Bianca Amato Explained

Bianca Amato
Birth Place:	Cape Town, South Africa
Nationality:	South African
Education:	University of Cape Town
Occupation:	Actress
Years Active:	1998–present
Spouse:	Neil Kuny
Children:	1

Bianca Amato is a South African actress known for her work in American theatre, as a prolific audiobook performer and for her portrayal of Philippa De Villiers in the original cast of the South African soap opera Isidingo.

Career

Amato was a member of the original cast of the long running South African soap opera Isidingo, portraying Philippa De Villiers from 1998 to 2001. The character's relationship with mine manager Derek Nyathi (Hlomla Dandala) featured the first interracial kiss, and was the first interracial romance, to be depicted on South African television.^{[1] [2]} The storyline has been described as "groundbreaking and big news in post apartheid South African television".^[3] Of the experience Amato said, "It was wonderful to be part of the slow but healthy process that shifted people's attitudes."^[2] Her performance in Isidingo earned Amato an Avante for Best Actress in a Television Series.^[3]

In 2002, Amato was granted a United States Permanent Resident Card as an "Alien of Extraordinary Ability" in the arts and emigrated to the United States.^[2] After appearing in a 2002 episode of the HBO series Sex and the City, she played several leading roles with the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota between 2003 and 2005.^{[3] [2]} Since 2009 Amato has guest starred in several U.S. TV series.^{[4] [5]} In 2015, Amato portrayed Delia Alexander in the 2015 PlayStation Network series Powers.

Amato appeared in the original Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning trio of plays The Coast of Utopia (2006–07),^{[3] [6]} as well as the 2013–14 Broadway revival of Shakespeare's Macbeth.^{[7] [8]} She also understudied the roles of Hannah Jarvis and Lady Croom in the 2011 Broadway revival of Stoppard's Arcadia.^[9] Off-Broadway, Amato has appeared in Bill Irwin's (2004),^{[10] [11]} and as Emma in Trumpery (2007).^{[12] [13]} She later costarred as Calantha in The Broken Heart in 2012,^{[14] [15] [16]} and played the leading role of Olga Knipper in Neva in 2013.^{[17] [18]} Amato also starred as Amanda in a production of Noël Coward's Private Lives directed by Maria Aitken, first presented in 2012 at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston,^{[19] [20]} and again in 2014 at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre in Washington, D. C.^{[21] [22] [23] [24]} In 2014 she also portrayed Regan in the Theatre for a New Audience production of King Lear in New York.^{[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]}

Amato has narrated over 40 audiobooks,^[4] including most of the historical novels in the Cousins' War series written by Philippa Gregory, and Charles Stross' 2008 science fiction novel Saturn's Children.^{[14] [31]} She also voiced the 2006 gothic novel The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield,^[32] which had risen to No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in its second week of publication.^{[2] [33] [34]}

Television

Year	Project	Role	Notes
1996	The Adventures of Sinbad	Casendra	Episode: "The Village Vanishes" (season 1)
1997	The Adventures of Sinbad	Shirez	Episode: "Ali Rashid and the Thieves" (season 2)
1998–2001	Isidingo	Philippa De Villiers	Original cast
1999		Jenny	Episode: "" (season 4)
2002	Sex and the City	Julia Afton	Episode: "Critical Condition" (season 5)
2009	The Good Wife	Ellen Whitton	Episode: "Unprepared" (season 1)
2010	Blue Bloods	Cindy Perry	Episode: "Re-Do" (season 1)
2013	The Big C	Susan Rand	(3) Episodes: "You Can't Take It with You", "Quality of Death", "The Finale" (season 4)
2013	Unforgettable	Alison Sonnenland	Episode: "Bigtime" (season 2)
2014	Alpha House	Senator Alice Graves	(2) Episodes: "The Civility Zone", "Bugged" (season 2)
2015	Powers	Delia Alexander	(5) Episodes
2016	Elementary	Elizabeth Resor	Episode: "Folie à Deux" (season 5)
2018–2020	The River	Julia Hargreaves	Recurring
2019	Warrior	Nancy	Episode: "The Blood and the Sh*t" (season 1)
2019	Our Girl	Ursula Tait	Episode #4.12 (season 4)
2022–present	Binnelanders	Ewa Wozniak / Andrea Hayden		^[35]

