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MEG BUSSERT 1085 Warburton Ave #223 Yonkers NY 10701 [email protected] Cell: 914.715.8756

2001 to present: University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Music Associate Professor of Acting and Studies, Vocal Performance Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions

Recognitions • Tony Award® Nomination for Fiona in revival of , 1981. • Theater World Award for Marian in Broadway revival of 1980. • Cable ACEAward Nomination for Queen Guenevere, , Broadway production broadcast by Home Box Office, 1983, DVD released 2007. Education • M.A.T. English/Secondary, , Purchase • B.A., Drama Studies, SUNY Purchase College • University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Speech Communication (3 Years)

Certifications • NYS Permanent Teacher Certification: English/Secondary, 2001 • NY City Teacher Certification, 2000 • Lovetri Somatic Voicework™, 2007 • Acting Pedagogy, the Center, NYC. 2003 • Michael Chekhov Pedagogy Certificate NYC 2004

Industry Training • Voice: Marge Rivingston. 20 years • Coaches: Marni Nixon, Wally Harper, Tom Helm • Dance: Luigi, Bob Audy, , Finis Yung. 15 years • Acting: HB Studios: Uta Hagan, Aaron Frankel, Vivian Matalon • The Actors Center: Viatcheslav Dolgachev, Robert Cohen • MICHA Joanna Merlin, Ted Pugh • Classical Mime: Claude Kipnis, Lenka Pichlikova • Voice/Speech: Fitzmaurice Voicework® Catherine Fitzmaurice

Memberships and Affiliations AEA Actors Equity Association SAG-AFTRA Screen Actors Guild Actors-Federation of Radio and Televisions Artists MTEA Musical Theatre Educators’ Alliance-International, founding member, officer New York Singing Teachers Association (NYSTA) Board of Directors 2 yrs. Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 1 Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA) Actors’ Work Program - Consultant

Courses taught at Undergraduate Acting I : Foundations • Acting II: Scene Study • Acting III – Tool Box • Music Theatre Workshop #4—Song Analysis I • Music Theatre Workshop #5—Song Analysis II • Music Theatre Workshop #6—Song Repertoire • Music Theatre History I & II • E85.0099 Professions and the Singer : An introduction to the industry and the lyric stage

Graduate Courses • Colloquy: research and recital preparation • Graduate Acting for Singers I II & III

Stage Direction at NYU 2018 Closer Than Ever 2017 2016 The Boys from Syracuse 2016 Pins and Needles (Restoration and revival of 1937 ILGWU satirical revue) 2015 A My Name Is Always Alice 2014 Bloomer Girl (revival of 1946 musical about fashion and war) 2009 Quilters

ACTING: INDUSTRY PRODUCTIONS including BROADWAY and REGIONAL 2017 Brigadoon, “Mrs. Lundi, NYU Loewe Theatre

2017 Vagina Monologs, “The Flood” World V-Day

2016 Vagina Monologs, “The Flood”, World V-Day, South Presbyterian Church, Dobbs Ferry, NY. 2015 Vagina Monologs, “The Flood” World V-Day

2015 , Housekeeper / InnKeeper’s Wife, June/July Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield MA, Director Juliane Boyd.

2014 George M, Faye Templeton, Surflight Theatre, Beech Haven, NJ.

2014 Too Legit to Quit #3, featured soloist, March at Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC

2013 Too Legit to Quit #2, featured soloist, May at Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC

Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 2 2013 Too Legit to Quit #1, featured soloist in March at Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC

2011 Unsung Menken, featured soloist, concert, Director, MK Lawson, 54 Below, NYC

2010 , Mother Abbess, , ME.

2010 Mothers and Daughters, Grandmother, reading for creative team, a new project in development at the , Off-Broadway, NYC.

2008 The Sound of Music. Mother Abbess Sacramento Music Circus, Sacramento, CA.

2007 : Mrs. Pearce. Concert Performance starring Kelsey Grammer, , Kelli O’Hara. Director: James Brennan. Music Director/Conductor: . : Avery Fisher Hall, NYC.

