Barry and Fran Weissler

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

Career

Barry Weissler (born 1939) and Fran Weissler (born 1928)[1] 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

The Weisslers have won many Tony Awards, Drama Desk Awards, and Olivier Awards.

Notable Productions

References
  1. "Producers put a theater in their own backyard" The New York Times Geraldine Fabrikant, August 11, 2010
  2. "National Theatre Presents Volpone" The Torch College of Saint Benedict, March 25, 1971
  3. Barry & Fran Weissler at the Internet Broadway Database
  4. Olivier Award Winners 1998 Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Playbill.com "NYMF Awards Gala to Honor Weisslers and Chita Rivera" by Adam Hetrick, November 8, 2010
  6. Playhousesquare.org retrieved January 26, 2015
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