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Notes
2003	Top Girls	Marlene	Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
2003	Pride and Prejudice	Elizabeth Bennet	Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
2004	Pygmalion	Eliza Doolittle	Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
2004		Columbine/Mattie/Young Woman/Maffitt	Signature Theatre Company (Peter Norton Space, Off-Broadway)
2005	As You Like It	Rosalind	Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
2006	The Importance of Being Earnest	Gwendolen Fairfax	Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, NY)	^[36] ^[37] ^[38]
2006–07	The Coast of Utopia (Part 1: Voyage)	Miss Chamberlain	Vivian Beaumont Theater (Broadway)
2006–07	The Coast of Utopia (Part 2: Shipwreck)	Emma Herwegh	Vivian Beaumont Theater (Broadway)
2007	The Coast of Utopia (Part 3: Salvage)	Joanna Kinkel	Vivian Beaumont Theater (Broadway)
2007	Trumpery	Emma	Atlantic Theater Company (Linda Gross Theater, Off-Broadway)
2010	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Titania/Hippolyta	Pittsburgh Public Theater (O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh, PA)	^[39]
2010	The Taming of the Shrew	Katharina	Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Courtyard Theater, Chicago, IL)	^[40]
2012	The Broken Heart	Calantha	Theatre for a New Audience (The Duke on 42nd Street, Off-Broadway)
2012	Private Lives	Amanda	Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA); Elliot Norton Award; IRNE Award nomination	^[41] ^[42] ^[43]
2013	Neva	Olga Knipper	Joseph Papp Public Theater (Anspacher Theater, Off-Broadway)
2013–14	Macbeth	Lady Macduff	Vivian Beaumont Theater (Broadway)
2014	King Lear	Regan	Theatre for a New Audience (Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Brooklyn, NY)
2014	Private Lives	Amanda	Shakespeare Theatre Company (Lansburgh Theatre, Washington, D. C.); Emery Battis Award	^[44]
2014	Shakespeare at Fenway	Beatrice/Much Ado About Nothing	Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Fenway Park, Boston, MA)	^[45]
2016	Stupid Fucking Bird	Emma Arkadina (The Seagull)	Pearl Theatre, Manhattan	^[46]

Audiobooks

Year	Title	Author	Notes
2004	The Queen's Fool	Philippa Gregory	Novel originally printed in 2003	^[47]
2006	Listening for Lions	Gloria Whelan	AudioFile Earphones Award, Audie Award; Novel originally printed in 2005	^[48]
2006	The Boleyn Inheritance	Philippa Gregory	Abridged (2006) and unabridged (2011) versions	^[49] ^[50]
2006	Swan Town	Michael Ortiz		^[51]
2007	The Thirteenth Tale	Diane Setterfield	Novel originally printed in 2006
2007	Dragon's Keep	Janet Lee Carey		^[52]
2007	A Dangerous Beauty	Sophia Nash		^[53]
2008	The Other Queen	Philippa Gregory	Abridged version	^[54]
2008	Sovay	Celia Rees		^[55]
2009	Saturn's Children	Charles Stross	Novel originally printed in 2008
2009	The White Queen	Philippa Gregory	Abridged version^[56]	^[57]
2009	Her Fearful Symmetry	Audrey Niffenegger		^[58]
2009	The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë	Syrie James	AudioFile Earphones Award, Audie Award	^[59]
2010	The Red Queen	Philippa Gregory	AudioFile Earphones Award	^[60]
2010	Dracula in Love	Karen Essex	AudioFile Earphones Award	^[61]
2011	The Lady of the Rivers	Philippa Gregory	AudioFile Earphones Award	^[62]
2011	Death in the Floating City	Tasha Alexander		^[63]
2011	The Women of the Cousins' War	Philippa Gregory David Baldwin Michael Jones	Non-fiction	^[64]
2011	Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness	Alexandra Fuller		^[65]
2011	Steamed	Katie MacAlister		^[66]
2011	Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms	Katherine Rundell		^[67]
2012	The Kingmaker's Daughter	Philippa Gregory	AudioFile Earphones Award	^[68]
2012	Changeling	Philippa Gregory		^[69]
2013	The White Princess	Philippa Gregory	AudioFile Earphones Award	^[70]
2013	Behind the Shattered Glass	Tasha Alexander		^[71]
2014	The King's Curse	Philippa Gregory	AudioFile Earphones Award	^[72]
2014	The Counterfeit Heiress	Tasha Alexander		^[73]
2014	Midnight Thief	Livia Blackburne		^[74]
2015	The Taming of the Queen	Philippa Gregory	AudioFile Earphones Award	^[75]
2015	A School for Brides	Patrice Kindl		^[76]
2016	Three Sisters, Three Queens	Philippa Gregory		^[77]
2017	The Last Tudor	Philippa Gregory	AudioFile Earphones Award	^[78]
2017	Death in St. Petersburg	Tasha Alexander		^[79]
2018	Uneasy Lies the Crown	Tasha Alexander		^[80]
2019	In the Shadow of Vesuvius	Tasha Alexander		^[81]
2020	Afterland	Lauren Beukes		^[82]
2020	A Pinch of Magic	Michelle Harrison		^[83]
2021	The Joy and Light Bus Company	Alexander McCall Smith		^[84]

