Bonnie Comley

Bonnie Comley is an American three-time Tony Award-winning theatre producer.[1] She has won an Olivier Award and two Drama Desk Awards for her stage productions. She is a member of The Broadway League and serves on their Audience Engagement and Education Committee.

Career

After graduating from Emerson College, Comley was hired as a reporter, and on-camera host for NightLife Tv on The Travel Channel.[2] Comley began pursuing an acting career in the 1990s, appearing in commercials for Budweiser, Crystal Light and Pizza Hut.[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.[5]

Personal life

Comley is married to fellow producer Stewart F. Lane[6] and they live in NYC.

Notable productions

As producer

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 and associations

  • The Drama League Board of Directors[8] ( 2009–present)
  • Emerson College Board of Advisors (2003–present)[9]
  • Diller-Quaile School of Music Board of Directors (2002-2011)
  • The Theatre Museum Board of Advisors (2002–present)[10]

References

  1. ^ "Bonnie Comley – Broadway Cast & Staff". IBDb.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Bonnie Comley". IMDb.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Production Values". Uml.edu. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. ^ Isherwood, Charles (23 January 2014). "Off Off Off Broadway (at Your Multiplex)". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ Wild, Stephi. "Photos: Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Their Namesake Theater". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. ^ Bonnie Comley at the Internet Broadway Database
  7. ^ "Bonnie Comley – Broadway Cast & Staff". IBDb.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. ^ "The Drama League Board Members". Dramaleague.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Board of Overseers | Emerson College". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  10. ^ "The Theatre Museum". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03.