Jill Furman
Jill Furman (born 1969) is an American theatrical producer. Furman's father is the producer Roy Furman.[1] She married Richard Willis on May 4, 2008, at the Central Synagogue in New York City.[2]
Career
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Furman co-produced the Broadway plays Sly Fox (2004) and Fortune's Fool (2002). She also produced off-Broadway's On the Line, running in April 2006. Also in 2006, Furman brought The Drowsy Chaperone to Broadway at the Marquis Theatre.[3] The show won multiple Tony Awards, and was nominated for Best Musical. It closed on December 30, 2007, after 674 performances and 32 previews.[4]
Furman also produced the off-Broadway run of the hit musical In the Heights. The musical transferred to Broadway with previews starting on February 14, 2008, with an official opening on March 9 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.[5] The production played its final performance on January 9, 2011.[6] For this, Furman and producers Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum won a Tony Award. In 2009, she executive produced a Broadway revival of West Side Story.[1]
Awards and accolades
- Producing
- 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical - The Drowsy Chaperone - Nominee
- 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical - The Drowsy Chaperone - WINNER
- 2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical - In the Heights - Nominee
- 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical - In the Heights - WINNER
- 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical - West Side Story - Nominee
- Other accolades
- 2011 Robert Whitehead Award, from the Commercial Theater Institute[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jones, Kenneth. "New West Side Story Cast Album Will Be Recorded April 6" Playbill, April 2, 2009.
- ↑ Sipher, Devan. "Jill Furman and Richard Willis; Vows", The New York Times, May 11, 2008.
- ↑ The Broadway League. "The Drowsy Chaperone | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
- ↑ Lipton, Brian. "Broadway's The Drowsy Chaperone to Close on December 30". Theater Mania. December 19, 2007.
- ↑ Jones, Keneth. "In the Heights Will Play Broadway's Richard Rodgers Starting February 2008". Playbil. July 26, 2007.
- ↑ "In the Heights to Close on Broadway in January; Miranda to Return to Cast" playbill.com, October 27, 2010.
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External links
- Jill Furman at the Internet Movie Database
- Jill Furman at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Jill Furman at the Internet Broadway Database
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