Biography

Susan Birkenhead is known for Allegra's Window (1994), Alex and the Wonderful Doo-Wah Lamp (1978) and The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985).

Was nominated for Broadway's 1978 Tony Award, for both music and lyrics, as one of several people sharing a nomination as Best Score for "Working."

She and Charles Strouse were awarded the 2009 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Musical Score for "Minsky's" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.