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KT Sullivan starred with Steve Ross in The Irish Rep’s sold-out run of “Love, Noël” in the summer of 2019 and the production was then filmed at The Players in 2020. Last month she celebrated her second anniversary as a singing pianist every Tuesday night in the lobby of The Algonquin Hotel. On February 12th KT will be making her debut at PS Underground in Palm Desert and on April 7th will be appearing at Crazy Coqs in London. She was twice named one of the Top 100 Irish Americans by Irish America Magazine and was married for 23 years to Stephen Downey, president of The New York Browning Society.
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KT SULLIVAN starred with Steve Ross in The Irish Rep’s sold-out run of “Love, Noël” in the summer of 2019 and the production was then filmed at The Players in 2020. In 2022, KT began singing and playing every Tuesday in the lobby of The Algonquin Hotel and has been extended through 2024. In 2012 KT was named artistic director of The Mabel Mercer Foundation, which produces the annual Cabaret Conventions at Lincoln Center. She starred in the Broadway revival of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and
headlined for almost two decades in The Oak Room of The Algonquin Hotel. One of the shows she created there, "Rhyme, Women, and Song" was presented on PBS' WNET 13 and her award winning Sondheim show with Jeff Harnar was filmed for PBS from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Besides regular appearances in such New York venues as The Laurie Beechman Theatre, BIRDLAND, 54 Below, and Café Sabarsky, she stars annually at The Pheasantry in London, and has been showcased at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Spoleto Festival, Chichester Festival, CLUB RaYé in Paris, and Adelaide Festival in Australia. She guest starred on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion and was star vocalist on two tours of China with Manhattan Symphonie. She was twice named one of the Top 100 Irish Americans by Irish America Magazine and was married for 22 years to Stephen Downey, president of The New York Browning Society.
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KT SULLIVAN starred with Steve Ross in The Irish Rep’s virtual presentation of “Love, Noël” after a sold-out run in the summer of 2019. In 2022, KT began singing and playing every Tuesday in the lobby of The Algonquin Hotel and has been extended through 2024. KT was named artistic director of The Mabel Mercer Foundation in 2012. She starred in the Broadway revival of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and headlined for almost two decades in The Oak Room of The Algonquin Hotel. One of the shows she created there, " Rhyme, Women, and Song " was presented on PBS' WNET 13 and her award winning Sondheim show with Jeff Harnar was filmed for PBS from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Besides regular appearances in such New York venues as The Laurie Beechman Theatre and Birdland, she stars annually at The Pheasantry in London, and has been showcased at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Spoleto Festival, Chichester Festival, CLUB RaYé in Paris, and The Adelaide Festival in Australia.
She guest starred on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion, recorded six albums on the DRG Label, was the star vocalist on two tours of China with The Manhattan Symphonie. Miss Sullivan was twice named one of The Top 100 Irish Americans by Irish America Magazine and was married for 22 years to Stephen Downey, president of The New York Browning Society.
Broadway: GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, THREE PENNY OPERA (w/ Sting), BROADWAY Katie (George Abbott, Dir.)
Off-Broadway: A...MY NAME IS ALICE, SPLENDORA, AMERICAN RHAPSODY (w/ Mark Nadler) National Tour: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (w/ Cathy Rigby) Regional Theater: Missouri Rep, Hartford Stage Company, Great Lakes Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse. Television: POLICE SQUAD (w/ Leslie Nielsen), REMINGTON STEELE, NIGHT COURT, “Rhyme, Women & Song” (PBS’ WNET 13), Stephen Sondheim Show w/ Jeff Harnar (PBS’ NJPAC), In Performance at The White House (PBS). Concerts & Festivals: The Town Hall, Lincoln Center, Kravis Center (Palm Beach), Chichester Festival (England), Adelaide Festival (Australia), Corpus Christi Symphony (Kurt Weill’s “Seven Deadly Sins”), Two Tours of China with The Manhattan Symphonie. Cabaret & Jazz Clubs: Birdland, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, The Beach Cafe, Green Room 42, The Oak Room of The Algonquin, Café Sabarsky (Neue Gallerie), The Pheasantry (London), La Nouvelle Eve (Paris).