Shirley Herz

Shirley Herz (December 30, 1925 – August 11, 2013) was an American Broadway theatre production press representative.[1]

Herz had publicized Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions, ballet companies, circuses, worlds fairs, films and television programs, beginning in 1954, aged 28, when she was the press assistant for the Truman Capote and Harold Arlen musical, House of Flowers.[1][2] She worked with many notables, including Tallulah Bankhead, Rosalind Russell, Eva Le Gallienne, Jerry Herman, and Julie Harris, as well as with many off-Broadway (such as Manhattan Theatre Club) and off-off-Broadway companies.

The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing presented Herz with a special Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre at the 63rd Tony Awards ceremony on June 7, 2009.[3]

Death

Herz suffered a stroke on July 18, 2013 and died on August 11, aged 87. Her sole immediate survivor is her widower, Herbert Boley, to whom she was married from 1948 until her death.[1]

Productions

Broadway productions for which she acted as press agent or representative include:[2]

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 2005 The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? 2002 Angela Lansbury - A Celebration, 1996 Translations, 1995 The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, 1994 A Little More Magic, 1994 Wonderful Tennessee, 1993 Mixed Emotions, 1993 Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, 1992-1993 Crazy He Calls Me, 1992 Catskills on Broadway, 1991-93 Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, 1991-92 Peter Pan, 1990-91; 1991-92 Shogun, The Musical, 1990-91 Fiddler on the Roof [Revival], 1990-91 A Change in the Heir, 1990 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [Revival] 1990 Gypsy [Revival], 1989-91 Prince of Central Park, 1989 The Threepenny Opera [Revival], 1989 Dangerous Games, 1989 Starmites, 1989 Chu Chem, 1989 Cafe Crown [Revival], 1989 Legs Diamond 1988-89 Paul Robeson [Revival] 1988 Burn This, 1988 All My Sons, 1987 Raggedy Ann, 1986

Jerry's Girls, 1986 Singin' in the Rain, 1985-86 Home Front, 1985 Quilters, 1984 Open Admissions, 1984 Marilyn, 1983 La Cage aux Folles, 1983-87 The Ritz [Revival] 1983 Ned & Jack, 1981 Wally's Cafe, 1981 The Five O'Clock Girl [Revival], 1981 To Grandmother's House We Go, 1981 Onward Victoria, 1980 Perfectly Frank, 1980 Happy New Year, 1980 Canterbury Tales [Revival], 1980 The Lady from Dubuque, 1980 King of Schnorrers, 1979-80 Strider,1979-80 The Madwoman of Central Park West, 1979 My Old Friends, 1979 Platinum, 1978 The November People, 1978 An Almost Perfect Person, 1977-78 The Night of the Tribades, 1977 The Royal Family (play) [Revival], 1976

Summer Brave, 1975 Ride the Winds, 1974 Holiday [Revival], 1973-74 Chemin de Fer [Revival], 1973-74 The Visit [Revival], 1973-74 The Women [Revival], 1973 Look Away, 1973 Ring Around the Bathtub, 1972 Hedda Gabler [Revival], 1971 A Doll's House [Revival], 1971 The Rothschilds, 1970-72 Oh! Calcutta!, 1969-72 Forty Carats, 1968-70 The Family Way, 1965 Zizi, 1964-65 Conversation at Midnight, 1964 A Girl Could Get Lucky, 1964 Marathon '33, 1963-64 Romulus, 1962 Everybody Loves Opal, 1961 Mary, Mary, 1961-64 Happy Town, 1959 The Cold Wind and the Warm, 1958-59 Miss Isobel, 1957-58 Rumple, 1957 Compulsion,1957-58 The Cave Dwellers, 1957-58 Romanoff and Juliet, 1957-58 House of Flowers, 1954-55.

References

1. "Shirley Herz profile at". Biography. americantheatrewing.org. September 2007. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
2. Shirley Herz at the Internet Broadway Database.
3. "Shirley Herz, Tony-Winning Theatrical Press Agent, Dies at Age 87". Broadway. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

External links

• Shirley Herz papers, 1959-1984, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts