- Rocco Landesman
Fredric Rocco Landesman (born
July 20 ,1947 inSt. Louis, Missouri ) is president of Jujamcyn Theaters, the third largestBroadway theatre organization. He is a graduate of theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison , and received an MFA fromYale University . He received an honorary degree fromColby College in 2005.In the 1970s and 1980s he founded a mutual fund, called The Cardinals Fund, and raced thoroughbred horses. He was also a professor of dramatic literature at Yale. However, he then switched to producing Broadway plays, where he has had much success, starting with Big River in 1985.
He grew up in
St. Louis County, Missouri , and graduated from Clayton High School in 1965. His father, Fred Landesman, and uncle, Jay Landesman, started up the Crystal Palace, a cabaret, inGaslight Square .Tony Awards
*2006 Best Musical - Jersey Boys
*2002 Best Revival of a Musical -Into the Woods
*2001 Best Musical - The Producers
*2001 Best Play - Proof
*2001 Best Revival of a Musical - 42nd Street
*1999 Best Revival of a Play - Death of a Salesman
*1997 Best Musical - Titanic
*1996 Best Revival of a Musical - The King and I
*1995 Best Play - Love! Valour! Compassion!
*1994 Best Play -Angels in America : Perestroika
*1993 Best Play - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
*1992 Best Revival -Guys and Dolls
*1990 Best Musical - City of Angels
*1990 Best Play - The Grapes of Wrath
*1985 Best Musical - Big RiverSources
* [http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2005-10-05/culture/pay-for-play/ Riverfront Times 10/5/2005]
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=23691 Internet Broadway Database]
* [http://www.colby.edu/news_events/commencement/2005/honorary/citation-landesman.cfm Colby College Honorary Degree]
* [http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/guides/whm0608.htm Western Historical Manuscript Collection]
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