Barry & Fran Weissler

Barry & Fran Weissler are Tony Award-winning American theatrical producers.

Career

Barry Weissler (born 1939) and Fran Weissler (born 1928)^[1] They met in 1964 during an engagement of a touring theatrical production in New Jersey. The two then started a touring theatrical group, The National Theatre Company, which presented classic plays to High School, College and adult audiences with professional casts^[2] 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 won 7 Tony Awards and 4 Drama Desk Awards.^[3] The couple also received the Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production for their production of Chicago in the London West End.^[4]

Honours

In 2010 Barry & Fran Weissler were given a lifetime achievement award by the New York Musical Theatre Festival.^[5] The PlayhouseSquare Awarded Barry & Fran Weissler their "Star Award for achievement in the Performing Arts" in 2014.^[6]

Awards and Nominations

2014 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical - Violet - nominee
2014 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical or Revue - Violet - nominee
2013 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical - Pippin - winner
2013 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical - Pippin - winner
2011 Tony Award® Best Musical - The Scottsboro Boys - nominee
2010 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical - La Cage aux Folles - winner
2010 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical - La Cage aux Folles - winner
2010 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical - Promises, Promises - nominee
2005 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical - Sweet Charity - nominee
2005 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical - Sweet Charity - nominee
2004 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical - Wonderful Town - nominee
2004 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical - Wonderful Town - nominee
1999 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical - Annie Get Your Gun - winner
1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical - Annie Get Your Gun - nominee

1997 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical - Chicago - winner
1997 Olivier Award Best Revival of a Musical - Chicago - winner
1997 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical - Chicago - winner
1994 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical - Grease - nominee
1994 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical Revival - My Fair Lady - nominee
1992 Tony Award® Best Musical - Falsettos - nominee
1992 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival - Falsettos - nominee
1991 Tony Award® Best Revival - Fiddler on the Roof - winner
1990 Tony Award® Best Revival - Gypsy - winner
1990 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival - Gypsy - winner
1990 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - nominee
1988 Tony Award® Best Revival - Cabaret - nominee
1988 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival - Cabaret - nominee
1982 Tony Award® Reproduction (Play or Musical) - Othello - winner
1982 Tony Award® Reproduction (Play or Musical) - Medea - nominee

Notable Productions

Violet - Apr 20, 2014 - Aug 10, 2014
Pippin - Apr 25, 2013 - Jan 04, 2015
The Scottsboro Boys - Oct 31, 2010 - Dec 12, 2010
Enron - Apr 27, 2010 - May 09, 2010
Promises, Promises - Apr 25, 2010 - Jan 02, 2011
La Cage aux Folles - Apr 18, 2010 - May 01, 2011
Come Fly Away - Mar 25, 2010 - Sep 05, 2010
Sweet Charity - May 04, 2005 - Dec 31, 2005
Wonderful Town - Nov 23, 2003 - Jan 30, 2005
Seussical - Nov 30, 2000 - May 20, 2001
Annie Get Your Gun - Mar 04, 1999 - Sep 01, 2001
Chicago on Broadway - Nov 14, 1996 - Present
Chicago in London - November 18, 1997 - Present
My Thing Of Love - May 03, 1995 - May 14, 1995

Grease - May 11, 1994 - Jan 25, 1998
My Fair Lady - Dec 09, 1993 - May 01, 1994
Falsettos - Apr 29, 1992 - Jun 27, 1993
Fiddler on the Roof - Nov 18, 1990 - Jun 16, 1991
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Mar 21, 1990 - Aug 01, 1990
Gypsy - Nov 16, 1989 - Jul 28, 1991
Macbeth - Apr 21, 1988 - Jun 26, 1988
Cabaret - Oct 22, 1987 - Jun 04, 1988
André De Shields's Haarlem Nocturne - Nov 18, 1984 - Dec 30, 1984
Zorba - Oct 16, 1983 - Sep 02, 1984
Your Arms Too Short to Box with God - Sep 09, 1982 - Nov 07, 1982
Medea - May 02, 1982 - Jun 27, 1982
Othello - Feb 03, 1982 - May 23, 1982

References

Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical

Carousel (1994)
Show Boat (1995)
The King and I (1996)
Chicago (1997)
Cabaret (1998)
Annie Get Your Gun (1999)
Kiss Me, Kate (2000)
42nd Street (2001)
Into the Woods (2002)
Nine (2003)
Assassins (2004)
La Cage aux Folles (2005)
The Pajama Game (2006)
Company (2007)
South Pacific (2008)
Hair (2009)
La Cage aux Folles (2010)
Anything Goes (2011)
Porgy and Bess (2012)
Pippin (2013)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014)
The King and I (2015)

Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play

1994–2000

2001–present

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2001)
Private Lives (2002)
Long Day's Journey into Night (2003)
Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2) (2004)
Glengarry Glen Ross (2005)
Awake and Sing! (2006)
Journey's End (2007)
Boeing-Boeing (2008)
The Norman Conquests (2009)
Fences (2010)
The Normal Heart (2011)
Death of a Salesman (2012)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2013)
A Raisin in the Sun (2014)
Skylight (2015)

Complete list
(1994–2000)
(2001–2025)

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical

1988–2000

Anything Goes (1988)
Gypsy (1990)
A Little Night Music (1991)
Guys and Dolls (1992)
She Loves Me (1994)
The King and I (1996)
Chicago (1997)
Cabaret (1998)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999)
Kiss Me, Kate (2000)

2001–present

42nd Street (2001)
Into the Woods (2002)
Nine (2003)
Assassins (2004)
La Cage aux Folles (2005)
Sweeney Todd (2006)
Company (2007)
South Pacific (2008)
Hair (2009)
La Cage aux Folles (2010)
Anything Goes (2011)
Follies (2012)
Pippin (2013)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014)
The King and I (2015)

Complete list
(1988–2000)
(2001–2025)

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival

1991–2000

Show Boat (1991)
The Boys from Syracuse (1992)
Carousel (1993)
Sweeney Todd (1994)
She Loves Me (1995)
The Who's Tommy (1997)
Chicago (1998)
Oklahoma! (1999)
Candide (2000)

2001–present

Singin' in the Rain (2001)
My Fair Lady (2002)
Anything Goes (2003)
Pacific Overtures (2004)
Grand Hotel (2005)
Guys and Dolls (2006)
Sunday in the Park with George (2007)
The Magic Flute (2008)
La Cage aux Folles (2009)
Hello, Dolly! (2010)
Into the Woods (2011)
Crazy for You (2012)
Sweeney Todd (2013)
Merrily We Roll Along (2014)
City of Angels (2015)

Complete list
(1991–2000)
(2001–2025)

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