Acclaim

Charles Isherwood of The New York Times wrote in his review of 2012's The Broken Heart that "Amato exudes imperial grandeur as Calantha",^[15] and Andy Propst of TheaterMania noted that "audiences will also find themselves intrigued by Amato's warmly imperious turn as the Spartan princess."^[16] In 2013 Isherwood called the cast of Neva "terrifically good", noting Amato to be "captivating from the opening moments" and writing that she "manages to make Olga's self-dramatizing histrionics absurdly funny, but also tinged with real pathos."^[17] In 2012 The Boston Globe called Amato and her costar James Waterston "just about perfect" in their roles as Amanda and Elyot in Private Lives, praising their "style, dexterity, subtlety, and sizzling chemistry."^[19] The review went on to say that "Amato cuts a regal, soignée figure — she can wring a laugh out of a single word, like 'inveterate' — but she is also skilled at physical comedy."^[19] BroadwayWorld.com called Amato and Waterston "an unparalleled pair" in 2014, adding that "Amato is both grit and glamour, portraying a character that is brusque for her time, but immense fun to watch."^[24] Ben Brantley of The New York Times called Amato's 2014 performance in King Lear "superb",^[26] and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle called her Regan "icily alluring".^[27] Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News wrote of the performance that "as second-born Regan, Bianca Amato's clipped and exasperated speech and body language suggest a woman who's up to her eyeballs in middle-child neglect. She's Jan Brady in period clothes."

Awards

Amato won the Vita Award for Best Newcomer for Under Milk Wood and the Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress for Greek, both performed at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, South Africa. Her portrayal of Philippa De Villiers on Isidingo earned her an Avante for Best Actress in a Television Series and a Duku Duku Award for South Africa's Most Popular Actress. She later won the Star Tribune Award for best performance of 2004 for playing Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her performance in Private Lives earned her an Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress in 2013, and the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Emery Battis Award in 2014. Amato was also nominated for a 2013 Best Actress IRNE Award for Private Lives.

Amato has received ten AudioFile Earphones Awards and two Audie Awards for her audiobook performances.^{[34] [48] [59]}