2005-06 Souvenir, Florence Foster Jenkins / Standby for . Director: Vivian Matalon, Music Supervisor: Thomas Helm. Broadway, Lyceum Theatre, NYC.

2005 The Sound of Music, Mother Abbess, Director: James Brennan. Pittsburgh CLO.

2005 Carousel, Nettie Fowler. Director: Charles Repole. Pittsburgh Civic Light .

2003 The Sound of Music, Mother Abbess. Director: James Brennan. The , Millburn, NJ.

2003 The Music Man, Mrs. Paroo. Director: Denton Yockey. Casa Mañana, Texas.

1997 , Carlotta (Kopit /Yeston), Westchester , Elmsford, NY.

1994-96 , Meg / Standby with later Jerry Lewis. Director: Jack O’Brien. Choreographer: . Broadway, , NYC.

1996 “All the Worlds a Stage: A Global Salute to the Broadway Musical,” , featured soloist, Music Supervisor: Wally Harper, Director: .

1996 Damn Yankees, Meg, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford, NY.

1993 My Fair Lady, Eliza, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford, NY. Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 3

1992 Camelot, Queen Guenevere, Gulf Port Opera.

1992 Phantom, Carlotta (Kopit / Yeston version), New York Premier, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford. NY.

1991 The Music Man, Marian opposite John Davidson, Fort Bragg Special Services.

1991 - Camelot. Queen Guenevere, Westchester Broadway, Elmsford, NY.

1990 Professionally Speaking, various characters. Off-Broadway. St. Peter’s Church Theatre, NYC.

1990 Closer than Ever, Woman One, Director: Richard Maltby, Jr. Pasadena Playhouse, West Coast Premier. CA.

1990 Lucy’s Lapses, Lucy, World Premier of a contemporary opera/musical. Portland Opera, Portland, Oregon.

1988 , Peggy Porterfield, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford, NY.

1987-88 H.M.S. Pinafore, Josephine opposite Ron Moody. Guest with a Canadian company touring throughout Canada and US. Director: Brian MacDonald. Ed and David Mirvish Productions.

1987 Barnum, Charity, Norwegian Cruise Lines. Bahamas/Miami circuit.

1986 My Fair Lady, Eliza, Director: Dennis Cole. Darien Dinner Theatre, CT.

1986 Barnum, Charity, Director: Neal Kenyon. Paper Mill Playhouse, Milbourne, NJ.

1985 , Nellie Forbush opposite . Director: A. J. Antoon. Music Supervisor: Paul Gemignani. U.S tour.

1985 The Firefly, Nina, concert performance in Town Hall, NYC.

1985 , Dorothy, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford, NY.

1984 On Shiloh Hill. Julia Ward Howe and others. The Ford’s Theatre, Washington, D.C. Conceived and adapted by Bill Schustik. Commissioned by Frankie Hewitt and the Ford’s Theatre Society.

1983 The New Moon, Marianne, concert performance. Broadway, Town Hall, NYC.

1982-83 Camelot, Queen Guenevere opposite . Director: . 1st National Tour of U.S. and Canada.

Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 4 1982 Kiss Me, Kate, Kate / Lilli. Director: Susan Schulman. Music: Tom Helm. Pittsburgh C.L.O. 1982 The Student Prince, Kathy. Pittsburgh C.L.O. Music Supervisor: Tom Helm.

1982 Brigadoon, Fiona. Director: Susan Schulman. Music Supervisor: Tom Helm. Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.

1981-82 Camelot, Queen Guenevere with Richard Harris. Director: Frank Dunlop. National tour and Broadway, Winter , NYC. (Later taped for cable Home Box Office)

1980-81 Brigadoon, Fiona. Director: Vivian Matalon. Choreographer: Agnes DeMille. Music: Wally Harper and Tom Helm. Broadway, Majestic Theatre, NYC.

1980 The Music Man, Marian Paroo opposite . Director/choreographer: . Music: Milton Rosenstock. National tour and Broadway. City Center, NYC. 1979 , Sally Bowles. Director: Fritz Holt. North Stage, Glen Cove, NY.

