- Bruce Lazarus
Bruce Lazarus (born in New York City) is an entertainment attorney and
theatrical producer notable for his work on Broadway andoff-Broadway .Theatre
Bruce Lazarus received a 2003 Tony Award for Best Play nomination for the Broadway production of SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=13425] by Rupert Holmes which starred
Frank Gorshen and won the 2004 National Broadway Theatre Award [http://www.nationalbroadwayawards.com/index.html?home.html] for the national tour.His other Broadway producing credits include THE GATHERING [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=12840] by Arje Shaw which starredHal Linden .Bruce Lazarus also produced several notable off-Broadway productions including SHAKESPEARE'S R&J [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=359] [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E3D6163BF930A15752C0A96E958260] adapted by Joe Calarco for which he won the 1998 Lucile Lortel Award for Outstanding Production; ONLY KIDDING [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=Only%20Kidding%21] by Jim Geoghan for which he won the 1989
Drama Desk Award [http://www.dramadesk.com/] Outstanding New Play nomination and for which two of its starsPaul Provenza and Howard Speigel won 1989Theatre World Awards [http://www.theatreworldawards.org/] .His producing partners include Frederic B. Vogel [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=21951] , Roger Gindi [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=79634] , Dana Matthow [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=90365] , Allan Sandler [http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Snapshot%20Productions] , Steve Leber [http://wjcohen.home.mindspring.com/music/nsyncmsn.htm] , David Krebs [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/aerosmith%20manager%20sues] , Patrick Hogan, William Franzblau [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=104255] , Martha R. Gasparian [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=82326] , Lawrence S. Toppall [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=82322] , Martin Markinson [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=23097] , and Elsa Daspin Haft [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=21829] .
Bruce Lazarus has produced original productions of plays by
Rupert Holmes , Arje Shaw [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/t/theater/index.html?query=SHAW,%20ARJE&field=per&match=exact] , William Shakespeare, Jim Geoghan [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsG/GeoghanJim.htm] , JJ Barry, Peppy Castro, John Gay, andDiane Frolov .Directors he has collaborated with include: Larry Arrick [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=9588] , John Tillinger [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=16342] , Jeremy Dobrish [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Jeremy&middle=&last=Dobrish] , Genarro Montanino, Rebecca Taylor, and Joe Calarco [http://www.joecalarco.net/productions-R&J.htm] .
As a theatrical attorney Bruce Lazarus has represented over 20 Broadway and off-Broadway shows including: BLUEMAN GROUP:TUBES [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=Blue%20Man%20Group%3A%20Tubes] , THE LION KING [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4761] , AIDA [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=12485] and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4602] in his capacity as Director of Business and Legal Affairs for
Walt Disney Theatrical Productions .He has taught the legal aspects of producing commercial theatre at the Commercial Theatre Institiute [http://www.livebroadway.com/index.php?url_identifier=commercial-theater-institute-1] in New York, at
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and at the UCLA School of Contuning Education.Bruce Lazarus is a member New York State Bar (Appellate Division First Department), Advisory Board Member at Southwestern University School of Law Donald E. Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute [http://www.swlaw.edu/academics/biederman/instituteboard] , and a member League of American Theatres and Producers [http://www.livebroadway.com/] .
Talent Manager and Coach
Bruce Lazarus began his entertainment business career as a talent agent. He later became the personal manager for
Ray Liotta ,David Caruso ,Troy Beyer ,Philip Baker Hall andMarian Mercer .Education
Bruce Lazarus attended Southwestern University School of Law, in Los Angeles, CA where he received his Juris Doctorate degree in 1986.He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Miami, in Coral Gables, FL where her majored in Theatre Arts.
External links
Bruce Lazarus at the Internet Broadway Database [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=82323]
Bruce Lazarus at the Internet Off-Broadway Database [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Bruce&last=Lazarus&middle=]
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