Personal life

Amato was born in Cape Town, South Africa.^[2] The daughter of "politically active parents", she "grew up keenly aware of the 'deep, deep troubles' of apartheid", and as a teen was a member of a left-wing organization called Pupils Awareness and Action Group.^[2] Amato graduated from the University of Cape Town.^{[3] [4]} Amato is married to Neil Kuny, with whom she has a daughter.^{[1] [85]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: The River Hlomla Dandala and Bianca Amato on working together again. Lesego. Maja. Drum. 26 October 2018. 9 October 2023. 9 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231009151823/https://www.snl24.com/drum/celebs/the-rivers-hlomla-dandala-and-bianca-amato-on-working-together-again-20181026. live.
2. Web site: Interview with Bianca Amato . . Kathy . Henderson . 4 January 2007 . 7 December 2014 . 15 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215012435/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/6565/bianca-amato/ . live .
3. Web site: Bianca Amato is an alien of extraordinary ability . Channel24.co.za . 24 March 2009 . 6 December 2014 . 22 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190422235818/https://www.channel24.co.za/Gossip/Bianca-Amato-is-an-alien-of-extraordinary-ability-20090324-2 . live .
4. Web site: Profile: Bianca Amato . . 6 December 2014 . 3 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211103234038/https://www.huntingtontheatre.org/artists/Bianca-Amato/ . dead .
5. Web site: Credits: Bianca Amato . . 10 December 2014 . 10 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141210053220/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/bianca-amato/credits/223021 . live .
6. Web site: The Coast of Utopia (2006) . . 6 December 2014 . 29 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129094235/http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/13764/The-Coast-of-Utopia . live .
7. Web site: Macbeth (2013) . Playbill . 6 December 2014 . 27 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141227134249/http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/14025/Macbeth . live .
8. Web site: From Romeo and Juliet to Of Mice and Men, A Look at the 2013–14 Season: The Play Revivals (Macbeth) . Playbill . 18 April 2014 . 6 December 2014 . 1 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065508/http://www.playbill.com/article/from-romeo-and-juliet-to-of-mice-and-men-a-look-at-the-2013-14-season-the-play-revivals-com-217350 . live .
9. Web site: Arcadia (2011) . Playbill . 6 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141224175656/http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/13712/Arcadia . 24 December 2014 .
10. Web site: Be a Clown: Bill Irwin's Mr. Fox: A Rumination Conjures Forgotten American Actor . Playbill . Kenneth . Jones . 13 April 2004 . 9 December 2014 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924191822/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/be-a-clown-bill-irwins-mr.-fox-a-rumination-conjures-forgotten-american-act-119019 . live .
11. Web site: Reviews: Mr. Fox: A Rumination . TheaterMania.com . David . Finkle . 14 April 2004 . 9 December 2014 . 16 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141216100855/http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/04-2004/mr-fox-a-rumination_4604.html . live .
12. Web site: Don't Dillydally, Darwin, It's Survival of the Quickest . . Charles . Isherwood . Charles Isherwood . 6 December 2007 . 9 December 2014 . 15 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215231957/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/theater/reviews/06trum.html?ref=science . live .
13. Web site: Parnell's Trumpery World Premiere Tonight at Atlantic . 14 November 2007 . BroadwayWorld.com . 9 December 2014 . 9 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231009151824/https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Parnells-Trumpery-World-Premiere-Tonight-at-Atlantic-20071114 . live .
14. Web site: Narrator Profile: Bianca Amato . . S. J. . Henschel . 8 December 2014 . 22 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222221643/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators/bianca-amato/ . live .
15. Web site: All Is Not Well in Gloomy Sparta, and You Can Bet It Won't End Well . The New York Times . Charles . Isherwood . 14 February 2012 . 9 December 2014 . 26 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151026041553/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/theater/reviews/in-the-broken-heart-tainted-love-onstage-at-the-duke.html . live .
16. Web site: Reviews: The Broken Heart . TheaterMania.com . Andy . Propst . Andy Propst . 15 February 2012 . 9 December 2014 . 16 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141216101646/http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/02-2012/the-broken-heart_50095.html . live .
17. Web site: Self-Absorbed, With Chekhov as a Backdrop . The New York Times . Charles . Isherwood . 11 March 2013 . 9 December 2014 . 18 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151218202906/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/theater/reviews/neva-by-guillermo-calderon-at-the-public-theater.html? . live .
18. Web site: Bianca Amato, Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Luke Robertson Star in Public's Neva, About Widow of Chekhov, Beginning March 1 . Playbill . Andrew . Gans . 1 March 2013 . 9 December 2014 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924192033/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/bianca-amato-quincy-tyler-bernstine-and-luke-robertson-star-in-publics-202959 . live .
19. Web site: In Noel Coward's Private Lives, a diamond-sharp production . . Don . Aucoin . 1 June 2012 . 8 December 2014 . 9 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141209051213/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2012/05/31/noel-coward-private-lives-huntington-theatre-finds-diamond-sharp-production/Aegt03ao5ET787mwZpMJBO/story.html . live .
20. Web site: Huntington's 30th Season Closes with Private Lives . . Susan . Seligson . 30 May 2012 . 8 December 2014 . 5 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141005101622/http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/huntington%e2%80%99s-30th-season-closes-with-private-lives/ . live .