1978 Promises, Promises, Fran Kubelic. Director: Morten Da Costa. Darien Dinner Theatre. Darien, CT.

1978 Gorey Stories, Standby. Director: Tony Tanner. Music Martin Sylvestri. Broadway. Lyceum Theatre, NYC.

1978 Camelot, Queen Guenevere opposite Noel Harrison. Director: Jack Allison. Music Director: Tom Helm. Pittsburgh C.L.O.

1977 Something’s Afoot, Standby for ingénue roles. Starring Tessie O’Shea.

1977 Oklahoma!, Laurey. Director: Stone Widney. ArtPark, NY.

1977 , Rosabella, opposite Frank Guarrera. Director: Dennis Cole. Director/ Choreographer: Tony Tanner. Broadway. Lyceum Theatre, NYC.

1974 Lorelei, Singer / Dancer / Understudy. Starring . Director: .

1976-77 , Irene. With Patsy Kelly later Virginia Graham. Director: Joe Lorden. Choreographer: Mary Ann Niles. 2nd National Tour of U.S. and Canada.

1975 Love’s Labours Lost, Princess of Navarre, original musical adaptation. The Folger Shakespeare Library Theatre, Washington , D.C. Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 5

Musical Supervisor/Conductor: Milton Rosenstock. Broadway, Palace Theatre, NYC. 1974 Kiss Me, Kate, Lois / Bianca Starring John Raitt. Guber and Gross summer tour.

1974 Fiddler on the Roof, Tzietel, Chateau de Ville Theatre, Boston.

1973-74 Irene, Singer / Dancer / Understudy starring , later Jane Powell. Director: Sir John Gielgud replaced by . Choreographer: Peter Gennaro. Music: Jack Lee. Broadway. Broadway, Marriot Marquis Theatre, NYC.

1972 Lolita, My Love, Singer / Dancer. Director: Tito Capobianca. Shubert Theatre, Boston.

1972 , Singer / Dancer / Understudy with . Director/Choreographer: . 1st National of U.S. and Canada.

1971 Kiss Me, Kate, Kate / Lilli, Meadowbrook Dinner Theatre, NJ.

1971 , Polly, Theatre-by-the-Sea, Matunick, RI.

TELEVISION 1995 Pete and Pete, Disgruntled Mom, Wellsville Pictures, 1995.

1993 All My Children, Nurse Bennett, ABC.

1990-96 One Life To Live, several under-five and day-player

1995 Meg’s Music Shoppe. Originator / Writer / Director, educational puppet show pilot to introduce young children to the musical theatre

1990 PBS Great Performances, “A Salute to Alan Jay Lerner,” featured soloist with , , .

1985 Merv Griffin Show. Songs from South Pacific

1985 Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, songs South Pacific.

1983-89 Camelot, Queen Guenevere, opposite. Richard Harris. HBO Produced broadcast on various cable stations for 10 years.

1980 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, duet “Almost Like Being in Love” Brigadoon,

Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 6 1980 The Today Show, songs Brigadoon. Interviewer: Tom Brokaw.

CONCERT and RECITAL 2008 Guest Artist solo recital, “Meg Bussert in Concert” University of Ballarat, Australia.

2007 Summer Concerts with Broadwaydirect.com, series of presentations throughout spring and summer.

2006 Beit Café, cabaret “Tin Pan Alley to Schubert Alley”

2004 Benefit Concert “Songs of Charles Strouse.” Meg Bussert with Charles Strouse

2002 NYU Distinguished Faculty Concert Winter

2001 World Trade Center Benefit with . WBT, Elmsford, NY.

1988-1999 Guest Artist with Philharmonia Virtuosi, Maestro Richard Kapp

1990-1997 Guest Artist with Westchester Philharmonic, Maestro Paul L. Dunkel

1996 Soloist, “An Evening with ,” Director:Lee Roy Reams.

1994 Soloist with Peter Duchin , “Songs from the Broadway Stage,” Geneva, Switzerland.

1990-1992 Marvin Hamlisch Symphony Tours, 1990-92.

DVD Camelot 2012 Blu-Ray anniversary release of Warner Brothers film (Harris/Redgrave). Interviewed in accompanying documentary.

