Broadway Publicist Had 30-Yr Profession – Deadline

Susan L. Schulman, a longtime Broadway publicist whose five-decade profession included such theater milestones as Applause starring Lauren Bacall, Demise of a Salesman with George C. Scott and Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, died Wednesday, October 18, at Mt. Sinai West Hospital in New York Metropolis following a short sickness.

Her loss of life was introduced by buddies Leslie Krakowe, actor Kathleen Chalfant and Roy Bernstein. Her age was not instantly out there.

A member of the theatrical union ATPAM (Affiliation of Theatrical Press Brokers and Managers) since 1973, Schulman, a New York native, opened her personal theatrical Instances Sq. press workplace in 1978, with early purchasers together with Jack Gilford, Manhattan Theatre Membership, Joffrey Ballet, and Garrison Keillor.

Over time she would tackle purchasers from Broadway, Off Broadway, dance, movie, TV and books. A small Broadway sampling: Requiem For A Heavyweight (with John Lithgow and George Segal), Metropolis Of Angels, Demise And The Maiden with Glenn Shut, Richard Dreyfus and Gene Hackman, A Streetcar Named Need starring Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin, and The Madwoman of Chaillot with Kim Hunter and Anne Jackson.

All through her profession, Schulman additionally represented a large spectrum of actors and performers, together with Chalfant, Karen Ziemba, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Karen Mason, Karen Akers, Guiding Gentle star Ron Raines, Carol Lawrence and Pia Zadora, amongst others.

Early in her profession, she labored at WNET/Channel 13, dealing with publicity for the unique The Forsyte Saga and the landmark cinema verite collection An American Household. Throughout a stint at United Artists, she labored on campaigns for Final Tango in Paris, amongst different movies.

Schulman recounted her lengthy profession within the 2013 memoir Backstage Cross to Broadway, up to date a number of years later with the subtitle “Extra True Tales From A Theatre Press Agent.” The e book contains anecdotes about working with Bacall, Fosse, Mary Martin, Robert Redford, David Merrick, Raul Julia, Zero Mostel, Vanessa Redgrave, Katharine Hepburn, Diana Ross and Henry Winkler, amongst others.

Winkler, the Pleased Days and Barry star, was among the many purchasers that offered blurbs for the e book: “Take this backstage tour from an insider who lived it,” he wrote. “Like Susan, this e book is sensible and humorous.”