21. Web site: Bianca Amato and James Waterston Will Star in Noël Coward's Private Lives at Shakespeare Theatre Company . Carey . Purcell . Playbill . 7 May 2014 . 6 December 2014 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924192027/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/bianca-amato-and-james-waterston-will-star-in-noel-cowards-private-lives-at-218093 . live .
22. Web site: Bianca Amato and James Waterston Star in Noël Coward's Private Lives, Beginning May 29 . Carey . Purcell . Playbill . 29 May 2014 . 6 December 2014 . 30 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150330005931/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/bianca-amato-and-james-waterston-star-in-noel-cowards-private-lives-beginni-218786 . live .
23. Web site: Bianca Amato and James Waterston Will Lead Shakespeare Theatre's Private Lives, 5/29-7/13 . BroadwayWorld.com . 7 May 2014 . 8 December 2014 . 16 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141216000720/http://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-to-Present-PRIVATE-LIVES-529-713-20140507 . live .
24. Web site: BWW Reviews: Shakespeare Theatre Company's Private Lives Offers Delicious Wit and Whimsy . Heather . Nadolny . BroadwayWorld.com . 15 June 2014 . 8 December 2014 . 15 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215235747/http://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/BWW-Reviews-Shakespeare-Theatre-Companys-PRIVATE-LIVES-Offers-Delicious-Wit-and-Whimsy-20140615 . live .
25. Web site: Theatre for a New Audience Will Present King Lear, Starring Michael Pennington, at Polonsky Shakespeare Center . Playbill . Carey . Purcell . 10 February 2014 . 6 December 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034825/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/theatre-for-a-new-audience-will-present-king-lear-starring-michael-penningt-214727 . live .
26. Web site: Shakespeare Reimagined, Once Quietly, and Once Very Loud . The New York Times . Ben . Brantley . Ben Brantley . 27 March 2014 . 6 December 2014 . 15 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215213845/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/28/theater/king-lear-with-michael-pennington-opens-in-brooklyn.html . live .
27. Web site: Heartbreak House: Theatre for a New Audience stages a harrowing King Lear . . Lore . Croghan . 28 March 2014 . 6 December 2014 . 9 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141209050800/http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/3/27/heartbreak-house-theatre-new-audience-stages-harrowing-king-lear . live .
28. Web site: King Lear: Theater review . . New York . Joe . Dziemianowicz . 27 March 2014 . 6 December 2014 . 22 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222044338/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/king-lear-theater-review-article-1.1735760 . live .
29. Web site: First Nighter: Arin Arbus's King Lear, David Herskovitz's Uriel Acosta . . David . Finkle . 27 March 2014 . 6 December 2014 . 25 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140825191158/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-finkle/first-nighter-arin-arbuss_b_5046735.html . live .
30. Web site: Theatre for a New Audience offers a solid entry in 2014's battle of the Lears . TheaterMania.com . Zachary . Stewart . 27 March 2014 . 6 December 2014 . 16 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141216012647/http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/03-2014/king-lear_68024.html . live .
31. Web site: Review of Saturn's Children by Charles Stross . SFFaudio.com . Jesse . Willis . 26 April 2010 . 8 December 2014 . 19 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150319052837/http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=17772 . live .
32. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Thirteenth Tale (2007) . . 8 December 2014 . 20 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141020222101/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/27845/ . live .
33. Web site: Best Sellers: October 8, 2006 . The New York Times . 8 October 2006 . 7 December 2014 . 9 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140109184045/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F13FA3D540C7B8CDDA90994DE404482 . live .
34. Web site: Bianca Amato: Complete Audiography . . 8 December 2014 . 7 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141007182111/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/listing/?Narrator=Bianca%20Amato#title . live .
35. Web site: Binnelanders: Season 18. TVSA.co.za. 9 October 2023. 22 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221122125105/https://www.tvsa.co.za/shows/viewshowseasons.aspx?showId=3009&season=18. live.
36. Web site: Importance of Being Earnest: Cucumber Sandwiches and Polite Society on a Skewer . The New York Times . Charles . Isherwood . 21 April 2006 . 15 December 2014 . 10 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910165014/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/theater/reviews/21earn.html . live .
37. Web site: Serious Comedy: Hall and Redgrave Channel Oscar Wilde With New Earnest SERIOUS COMEDY . . Kevin . Filipski . 15 April 2006 . 15 December 2014 . 16 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141216031327/http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/29/15/29_15importance.html . live .
38. Web site: Cast Set for Peter Hall Importance of Being Earnest at BAM . Playbill . Robert . Simonson . Robert Simonson . 17 March 2006 . 15 December 2014 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924192748/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/cast-set-for-peter-hall-importance-of-being-earnest-at-bam-131466 . live .
39. Web site: Public Theater takes the production up a notch for A Midsummer Night's Dream . . Bob . Hoover . 21 January 2010 . 9 January 2015 . 29 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150129094455/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2010/01/21/Public-Theater-takes-the-production-up-a-notch-for-A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream/stories/201001210518 . live .