Camelot. 1982 was taped Home Box Office production staring Richard Harris as King Arthur and Meg Bussert as Guenevere. Director, Mary Callner. Liner notes, Meg Bussert. Released on DVD by Acorn Media, May 2007

VHS VIDEO Lecture / Demonstration on “Gesture in Song” presented to Lion King animators at Disney World, 1996.

“Meg’s Music Shoppe,” pilot for an educational musical puppet show on musical theatre aimed at pre-schoolers. Theme song by David Friedman. Sung by Meg Bussert. 1994.

“An Evening with Loesser and Sondheim, Encore” solo cabaret, music Tom Helm, Palssons Cabaret, NY, 1991. Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 7 “An Evening with Loesser and Sondheim, “ solo cabaret. Director, Mark Waldrop and music direction, Patrick Brady..1990

DISCOGRAPHY Irene Broadway cast recording starring Debbie Reynolds. 1974.

Phantom (Kopit/Yeston version) cast recording. RCA / BMG Classics.. 1993.

Sousa for Orchestra, songs from Teddy and Alice, a musical about Alice Roosevelt. With music adapted from John Philip Sousa by Richard Kapp. ESS.A.Y. , 1990.

Songs of New York,, Featured soloist. Recorded for Book of the Month club. Conductor, John McGlinn. 1984.

Lost in Boston, featured soloist. First in a series of forgotten musical numbers. Varese Sarabande. 1984.

DIRECTORSHIPS Managing Director Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA), Westchester Broadway Theatre, 1996- 97 Responsibilities included: • Selecting titles for season • Interviewing and selecting staff • Casting and directing two productions • Initiate Outreach programming

Director of Musical Theatre for Hoff-Barthleson, 25 School St., Scarsdale, Summer of 2001. Responsibilities include: • Create summer drama workshops for music students 11-15 years. • Cast, rehearse and present the fabulous fable factory

STAGE DIRECTION 1999 Brigadoon, Hastings High School, Hastings NY

1998 Oklahoma! Hastings High School, Hastings NY

1997 Beauty and the Beast, Theatre for Young Audiences (AEA), Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford, NY, 1997.

1997 The fabulous fable factory, Theatre for Young Audiences (AEA), Westchester Broadway Theatre, 1997.

1997 South Pacific, concert version with George Hearn and Liz Calloway (AEA)

Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 8 1993 I Do, I Do, Theatre Barn, New Lebanon, NY, 1993.

PRESENTATIONS and PROJECTS Music Theatre Educators Alliance (MTEA), Conference site host, 2015, 2017, 2019 at NYU.

Music Theatre Educators Alliance (MTEA) Vice- President of Conferences. 2013 Planning MTEA 14th annual conference hosted by Webster University in St. Louis, MO. “Mt. Me in St. Louis, focusing pedagogy: teaching pop/rock voice, choreography of the masters, developing assessment rubrics for the performing arts. MUNY opera

4@15 Coordinator and director of a new works collaboration with industry composers outside of NYU. Thirty-two vocal performance majors are cast in four original mini musicals written specifically them, that culminate in a production directed by Brian Blythe. Successul project for 7 years from 2009- 2015.

Music Theatre Educators Alliance (MTEA) Vice- President of Conferences. 2012 Planning MTEA 13th annual American conference hosted by NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Program in Vocal Performance. “Welcome to the Dance,” focusing on dance in the musical. January 2012.

Music Theatre Educators Alliance (MTEA) Vice President of Conferences. 2011 Planning/coordinating International conference in Sweden with site hosts, The University of Gothenburg and the Balletakademien, Presentation: workshop with Students. “”Hidden Gesture in Song.” Sept. 8-11, 2011.

Music Theatre Educators Alliance (MTEA): Vice President of Conferences. Planning/Coordinating the twelfth annual conference hosted by the Department of Theatre & Dance, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin. Focus on “Viral Marketing’s Impact on the Industry and Training Programs.” January 2011

“Chekhov and the Musical Actor,” discussion/demonstration with Professor Mary McPartian, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Women’s Celtic Studies Center, Galway Ireland. Presented to the membership of the Michael Chekhov Foundation. June 2010.

