triumph of Love. She received a Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award for her lyrics for Jelly's Last Jam. She was one of the writers nominated for a Tony Award for Working and won an Outer Critics Circle Award for What About Luv? She wrote Zhivago with Mr. Kopit and Lucy Simon and The Night They Raided Minsky's with Charles Strouse and Evan Hunter. She wrote additional lyrics for High Society, with a book by Arthur Kopit and a score by Cole Porter. She wrote lyrics for Pieces of Eight with Jule Styne and Michael Stewart, Fanny Hackabout Jones with Erica Jong and Lucy Simon, and was one of the contributors to A My Name Is Alice. She has just finished Moonstruck, with John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger. She and Mr. Krieger are also currently at work on two new projects. Ms. Birkenhead is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council, Treasurer of the Dramatists Guild Fund, and a member of the Musical Theater Council of the Manhattan Theater Club. Bio as of December, 2007. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) Composer and Lyricist - September, 2000 - Watch now. Playwright and Director - September, 1992 - Watch now. SDCF Masters of the Stage (audio) 2002 Symposium: Magic To Do: The Writer Director Relationship - June, 2002 - Listen Now. The Making of Jelly's Last Jam - November, 1992 - Listen Now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)