40. Web site: LaBute Pens New Prologue for Chicago Taming of the Shrew . Playbill . Kenneth . Jones . 11 March 2010 . 9 January 2015 . 9 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150109230304/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/labute-pens-new-prologue-for-chicago-taming-of-the-shrew-166705 . live .
41. Web site: Pippin, Glass Menagerie, Andrea Martin, John Tiffany and Will Lyman Are Elliot Norton Award Winners . Playbill . Adam . Hetrick . 13 May 2013 . 10 December 2014 . 8 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150708120623/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/pippin-glass-menagerie-andrea-martin-john-tiffany-and-will-lyman-are-elliot-205355 . live .
42. Web site: 2013 Independent Reviewers of New England Award Nominees Announced! . BroadwayWorld.com . 18 February 2013 . 17 December 2014 . 17 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217180927/http://www.broadwayworld.com/boston/article/2013-Independent-Reviewers-of-New-England-Award-Nominees-Announced-20130218 . live .
43. Web site: 2013 IRNE Award Nominations . Huntington Theatre Company . 2013 . 16 December 2014 .
44. Web site: Bianca Amato & Matthew Amendt Receive Shakespeare Theatre Company's Emery Battis Award . BroadwayWorld.com . 4 November 2014 . 9 December 2014 . 15 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215235338/http://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/Bianca-Amato-Matthew-Amendt-Receive-Shakespeare-Theatre-Companys-Emery-Battis-Award-20141104 . live .
45. Web site: BWW Reviews: All-Star Roster Brings the Bard to Fenway Park . BroadwayWorld.com . Nancy . Grossman . 20 September 2014 . 6 December 2014 . 15 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215014814/http://www.broadwayworld.com/boston/article/BWW-Reviews-All-Star-Roster-Brings-the-Bard-to-Fenway-Park-20140920 . live .
46. Web site: Review: Stupid _____ Bird Is Chekhov for the 21st Century . Charles . Isherwood . The New York Times . 28 March 2016 . 25 August 2016 . 9 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160409195935/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/theater/review-stupid-bird-is-chekhov-for-the-21st-century.html . live .
47. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Queen's Fool (2004) . . 8 December 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180249/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/23978/ . live .
48. Web site: Audiobook Review: Listening for Lions (2006) . . 8 December 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180253/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/26969/ . live .
49. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Boleyn Inheritance (Abridged/2006) . . 8 December 2014 . 15 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215073837/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/29033/ . live .
50. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Boleyn Inheritance (Unabridged/2011) . . 8 December 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180258/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/29032/ . live .
51. Web site: SWAN TOWN by Michael Ortiz Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 9 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231009200654/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/27833/swan-town-by-michael-ortiz-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
52. Web site: DRAGONS KEEP by Janet Lee Carey Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 9 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231009200656/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/33882/dragons-keep-by-janet-lee-carey-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
53. Web site: A DANGEROUS BEAUTY by Sophia Nash Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 9 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230209101253/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/117269/a-dangerous-beauty-by-sophia-nash--read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
54. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Other Queen (2008) . . 8 December 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180304/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/38969/ . live .
55. Web site: SOVAY by Celia Rees Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 9 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231009200657/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/41514/sovay-by-celia-rees-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
56. The unabridged version of The White Queen is narrated by Susan Lyons.
57. Web site: Audiobook Review: The White Queen (Abridged/2009) . . 8 December 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180309/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/49155/ . live .
58. Web site: Audiobook Review: Her Fearful Symmetry (2009) . . 8 December 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180307/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/49153/ . live .
59. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë (2009) . . 8 December 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180319/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/63994/ . live .
60. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Red Queen (2010) . . 8 December 2014 . 11 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150311172926/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/58428/ . live .
61. Web site: Audiobook Review: Dracula in Love (2010) . . 8 December 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180317/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/59323/ . live .
62. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Lady of the Rivers (2011) . . 8 December 2014 . 25 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150625060817/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/67809/ . live .
63. Web site: DEATH IN THE FLOATING CITY by Tasha Alexander Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 9 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231009200657/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/77608/death-in-the-floating-city-by-tasha-alexander-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
64. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Women of the Cousins' War (2011) . . 8 December 2014 . 21 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021003045/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/67843/ . live .