Residency: The Danish Musical Theatre Academy, Fredericia, DK. April 7-13, 2010.

New York Singing Teachers Association (NYSTA). Moderator and Event Chair for “Composing for the Musical Theatre.” Guest Speaker,:Adam Guettel.. March 2010.

Music Theatre Educators Alliance (MTEA) Conference site coordinator the 11 Annual Conference held in NYC. Hosted by NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Program in Vocal Performance Jan. 2010 Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 9

Musical Theatre Educators Alliance Conference, (MTEA) Executive Committee Guest panelist on “Acting the Song.” Shenandoah U.; VA. Jan. 2009

Journey of the Song – Guest presenter at a three day event hosted by Shenandoah University. Lead workshops on the Michael Chekhov technique applied to acting the song. An annual event from 2007 thru 2011.

Actors Work Program, The Actors Fund of America Panel“Transitioning from the Performing Arts to the Classroom.” December 2009

Contemporary Commercial Music Pedagogy Institute Jeannette LoVetri Faculty for Level 4, “Acting in Commercial Music.” July 2008.

Residency: University of Ballarat Arts Academy, Australia. Four weeks. Michael Chekhov technique applied to the singing actor. And “Acting in the American Standard Song.” (August 2008).

Actors Work Program,The Actors Fund of America Panelist “Transitioning from the Performing Arts to the Classroom.” December 2008.

Chekhov Pedagogy Workshop University of /Long Beach Presenter“Chekhov Techniques and the Singing Actor” January 2007. Actors Work Program The Actors Fund of America Guest Panelist “Transitioning from the Performing Arts to the Classroom.” Dec. 200

Musical Theatre Educators Alliance (MTEA) Oklahoma University, Norman , OK. Panelist/teacher “Song in Action.” January 2007

Musical Theatre Educators Alliance (MTEA) Executive Committee Member Conference site coordinator for host site NYU/Steinhardt, April 2006.

Michael Chekhov Teacher Development Program taught by MICHA, Joanna Merlin, Ted Pugh Spencertown, NY. Jan 2005.

Michael Chekhov International Festival, Two week of workshops and performances. Amsterdam. August 2005.

Actors Work Program, The Actors Fund of America Guest Panelist “Transitioning from the Performing Arts to the Classroom.” Dec. 2005

PAWS: Performance Arts Workshops SUNY Purchase. Acting workshops for High school students. May 1998, 1999, 2000.

Disney Studios, Disney World, Orlando, FL. Presentation to animators of The Lion King. Lecture / demonstration on “The Character’s Focus and Gesture in Song” August 1996 Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 10

Westchester Philharmonic under the Direction of Paul Dunkel. Musical Theatre Consultant, Educational outreach. 1993-94.

PREVIOUS FULL-TIME TEACHING POSITIONS 2000-2001 Dobbs Ferry Middle School, Communication Arts, Grades 6, 7 & 8. Dobbs Ferry, NY

1999-2000 Humanities High School, NY State Public High School Language Arts, Grades 10 & 11. 351 West 18th, New York, NY 10011.

ADJUNCT 2000 Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York Acting I: The Instrument and the Imagination 2000 1998 Baruch College SUNY, 1998 ESL certifies in Rassias ESL Method 1992-1997 NYU / Tisch: CAP 21 (Collaborative Arts Project for the Twenty-First Century). Music Theatre Studies 1989-1991 American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). MT Scene Study to First and Second Years’.

PRODUCER Captain Louie, by Stephen Schwartz. Partnership with Kurt Peterson. New Children’s musical to premiere spring 2005.

