Susan Rose (producer)


Susan R. Rose is a Tony award winning theatrical and film producer. She co-produced the musical The Last Five Years. She is a producer of THE BAND'S VISIT, winner of 10 Tony Awards including the Tony for Best Musical 2018.

Early life

Rose was born and raised in Baltimore, MD, where she graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.A. in Communications. While studying in Baltimore, Rose worked at Painter's Mill Music Fair and the Mechanic Theatre in an administrative capacity.

Career

Broadway

Upon graduating from college, Rose produced the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC in 1980. When the show moved to Broadway in 1982, Rose was the youngest person to have produced a Broadway show. Rose was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical. Her other Broadway producing credits include David Rabe's Hurlyburly, Athol Fugard's Blood Knot, and Larry Shue's The Nerd. Rose is a Producer of the new Tony award winning Broadway musical THE BAND'S VISIT.

Off-Broadway

Rose produced the Drama Desk Award-winning musical The Last Five Years. Also with Landegger, she commissioned the world premiere of The Secret Letters of Jackie and Marilyn and Sabina. Rose and Joan Stein co created the play MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD. The play had it World Premiere at the Hartford Stage Company and had successful runs at the Geffen Playhouse and Primary Stages.

Film career

Susan R. Rose's first film was the NBC Movie of the Week A Child Lost Forever starring Beverly D'Angelo. In 1996, Rose joined forces with Dan Paulson, and the two have produced movies for CBS, Showtime and Lifetime. Their movies include Mr. and Mrs. Loving starring Timothy Hutton, Best Friends For Life starring Gena Rowlands and Linda Lavin, the Emmy-nominated A Cooler Climate starring Sally Field and Judy Davis, Custody of the Heart starring Lorraine Bracco and the Emmy-winning Jack, starring Stockard Channing and Ron Silver.

Accolades

Susan is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America). She currently serves on the Board of the TEAM, and is a founding Board member of the Lilly Award Foundation.

Current pursuits

Motherhood Out Loud- Conceived by Susan R. Rose and Joan Stein.
"Motherhood Out Loud never fails to strike both the funny bone and the heart." - Suzy Evans, Backstage.com
"The thoughtful Motherhood Out Loud is hilariously quotable" - Juliet Wittman, Westworld