65. Web site: Audiobook Review: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness (2011) . . 8 December 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055648/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/68886/ . live .
66. Web site: STEAMED by Katie MacAlister Read by Jonathan Davis Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 30 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130203042/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/66331/steamed-by-katie-macalister-read-by-jonathan-davis-bianca-amato/. live.
67. Web site: CARTWHEELING IN THUNDERSTORMS by Katherine Rundell Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 5 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221205105825/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/99466/cartwheeling-in-thunderstorms-by-katherine-rundell-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
68. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Kingmaker's Daughter (2012) . . 8 December 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923190157/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/70895/ . live .
69. Web site: CHANGELING by Philippa Gregory Read by Charlie Cox Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 27 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727162635/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/72961/changeling-by-philippa-gregory-read-by-charlie-cox-bianca-amato/. live.
70. Web site: Audiobook Review: The White Princess (2013) . . 8 December 2014 . 14 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214234904/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/83792/ . live .
71. Web site: BEHIND THE SHATTERED GLASS by Tasha Alexander Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 9 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231009200734/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/86325/behind-the-shattered-glass-by-tasha-alexander-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
72. Web site: Audiobook Review: The King's Curse (2014) . . 8 December 2014 . 22 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141122133920/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/94027/? . live .
73. Web site: THE COUNTERFEIT HEIRESS by Tasha Alexander Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 1 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221201205334/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/96273/the-counterfeit-heiress-by-tasha-alexander-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
74. Web site: MIDNIGHT THIEF by Livia Blackburne Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 29 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210729203637/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/98948/midnight-thief-by-livia-blackburne-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
75. Web site: Audiobook Review: The Taming of the Queen (2015) . . 15 June 2017 . 29 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200929111326/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/104176/the-taming-of-the-queen-by-philippa-gregory/ . live .
76. Web site: A SCHOOL FOR BRIDES by Patrice Kindl Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 7 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230207050145/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/105757/a-school-for-brides-by-patrice-kindl-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
77. Web site: Audiobook Review: Three Sisters, Three Queens (2016) . . 15 June 2017 . 27 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160927180157/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/117859/three-sisters-three-queens-by-philippa-gregory/ . live .
78. Web site: THE LAST TUDOR by Philippa Gregory Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 12 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220812064030/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/130574/the-last-tudor-by-philippa-gregory-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
79. Web site: DEATH IN ST PETERSBURG by Tasha Alexander Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 1 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221201211932/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/134304/death-in-st-petersburg-by-tasha-alexander-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
80. Web site: UNEASY LIES THE CROWN by Tasha Alexander Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 1 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221201202650/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/150883/uneasy-lies-the-crown-by-tasha-alexander-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
81. Web site: IN THE SHADOW OF VESUVIUS by Tasha Alexander Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 1 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221201201339/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/173300/in-the-shadow-of-vesuvius-by-tasha-alexander-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
82. Web site: AFTERLAND by Lauren Beukes Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 9 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231009200658/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/182853/afterland-by-lauren-beukes-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
83. Web site: A PINCH OF MAGIC by Michelle Harrison Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 7 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220707101240/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/183570/a-pinch-of-magic-by-michelle-harrison-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
84. Web site: THE JOY AND LIGHT BUS COMPANY by Alexander McCall Smith Read by Bianca Amato | Audiobook Review. AudioFile. 9 October 2023. 4 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221004074601/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/206399/the-joy-and-light-bus-company-by-alexander-mccall-smith-read-by-bianca-amato/. live.
85. Web site: %. NarrateAfrica. 9 October 2023. 9 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231009151828/https://narrateafrica.com/about-us. live.