REVIEWS CAMELOT DVD release of 1982 CAMELOT revival with Richard Harris

BUSSERT, who plays Queen Guenevere, has a beautiful voice and brings playful charm to such lighthearted numbers as “Simple Joys of Maiden hood and “It’s May.” Baltimore Sun, 4/29/07

Filmed at the Winter Garden Theater, this “Camelot” boasts delightful performances by Harris …and Bussert. San Francisco Chronicle 5/06/07

…MEG BUSSERT conquered the New York musical theatre stage and cable TV audiences around the country when she starred as Guenevere in the Great White Way’s revival of CAMELOT opposite Richard Harris’ King Arthur in 1981. Laurence Lerman, Detroit Free Press 5/01/07

With an angelic voice, BUSSERT is touching as the object of both Arthur and Lancelot’s affection…Included with the DVD is a wonderful recollection of the taping process by Bussert, in which she describes the restaging of certain scenes to capture close-ups and more screen friendly shots. Such close-ups are key to the magnificence of the HBO special, rising to the ranks as one of the most successful filmed stage productions. BroadwayWorld.com 5/01/07 Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 11

THE SOUND OF MUSIC MEG BUSSERT is a wise, comforting Mother Abbess, and when she sings “Climb Every Mountain,” the old thrill of a boldly crafted theater piece rings true. Robert L. Daniels, VARIETY, 11/05/03

In supporting roles, it’s imperative to point to MEG BUSSERT’s gloriously sung and surprisingly human portrayal of the Mother Abbess. AMERICAN THEATER WEB, www. americantheaterweb.com 11/03/03

BUSSERT, of course, gets the show-stopping closer of Act I, “Climb Every Mountain.” And the Tony Award nominee (for Brigadoon) raises the roof, bringing the audience to its feet in the process. William Westhoven - Daily Record, 11/14/03

As fine as this production is, it is all nearly stolen by MEG BUSSERT’s sensational performance as the Mother Abbess. One of the most gifted musical actresses of our time, this marks her return to the professional stage after seven years of teaching. Bussert imbues this often stuffy character with infinite humanity, and her “Climb Every Mountain” is so heart felt and musically dazzling that is literally gave me goose bumps – and don’t ask me how long its been since anything in a theatre did that! The nuns are all depicted with particular realism and sensitivity, and their choral singing is downright sumptuous. But it is Bussert whose powerful performance commands the audience attention and sets off the cheers. John Kenrick, musicals101.com

PHANTOM 1992 and 1996 (Maury Yeston /Arthur Kopit version) As the diva, MEG BUSSERT goes all out as a mean, loopy Carlotta, the company’s resident soprano buffa. She is the instigator and the usurper. Is Miss Bussert revving up for Mrs. Lovett in SWEENY TODD ? She pulls off the neat trick of singing grandly—no surprise--and off pitch when her voice is supposed to provoke the underground Phantom to moan: “I can’t live hearing sounds like that.”Alvin Klein – NY TIMES

It’s lovely to see MEG BUSSERT, who was so good in revivals of THE MUSIC MAN and BRIGADOON a decade ago, threatening to steal the show as Carlotta; one would not have expected Bussert to make a natural vulgarian, but her performance is a hoot. Ken Mendlebaum– THEATER WEEK

MEG BUSSERT is an ideal musical theatre performer, combining a rare vocal perfection with an acting runs that runs the gamut from sublime romance to impeccable comedy. – Phantom

MEG BUSSERT is an actress if style and substance who can transform herself into a comic harridan. She anchors the play with the power and reality of her interpretation. Arthur Kopit – Phantom

H.M.S. PINAFORE 1988-1989 MEG BUSSERT, in the role of the captain’s daughter sang well but eclipsed her singing with a comic acting in a very special, rarefied, mock-Victorian style. She posed, she languished, she wept prettily and she had attacks of the vapors. Whenever she came Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 12 onstage, there was a flower in her left hand that she would fling moments later into the audience. Joseph McLellan--WASHINGTON POST

MEG BUSSERT’s Josephine is an amusing airhead…She sings the role compellingly in a spunky operetta coloratura. Edward Hayman—DETROIT NEWS

MEG BUSSERT as the silly, sulky Josephine, sings like a risen angel. Arthur Friedman—BOSTON HERALD

MEG BUSSERT plays the gushing Josephine in a droll manner that belies her giddy swoons. It is funny without winking at us, a subtle line often crossed by G & S romantic leads – a lush voice balanced by comic flare. GERALD NACHMAN – SAN FRANSISCO CHRONICLE

