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Stewart F. Lane (born 1951) is a four-time Tony Award winning Broadway producer with two shows currently on Broadway: Superior Donuts and Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. He also has a DVD out now based on his critically acclaimed book, Let's Put on a Show! [1] He has also produced in Dublin and London (Olivier nominated twice). In addition to publishing two plays, he has directed across the country, working with Stephen Baldwin, Shannon Doherty, Chazz Palminteri, and more. He is co-owner of the [[Palace Theatre (Broadway) with the Nederlander Organization and a partner in the Tribeca Grill with Robert De Niro. Having been an actor, Mr. Lane has begun public speaking about his theatrical ventures.

Tony Awards
2002 Best Musical - Thoroughly Modern Millie
1991 Best Musical - The Will Rogers Follies
1984 Best Musical - La Cage aux Folles
2006 Best Theatrical Event - Jay Johnson: The Two and Only

Biography

Early life

Lane was born in New York, New York, the son of Leonard Charles Lane (a corporate executive) and Mildred Chesanow Lane. He has an older sister and a younger brother. Lane graduated Great Neck North High School in 1969 and attended C. W. Post College for one year before transferring to Boston University College of Fine Arts where he graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Acting in 1973.[2]

Career

In 1974, Lane earned his Actors Equity card performing in The Little Theater on the Square in Sullivan, Illinois playing in Oklahoma! starring Peter Palmer. He later toured in summer stock with Van Johnson in Send Me No Flowers (1975). In 1976, Lane worked at the Piedmont Repertory Company starring in Picnic, The Philadelphia Story and The Odd Couple. In the spring of 1977, Lane co-starred with Ed Herlihy in Never Too Late at the Fox Hollow Dinner theater in Jericho, New York. Later that year, he joined the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA unions and moved to California and wrote the first draft of his play In the Wings[3]. Returning to New York in 1978 he worked as assistant house manager at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre during the run of Same Time Next Year by Bernard Slade. Lane also worked at the theater during Tribute starring Jack Lemmon and later at the Alvin Theatre during the run of Annie. His first billing as Assistant to the Producer was for Whose Life Is It Anyway? starring Tom Conti.

Off-Broadway and regionally, Mr. Lane produced: Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Fortune's Fools, Sarah Abraham by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman, Eating Raoul - The Musical and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz composed by Allen Menken.

In London, Mr. Lane produced Thoroughly Modern Millie (Olivier Nomination), Ragtime (Olivier Nomination and Lobby Hero. In Dublin, he produced the world premiere of JFK: A Musical Drama

Expanding into film, Mr. Lane produced the documentary Show Business: the Road to Broadway and Brooklyn Rules starring Alec Baldwin and Freddy Prinze Jr.. Recently, Mr. Lane produced the Broadway production of Company starring Raul Ezparza, Cyrano de Bergerac for Great Performances on PBS.

Mr. Lane has written Let's Put on a Show, and the plays In the Wings (to be published in the spring 2008 by Hal Leonard) and If It Was Easy (published by Performing Books and nominated for Best New Play by the American Theatre Critics Association). He has directed extensively with productions of The Foreigner, The Gig, Ain't Misbehavin', If It Was Easy, The Golden Age, Frankenstein, Final Appeal with Chaz Palminteri and Stephen Baldwin, and In the Wings with Shannen Doherty.

Representing former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Mr. Lane served on the Board of Directors at the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center and the Transitional Committee where appointed both the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs and the Commissioner of Film, Theater & Broadcasting.

Currently, Lane is President and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Productions International, Inc. and Stewart F. Lane Productions, Inc. He is the co-owner and operator of the Palace Theatre in NY, and partner in the Tribeca Grill Restaurant with Robert De Niro.

Mr. Lane also sits on the Board of Directors of Rogar Studios and the Board of Trustees of The Actor's Fund of America. Mr. Lane sat on the Board of Governors of The League of American Theatres and Producers for eleven years and still remains a member of the League. He is on The Board of Advisors for the The American Theater Wing and The Times Square Group. Mr. Lane is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Theatre Museum. See Awards and nominations below.

Giving back to the theater community, Mr. Lane has created scholarship funds at Columbia University Business Graduate School, and Boston University College of Fine Arts Undergraduate School, (B.F.A) as well as major support to the University of Massachusetts, Emerson College and Fiorello H. La Guardia High School for the Performing Arts School.

Personal life

Lane is married to fellow producer Bonnie Comley[4] and they live in NYC with their five children.

Notable productions

  • Enron (April 27, 2010 – May 9, 2010)
  • All About Me (March 18, 2010 – April 4, 2010)
  • Minnelli on Minnelli starring Liza Minnelli (December 8, 1999 - January 2, 2000)
  • A Change in the Heir (April 29, 1990 - May 13, 1990)
  • Lone Star & Pvt. Wars (June 7, 1979 - August 5, 1979)

Awards and nominations

Additional awards

Published articles

References

  1. ^ Stewart F. Lane's Let's Put on a Show!
  2. ^ BU Alumni Web :: Bostonia :: Winter 2003
  3. ^ In The Wings - A New Comedy by Stewart F. Lane
  4. ^ Stewart F. Lane at the Internet Broadway Database
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