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Ivy Austin is an American actress, singer, and voice-over artist. Best known for her performances on Garrison Keillor’s “American Radio Company” and her “Sesame Street” voices, Ivy Austin starred on Broadway in “Raggedy Ann.”

“Ms. Austin has an ear that is finely tuned to both the sounds of the big-band era and the rhythms of live radio broadcasting…………a skillful vocal chameleon.” Stephen Holden-The New York Times (1)

Ivy Austin was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 19, 1958. She is a graduate

of The School of Performing Arts and Colgate University. On National Public Radio Ivy Austin performed “The Story of Gloria” on Garrison Keillor’s “American Radio Company,”(2) also known as “A Prairie Home Companion.” According to Time Magazine, “The show’s funniest sketch, a serial, produced a new star, actress Ivy Austin.(3) She also played the crusty-voiced French lady Babette, and sang with Rob Fisher and The Coffee Club Orchestra. Ivy Austin has recorded countless songs for “Sesame Street,” and is the voice of Cereal Girl, Hammy Swinette, Sublime Miss M, Soo-ey Oinker of The Oinker Sisters, and Gloria Esta-worm.(4) As writer/producer, Ivy Austin created holiday programs for National Public Radio and a long-running concert series at The World Financial Center. Ivy Austin appeared in numerous television commercials and has an impressive list of theatrical and concert credits.

Currently, Ivy Austin is in her sixth year as a contributing lyricist and performer in the hilarious “Thalia Follies,”(5) a popular political satire in on New York’s Upper West Side.

Ms. Austin performs regularly at Symphony Space on WNYC radio broadcasts of “Selected Shorts” and “Bloomsday,” and has participated in years of “Wall-to-Wall” music marathons celebrating the music of Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Weill, Frank Loesser, Joni Mitchell, Richard Rodgers, and Stephen Sondheim. She appeared in Wall-to-Wall Broadway singing “Adelaide’s Lament.” She has performed several plays with “The Night Kitchen Radio Theater,” for XM Satellite Radio.

CAREER HISTORY

1997  Carnegie Hall debut in “Ira Gershwin--The Art of the Lyricist.”

1986 Broadway debut in the starring role in the Joe Raposo/William Gibson musical,“Raggedy Ann, “(Raggedy Ann) directed by Patricia Birch. The production has a unique history in that it was performed in Moscow, and marked the renewal of cultural relations between the United States and Soviet Union. Ms. Austin performed her songs in Russian and garnered rave reviews. She returned to the U.S. to find herself on the front pages of The Daily News and The Economist.

1982 New York City Opera debut in “Candide” (Pink Sheep) where she remained on the guest artist roster through 1989. Other NYCO credits include “Naughty Marietta,”(Lisette) “The Merry Widow,”(Zozo) “The Music Man,”(Ethel Toffelmier) “The New Moon,” “The Desert Song,” “South Pacific,”and “Sweeney Todd,”(Beggar Woman).

1979 National Tour They’re Playing Our Song (Alter Ego)

1976 National Tour Hair (Crissy)

DISCOGRAPHY:

Sing! Songs of Joe Raposo

Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra

Sesame Road

Born to Add

Splish Splash: Bathtime Fun

Sing-Along Travel Songs

Silly Songs

Hot! Hot! Hot! Dance Songs

Sesame Street Platinum-All Time Favorites

Elmopalooza!

We Are All Earthlings

I’m Green and I’m Proud

Signs of the Times from Moo-town Rocords

Sesame Street Kids Favorite Songs

Sesame Street Best

Cheap Thrills

New York City Opera Candide

Lady Be Good!

Wall to Wall Richard Rodgers

A Prairie Home Christmas

A Prairie Home Companion 25th Anniversary Collection

Selected Shorts: A Night at the Office

FILMOGRAPHY:

1. Die Schelme von Schelm (1995) (voice) .... The Lantuch ... aka Aaron's Magic Village (USA) ... aka Le monde est un grand chelm (France) ... aka The Real Shlemiel

2. "Animaniacs" .... Carloota (1 episode, 1993) ... aka Animaniacs (UK) ... aka Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs (USA: complete title) - Garage Sale of the Century/West Side Pigeons (1993) TV episode (voice) .... Carloota

3. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1991) (TV) (voice) .... Flopsy/Bluejay

4. Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (1991) (TV) (voice) .... Oinker Sister

5. High Strung (1991) .... Contestant ... aka Pissed Off (USA: alternative title)

6. "Sesame Street" (1969) TV series .... Cereal Girl / ... (unknown episodes) ... aka Open Sesame (New Zealand: English title: new syndication title) ... aka Sesame Street Unpaved (USA: syndication title) ... aka The New Sesame Street (USA: new syndication title)

7. My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina (1985) (TV) (voice)

8. The Charmkins (1983) (TV) (voice)

9. Grease 2 (1982) .... Girl Greaser

Self:

1. Elmopalooza! (1998) (TV) (voice) (uncredited) .... Oinker Sister

2. Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (1993) (TV) (voice) .... Tita

ARTISTIC DIRECTION/PRODUCING CREDITS:

Christmas at Rainbow Corner (co-producer Denise Lanctot) 1993, National Public Radio

Her Funny Valentine, 1994, National Public Radio

Women in Cabaret, 1994, World Financial Center

Women on Broadway, 1995, World Financial Center

The Tony Awards, 50 Years of Broadway’s Best Musicals, 1996, World Financial Center

The Men I Love, A Centennial Salute to Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin, 1997, World Financial Center

Happy Birthday New York, A Musical Tribute to the City’s Centennial, 1998, World Financial Center

The Great Songwriters of Hollywood, 1999, World Financial Center

Spring Fling, 2000, World Financial Center

References

(1)http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/05/theater/cabaret-review-innocent-radio-days.html?pagewanted=1

(2) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prairie_Home_Companion

(3)http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959343,00.html

(4)http://muppet.wikia.com

(5) (http://www.symphonyspace.org/series/67

External Links

Ivy Austin (http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=85119

Ivy Austin (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042403/

Ivy Austin (http://www.symphonyspace.org

Ivy Austin (http://www.symphonyspace.org/series/67)

Ivy Austin (http://muppet.wikia.com

Ivy Austin (http://www.nightkitchenradio.com

Ivy Austin (http://www.ivyaustin.com

Ivy Austin http://broadwayworld.com/search/?q=ivy+austin

Ivy Austin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prairie_Home_Companion

Ivy Austin (http://www.wnyc.org/shows/shorts/episodes/2009/01/25

Ivy Austin http://www.wnyc.org/shows/shorts/episodes/2007/04/08

Ivy Austin http://www.wnyc.org/shows/shorts/episodes/2005/04/10

Ivy Austin http://www.wnyc.org/about/media/media_20.html