Biografia
SUSAN EDWARDS MARTIN BIO
Two Time Broadway World Award Winner, Susan Edwards Martin, is the original "Lady Blues" in the Tony Award winning Broadway play, TORCH SONG TRILOGY. Susan wowed a sold-out audience at the El Portal's Monroe Forum with her Broadway World Award-winning original musical, UNLIMITED! The Concert.
She received her first Broadway World Award from her L'Ermitage concert for her "Fearless Females in the Footlights!" and won another Broadway World Award nomination for the L'Ermitage's concert series performance of "Showstoppers!" Ms. Edwards Martin performed her critically acclaimed cabaret show at Feinstein's/54Below in Manhattan, N.Y. and Feinstein's@Vitello's in Los Angeles and she also starred as Minnie in the Musical Theatre Guild's production of MINNIE'S BOYS, was the Voice of the Book in their production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and guest starred in their production of FOLLIES at the Broad Stage Theatre. Susan was featured in the MTG's Broadway World Award Winner Live, Laugh, Love: A Sondheim Celebration and co-produced/directed & guest starred in MTG's Broadway Time Capsule:1996 and MTG's "It's Complicated" and The Holidays On Stage & Screen, at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood.
Ms. Edwards Martin is the voice-over for Dr. Molly on the children's TV Animated Series BING! as well as the Voice of Master Dohye in the anime film, Exorcism Chroniclest, a principal VO dubbing in the upcoming Hulu TV series INNATE and the Narrator in the short film "QUIRKS!" which has received multiple awards in film festivals across the country. Susan received two L.A. Awards for outstanding Best Cabaret/Concert in an Intimate Space for An Unpredictable Musical Evening and the other for the Most Memorable Holiday Concert, The Susan Edwards Martin Holiday Extravaganza! Susan was a guest star of Glenn Rosenblum's Showstoppers series at the CVRep in Palm Springs!
Susan has been in many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions including the Tony Award winning, Torch Song Trilogy, also Bubbling Brown Sugar, The Suicide (starring Derek Jacobi) and the long-running musical comedy Scrambled Feet. National Tours include Prince of Grand Street with Robert Preston and Stephen Schwartz's The Magic Show.
Ms. Edwards Martin has numerous television credits including a recurring role on Days of Our Lives, guest appearances on "NYPD Blue", "Designing Women", "Dallas", "Falcon Crest", "Colombo" and "Perry Mason" to name a few. Her national commercials include Disney Destinations, Walmart, Dunkin' Donuts, DirectTV and appearing with Patti LaBelle as her pianist and singing partner for Prempro.
Susan has shared the stage and worked with many celebrities including, Barry Manilow, Karen Carpenter, Theodore Bikel, Jason Graae, Robert Preston, Harvey Fierstein, Estelle Getty, Vivian Reed, Stephen Schwartz, Grover Dale, Gene Saks, Bob Merrill, Patti LaBelle, Teri Ralston, Raymond Burr, Michael Landon and Jim Walton.
Ms. Edwards Martin starred as 'Jenny Grossinger' with the L.A. Jewish Symphony in a concert version of Grossinger's...The Last Resort and headlined on the luxury Crystal Symphony Film & Theatre cruise.
Susan has toured extensively nationally and internationally and was a winner in the Latin category of the International John Lennon Songwriting Competition for her song "El Amor Te Aspera".
You can hear Ms. Edwards Martin on voiceovers nationwide and is a vocal coach on the east and west coasts, as well as teaching her "Fearless Singing for Animation."
Susan is passionate about giving back and supports numerous philanthropic causes. She's especially known for her signature chocolate chip cookies, which she has lovingly baked and donated for years through the NHCRS Loving Outreach program as part of efforts to feed the unhoused.
