Meg Bussert
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Birth name | October 21, 1949 |
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Years active | 1973–present |
Meg Bussert (born October 21, 1949) is an
.Early life
Born in
Career
Bussert made her Broadway debut in the 1973 revival of Irene as the Debutante. [3] She was the standby for Lettie and Hope Langdon in Something's Afoot in 1976.[3]
Her big break came in 1980 when she was cast in two revivals: closed after just 21 performances.
Bussert appeared as Guinevere opposite Richard Harris as King Arthur in a national tour and 1981 Broadway revival of Camelot.[4] The production was taped for broadcast by HBO [5] and she was nominated for a CableACE Award. In 2005 she was the standby for the character of Florence Foster Jenkins in the Broadway production of Souvenir.[6]
Bussert's
(at the Westchester Broadway Theater in 1992), [7]Damn Yankees, The Most Happy Fella, and Cabaret. In 2010, she performed in The Sound of Music at the Ogunquit Playhouse as Mother Abbess.[8] She had previously performed this role at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 2003.[6]She performs in
She has appeared in opera and operettas, including concert performances of The New Moon and The Firefly at the Town Hall, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s The Student Prince and the Mirvish’s North American tour of H.M.S. Pinafore.[10] She appeared in the Portland Opera production of Lucy's Lapses in 1990.[2][11]
Bussert presently is a full-time
References
- ^ "Meg Bussert Biography" filmreference.com, accessed April 19, 2015
- ^ a b c "Meg Bussert" steinhardt.nyu.edu, accessed April 19, 2015
- ^ a b c d "Meg Bussert Broadway Credits" playbillvault.com, accessed April 19, 2015
- ^ " 'Camelot' Broadway, 1981" playbillvault.com, accessed April 19, 2015
- ^ Suskin, Steven. "THE DVD SHELF: Lerner & Loewe's 'Camelot' With Harris; Sondheim's 'A Little Night Music' With Liz" playbill.com, June 17, 2007
- ^ a b c "Meg Bussert Credits" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 19, 2015
- ^ Klein, Alvin. "Theater: Yet Another 'Phantom' in Elmsford" The New York Times, September 13, 1992
- ^ "Press Release, 'Sound of Music'" Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine ogunquitplayhouse.org, June 22, 2010
- ^ Gioia, Michael. "Meg Bussert, Leenya Rideout, Jeremy Morse and More Set for Two Legit to Quit: a Riff-Free Evening in Manhattan" playbill.com, April 2, 2013
- ^ "Bussert Bio" Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine bwaydirect.com, July 19, 2007
- ^ "Meanwhile Down on the Peninsula" myculturallandscape.blogspot.com, July 25, 2010