MEG BUSSERT strikes the right note of comic allure as the soubrette Josephine. She carries a single white rose like a torch for Rackstraw, but she tosses it out to the audience and soon tosses her reserved demeanor to the wind. In ‘Sorry Her Lot’ and ‘Refrain, Audacious Tar,” her trilling is thrilling. Hap Epstein – WASHINGTON POST

CAMELOT stage production, National Tour before Broadway 1981-1983 CAMELOT has an exquisite Guenevere in MEG BUSSERT. Julie Andrew’s equal-an easy and charming actress. Kevin Kelly – BOSTON GLOBE

MEG BUSSERT is a handsome, winsome Guenevere, a lovely actress with a fine voice for the title song and all the others; with grace and discretion in the love scenes and a mischievous sense of humor. Eliot Norton - BOSTON HERALD AMERICAN

SOUTH PACIFIC 1985 MEG BUSSERT has a disposition that could turn a cloudy day bright, a voice as cheerful as gingham, and a general overall ability as strong as a klieg light! DRAMA-LOGUE BUSSERT is an ingenuous charmer with a really ace musical comedy voice! HERALD EXAMINE MY FAIR LADY 1984 Miss BUSSERT is the fairest lady since the role’s originator, Julie Andrews, in 1956. Alvin Klein – NEW YORK TIMES

BRIGADOON 1980-1981 When the show’s romantic leads, MEG BUSSERT and , come together late in Act I to declare their love, they at once send the audience into the stratosphere of ecstasy and catapult themselves into the loftiest firmament of musical comedy performers. Meg Bussert, the charming ‘Marian the Librarian’ of last spring’s ill-fated MUSIC MAN is a demure young woman with wispy auburn , a hesitant grin and a voice that soars on a crystalline yet -free sweetness. When she sings ‘Almost Like Being in Love,’ it’s not almost like being in love. It’s the real thing. One wonders if the Meg Bussert Curriculum Vitae 1/28/19 13 Majestic has seen anything like her since and Barbara Cook held court in the 40’s and 50’s. Frank Rich –NEW YORK TIMES

In BRIGADOON, Lerner and Loewe struck a rich melodic vein and this full-throated cast mines every golden nugget. When MEG BUSSERT, who has a voice of Baccarat crystal, pairs with Martin Vidnovic to sing ‘Almost like Being in Love,’ all heaven breaks loose. T. E. Kalem – TIME MAGAZINE

BRIGADOON is splendid. A sweeping melodious musical romance and this production of it is first class with its fine cast. It’s a lovely treat of a show. Dennis Cunningham – WCBS – TV

BRIGADOON returns in full bloom and it’s a hit! A handsome and completely new staging by Vivian Matalon, lively and naturalistic, gives the musical an unusual flowing movement and the performances prove strong and vigorous. BRIGADOON’S delights and charms remain unabated and unabashed. Clive Barnes – NEW YORK POST

THE MUSIC MAN 1979-1980 As for that evasive but very knowing librarian, Marian, she’s played this time by MEG BUSSERT, making her Broadway debut. She should be kept in the area indefinitely. She’s charming, spunky, plausible, and besides that, she sings well (remember, we’re still judging by amplification, but I have a feeling she could do as well with one mike tied behind her back)…In fact the entertainment is musically at its best, by far, when Miss Bussert is at work… – NEW YORK TIMES

We do, however, get some inventive and inspiriting choreography by Michael Kidd, which probably improves on the original; and in MEG BUSSERT we have a talented, unhistrionic, flesh-and-blood human being. Her Marian is both an actress who delivers a scene or a song and a believable librarian whom might actually dispense books—she could certainly hand me mine. John Simon – NEW YORK MAGAZINE

MEG BUSSERT, a brunette soprano with considerable experience here and on the road, is being seen on Broadway for the first time in a leading role, that of Marian the Librarian, and she is a delight. Her four ballads…are exquisitely sung. Douglas Watt -- DAILY NEWS

MEG BUSSERT is one of the liveliest Marians on record, partly because of her exceptionally beautiful singing voice, but also because of the incredible sparkly she brings to the character. Edwin Wilson – WALL STREET JOURNAL

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