Barry weissler biography
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Weissler, Barry and Fran
WEISSLER, BARRY and FRAN , U.S. theatrical producers. Fran Weissler majored in drama at New York University, while her husband, she said, dropped out of Rutgers Law School after a year. Both started out in retailing but formed the National Artists Management Company in 1970 to bring classic plays to children. Beginning in 1982 with Othello, the Weisslers produced 19 plays on Broadway through to a revival of Sweet Charity in 2005. Their presentations on Broadway, including Medea (1982), Your Arms Too Short to Box With God (1982), Zorba (1983), Cabaret (1987), Macbeth (1988), Gypsy (1989), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1990), Fiddler on the Roof (1990), Grease (1994), and Chicago (1996), which ran for 10 years as a revival. They received five Tony awards, for Chicago, Othello, Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy, and Annie Get Your Gun (1999).
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Barry Weissler
BIO
Barry Weissler (born 1939) is a theater producer who along with his wife Fran Weissler started a touring theatrical group, The National Theatre Company, which presented classic plays to High School, College and adult audiences with professional casts. After years of touring Shakespearean plays on the east coast they brought “Othello” and “Medea” to Broadway in 1982. The two plays earned them their first two Tony Award nominations and first win for “Othello.” As of 2014 the pair have earned 28 Tony or skådespel Desk nominations. They have won 7 Tony Awards including Best Rivival for “Gypsy”(1990), “Fiddler on the Roof”(1991), and “Pippin”(2013) and 4 skådespel Desk Awards including Outstanding Revival for “La Cage aux Folles” (2010), and “Chicago” (1997). The couple also received the Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production for their production of “Chicago” in the London West End.
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Barry and Fran Weissler
Barry & Fran Weissler are Americantheatrical producers.[1]
Career
[edit]Barry Weissler (born 1939), a Rutgers Law School drop-out,[2] and Fran Weissler (born 1928), a New York University drama major,[2][3] met in 1964 during an engagement of a touring theatrical production in New Jersey. Both worked in retailing.[2]
In 1970,[4] they formed the National Artists Management Co., also known as Namco. Its mission was to present classic children, elementary school, high school, and college audiences to professional tasks.[2] elementary schools, High School, College and adult audiences with professional casts.[5]
After years of touring Shakespearean plays on the East Coast, they brought Othello and Medea to Broadway in 1982. The two plays earned them their first two Tony Award nominations. As of 2014, the pair have earned 28 Tony or Drama Desk nominations. They have wo