# Susan Bloch

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{{Short description|Theatrical press agent}}
{{about||the American law professor|Susan Low Bloch|people of a similar name|Susan Bloch (disambiguation)}}
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|name=Susan Bloch
|birth_date=1940
|birth_place=[United States](/source/United_States)
|death_date={{death date|1982|5|10}}
|death_place=[United States](/source/United_States)
|occupation=[Press agent](/source/Press_agent)
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'''Susan Bloch''' (1940 – 10 May 1982) was a theatrical [press agent](/source/press_agent) based in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/11885/Susan-Bloch | title=Susan Bloch | publisher=[Playbill](/source/Playbill) | work= Playbill Vault | accessdate=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://broadwayworld.com/people/Susan_Bloch/ |title=Susan Bloch Theater Credits | publisher=Broadway World | accessdate=March 28, 2012}}</ref>

==Biography==
Bloch was born in [Canton, New York](/source/Canton%2C_New_York) and attended [Syracuse University](/source/Syracuse_University).  She was the director of public relations for the Repertory Theater of [Lincoln Center](/source/Lincoln_Center) from 1965 to 1973.  She ran a graduate theater course at [Fordham University](/source/Fordham_University) and produced the ''Theater Highlights'' radio program on [WNCN-FM](/source/WAXQ). While working at [Janus Films](/source/Janus_Films), she established a feature film library for public television stations.  She was awarded an [Outer Critics Circle Award](/source/Outer_Critics_Circle_Award) in 1971, the first such award for publicity and public relations.<ref name="NYTObit">[https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/obituaries/susan-bloch-42-dies-public-relations-agent.html "Susan Bloch, 42, Dies; Public Relations Agent"], ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', May 11, 1982.</ref>

Towards the end of her life, the [Broadway theatre](/source/Broadway_theatre) press agent [Adrian Bryan-Brown](/source/Adrian_Bryan-Brown) worked with her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/adrian_bryan_brown|title=Biography: Adrian Bryan-Brown|publisher=[American Theatre Wing](/source/American_Theatre_Wing)|work=Biography|date=September 2009|access-date=October 2, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129103312/http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/adrian_bryan_brown|archive-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref>

She died from kidney disease in [Tiburon, California](/source/Tiburon%2C_California) in 1982.<ref name="NYTObit"/> After her death, the [Roundabout Theatre Company](/source/Roundabout_Theatre_Company) Stage 11 at 307 West 26th Street in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan) was named  '''Susan Bloch Theater''' in her honor.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://broadwayworld.com/shows/theatre.php?theatre_id=6252 | title=Susan Bloch Theater | publisher=Broadway World| accessdate=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abouttheartists.com/venues/3113 | title=The Susan Bloch Theatre | publisher=About the Artists | accessdate=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[New York](/source/New_York_(magazine))|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xOcCAAAAMBAJ&q=susan+bloch+press+agent&pg=PA82|title=The Sorry And The Lively|author=John Simon|date=1982-11-29}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=theater&id=388 Susan Bloch Theatre], Lortel Archives (accessed 2014-12-06).</ref>

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