Bonnie Comley
Bonnie Comley, Vice President of Stellar Productions International, Inc. is a three-time Tony Award-winning[1] producer, writer and performer.
Career
Comley began pursuing an acting career in the 1990s, appearing in commercials for Budweiser, Crystal Light and Pizza Hut.[2] After marrying theater producer Stewart F. Lane in 1997, she began working for him as a script reader.[3]
In 2013, Bonnie Comley co-founded BroadwayHD.[4]
Charitable work
Comley has created scholarships funds at Columbia University Business Graduate School and at the Boston University College of Fine Arts Undergraduate School, where a theater is named in her honor. She is also major supporter of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where another theater is named in her honor, and at Emerson College where the Musical Theater Society Room bears her name. She is also a supporter of Fiorello H. La Guardia High School for the Performing Arts School with her husband Stewart F. Lane.
On May 7, 2007, the 500 seat Comley/Lane Theater opened at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Personal life
Comley is married to fellow producer Stewart F. Lane[5] and they live in NYC with their five children.
Notable productions
As producer
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (November 17, 2013 – Present)[6]
- Romeo and Juliet (September 19, 2013 - December 8, 2013)
- Jekyll & Hyde (April 18, 2013 - May 12, 2013)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (April 22, 2012 - June 22, 2012)
- Gore Vidal's The Best Man (April 1, 2012 - September 9, 2012)
- War Horse (April 14, 2011 – January 6, 2013)
- Priscilla Queen of the Desert (March 20, 2011 – June 24, 2012)
- The Merchant of Venice (November 13, 2010 – February 20, 2011)
- Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (October 13, 2010 – January 2, 2011)
- Come Fly Away (March 25, 2010 – September 5, 2010)
- Enron (April 27, 2010 - May 9, 2010)
- The 39 Steps (March 25, 2010 – January 16, 2011)
- All About Me (March 18, 2010 - April 4, 2010)
- Superior Donuts (October 1, 2009 - January 3, 2010)
- American Buffalo (Nov 17, 2008 - Nov 24, 2008)
- Sunday in the Park with George (February 21, 2008 - June 29, 2008)
- The 39 Steps (January 15, 2008 – January 10, 2010)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (November 1, 2007 - January 6, 2008)
- Legally Blonde: The Musical (April 29, 2007 – October 19, 2008)
- Jay Johnson: The Two and Only (September 28, 2006 - November 26, 2006)
- In the Wings (September 26, 2005 - October 16, 2005)
- Fiddler on the Roof (February 26, 2004 - January 8, 2006)
- Gypsy (May 1, 2003 - May 30, 2004) Produced by WWLC (WAxman, Williams, Lane, Comley)
- Jay Johnson: The Two and Only (May 13, 2004 - August 15, 2004) Produced in Association with Bonnie Comley
As actor
- If It Was Easy (March 7, 2001 - April 2, 2001)
- Fortune's Fools (May 9, 1995 - July 1, 1995)
- Dreamtime (1992)
- Noo Yawk Tawk (1988–1991)
- Accentuate the Positive
- Da Show Must Go On
- Delay on the A Train
- Final Appeal
- I Did It
- Lobby Hero
- Lost and Found
- Superman Blues
- The Golden Age
- Trial By Fire
- Who's Hot, Who's Not
Boards & Associations
- The Drama League Board of Directors[7] ( 2009–present)
- Emerson College Board of Overseers (2003–present)[8]
- Diller-Quaile School of Music Board of Directors (2002–present)
- The Theatre Museum Board of Advisors (2002–present)[9]
External links
- Bonnie Comley's official site
- Bonnie Comley's bio
- Bonnie Comley photos
- Rob Rich photos of Bonnie Comley on SocietyAllure.com
- Patrick McMullan photos of Bonnie Comley
- Bonnie Comley at the Internet Broadway Database
- Bonnie Comley at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Bonnie Comley on IMDb
- All About Me Opening
- Come Fly Away Opening
References
- IBDB.com Awards Archived November 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Production Values". UMass Lowell. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- "Broadway Producers and Their Upper East Side Penthouse". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- New York Times Article
- Bonnie Comley at the Internet Broadway Database
- IBDB.com
- The Drama League Board Members
- emerson.edu
- "thetheatremuseum.org". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03.