“You kind of can’t walk around with that - it’s too much,” she said of the honor. And Sullivan is the first female amputee to grace the Great White Way. It’s also a historical occasion: The last time an amputee was on Broadway was when David Connolly starred in a revival of “Shenandoah” in the 1980s. It is so exciting and so exhilarating.” Sullivan on stage at Manhattan Theatre Club, where she stars opposite David Zayas in the Broadway show “Cost of Living.” Sullivan’s character, Ani, is paralyzed and in a wheelchair. “To me, Broadway is kind of like the Super Bowl … You either win or you lose, you fly or you fall. “It is a dream come true,” Sullivan said. It’s a powerhouse performance - hilarious, raw, vulnerable, true - that’s already garnering considerable Tony buzz. Sullivan originated the role back in 2016, and has played it at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Off Broadway and in London, picking up accolades along the way. Now, she’s making her Broadway debut in the Pulitzer Prize winning play “ Cost of Living,” as the foul-mouthed, feisty and very funny Ani, who ends up paralyzed and in a wheelchair after a car accident. “I hope to never do the electric slide again in my life.” Before she became an actor, Sullivan was a champion athlete, here in 2012, where she won (for her weight class) the women’s 100-meter dash at the Paralympic Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana. “I’m not a triple threat,” Sullivan said, laughing, when asked about her dancing skills. The actress even line –dances in the Showtime reboot of “ Dexter: New Blood.” Sullivan took up running in her 20s - and competed in the London Paralympic Games in 2012, where she set an American Record and finished sixth in the world. She booked her first audition at 12, as a “townsperson” in a local children’s production of “Sleeping Beauty,” studied theater at Webster University, and starred as Hedda Gabbler in Chicago. René Cervantes for NY PostĪnd the ebullient redhead, who was born without the lower halves of her legs, has never let her disability stop her. In a photo shoot at Hidden Leaf inside the Midnight Theater, Sullivan wears a sequin dress, $298.50 for similar at, Bübishluxe wrap, $219, and Shashi “Celestial Drop” earrings, $60, and Ettika “CZ” choker, $80, all at. The fashion fan loves to accentuate them with short skirts or dresses with high slits. She is a bilateral above-the-knee amputee and walks on prosthetic limbs - shapely, sleek legs in shiny black that make her look a bit like a bionic superwoman. There still aren’t too many people on film, TV or the stage who look like Sullivan. “Even though at the time, I had no one to point to that looked like me.” “In my delusional child mind, immediately all of the things - movies, television, Broadway - it all became possible,” Sullivan told The Post. If someone she knew could do it, why couldn’t she? Sullivan begged her parents to let her audition for a play, too. She couldn’t believe she knew a bonafide actor. “My head exploded,” Sullivan, now in her 40s, recalled. She was stunned when, halfway through the show, a girl from her elementary school appeared on stage as the gum-chewing kid who turns into a blueberry, Violet Beauregarde. When Katy Sullivan was in second or third grade, she went to a children’s theater production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” in her hometown of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Want a free ticket to a concert, Broadway show or game? Here’s how to get one We found tickets for ‘Hamilton’ on Broadway. ![]() ‘Phantom of the Opera’ closes - and another NYC landmark is goneĪndrew Lloyd Webber given key to NYC ahead of ‘Phantom of the Opera’ ending 35-year Broadway run
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