By Alexis Clements, Black Eyed Susan. Oftentimes, when theater critics or historians talk about Black-Eyed Susan, they speak about downtown impresario Charles Ludlam , founder of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company , with whom she worked and was close friends for twenty years. But she is an icon in her own right, worthy of her own attention and discussion. Born in Shelton, Connecticut, in the middle of the twentieth ce…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:41PM on November 13, 2013