Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents Catherine Russell, Stage Actress, Professor, General Manager, and Producer.

In this episode T2C's publisher and owner Suzanna Bowling talks with Catherine Russell, stage actress, professor, general manager, and producer. She is best known for never having taken a sick or vacation day in the Off-Broadway play Perfect Crime since its opening in 1987. Russell holds the world record for the most performances as the same character, playing Margaret Thorne Brent in that play. She celebrated her 15,000th performance in that role in December 2024. Russell made her Off-Broadway debut in 1980 as Nicola Davies in Stephen Poliakoff's City Sugar. She has since appeared Off-Broadway in productions such as Miss Shumann's Quartet, A Resounding Twinkle, The Award And Other Plays and Creeps. Russell is the general manager of The Theater Center which she built in 2005. There she was a lead producer of The Fantasticks from 2006 to 2017. Russell teaches educational theater as an adjunct faculty member at NYU Steinhardt since 1981 and has taught writing at Baruch College since 1980.