Stewart F. Lane

Infobox actor


name = Stewart F. Lane
birthdate = birth date and age|1951|5|3
location = New York City, New York
tonyawards = Best Musical
2002 - "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
1991 - "The Will Rogers Follies"
1984 - "La Cage aux Folles"
Best Theatrical Event
2006 - ""

Stewart F. Lane (born May 3 1951) is a four-time Tony Award winning Broadway producer for "Jay Johnson: The Two & Only", "Thoroughly Modern Millie", "The Will Rogers Follies" and "La Cage aux Folles", as well as a nine-time nominee including "Fiddler on the Roof" (revival) starring Alfred Molina, "Gypsy" (revival) starring Bernadette Peters, "1776" (revival) starring Pat Hingle and Brent Spiner, "The Goodbye Girl" starring Martin Short and Bernadette Peters and "Woman of the Year" starring Lauren Bacall. [cite news |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=19661 |title=Stewart F. Lane: Let's Put on a Show! |publisher=Broadway World |date=2007-07-01 |accessdate=2008-01-30]

He is also the recipient of two Drama Desk Awards, a Drama Critics Circle Award and Outer Circle Critics Award. Other Broadway shows Mr. Lane produced are: "Cyrano de Bergerac" starring Kevin Kline, Jennifer Garner, and Daniel Sunjata, Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps", "", "Minnelli on Minnelli" starring Liza Minnelli, "Wait Until Dark" starring Quentin Tarantino and Marisa Tomei, "Can-Can" starring Zizi Jeanmaire, "Frankenstein" starring Dianne Wiest, "Teaneck Tanzi" starring Deborah Harry and Andy Kaufman, "A Change in the Heir", "The Grand Tour" starring Joel Grey, "West Side Story" starring Debbie Allen and "Lone Stars & Pvt. Wars".

Biography

Early life

Lane was born in New York, New York, the son of Leonard Charles Lane(a corporate executive) and Mildred Chesanow Lane. He has an older sister and a younger brother. Lane graduated Great Neck North High School in 1969 and attended C. W. Post College for one year before transferring to Boston University College of Fine Arts where he graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Acting in 1973. [ [http://www.bu.edu/alumni/bostonia/2003/winter/homecoming/index.html BU Alumni Web :: Bostonia :: Winter 2003 ] ]

Career

In 1974 Lane earned his Actors Equity card performing in The Little Theater on the Square in Sullivan, Illinois playing in "Oklahoma!" starring Peter Palmer. He later toured in summer stock with Van Johnson in "Send Me No Flowers" (1975). In 1976, Lane worked at the Piedmont Repertory Company starring in "Picnic", "The Philadelphia Story" and "The Odd Couple". In the spring of 1977, Lane co-starred with Ed Herlihy in "Never Too Late" at the Fox Hollow Dinner theater in Jericho, New York. Later that year, he joined the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA unions and moved to California and wrote the first draft of his play "In the Wings" [ [http://inthewingsny.com/presskit/presskit_1.htm In The Wings - A New Comedy by Stewart F. Lane ] ] . Returning to New York in 1978 he worked as assistant house manager at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre during the run of "Same Time Next Year" by Bernard Slade. Lane also worked at the theater during "Tribute" starring Jack Lemmon and later at the Alvin Theatre during the run of "Annie". His first billing as Assistant to the Producer was for "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" starring Tom Conti.

Off-Broadway and regionally, Mr. Lane produced: "Jay Johnson: The Two and Only", "Fortune's Fools", "Sarah Abraham" by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman, "Eating Raoul - The Musical" and "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" composed by Allen Menken.

In London, Mr. Lane produced "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (Olivier Nomination), "Ragtime" (Olivier Nomination and "Lobby Hero". In Dublin, he produced the world premiere of "JFK - A Musical Drama"

Expanding into film, Mr. Lane produced the documentary "Show Business: the Road to Broadway" and "Brooklyn Rules" starring Alec Baldwin and Freddy Prinze Jr.. Recently, Mr. Lane produced the Broadway production of "Company" starring Raul Ezparza, "Cyrano de Bergerac" for Great Performances on PBS.

Mr. Lane has written "Let's Put on a Show" (Heinmann Publishing), and the plays "In the Wings" (to be published in the spring 2008 by Hal Leonard) and "If It Was Easy" (published by Performing Books and nominated for Best New Play by the American Theatre Critics Association). He has directed extensively with productions of "The Foreigner", "The Gig", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "If It Was Easy", "The Golden Age", "Frankenstein", "Final Appeal" with Chaz Palminteri and Stephen Baldwin, and "In the Wings" with Shannen Doherty.

Representing former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Mr. Lane served on the Board of Directors at the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center and the Transitional Committee where appointed both the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs and the Commissioner of Film, Theater & Broadcasting.

Currently, Lane is President and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Productions International, Inc. and Stewart F. Lane Productions, Inc. He is the co-owner and operator of the Palace Theatre in NY, and partner in the Tribeca Grill Restaurant with Robert DeNiro.

Mr. Lane also sits on the Board of Directors of Rogar Studios and the Board of Trustees of The Actor's Fund of America. Mr. Lane sat on the Board of Governors of The League of American Theatres and Producers for eleven years and still remains a member of the League. He is on The Board of Advisors for the The American Theater Wing and The Times Square Group. Mr. Lane is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Theatre Museum. He has received the Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor, the Jewish National Fund "Trees of Life" Award, the Child Development Center of the Hamptons "Reach for the Stars" Award, the BU College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumni Award, The Boston University Distinguished Alumni Award, and a Doctor of Humane Letters from Five Towns College, among other awards.

Giving back to the theater community, Mr. Lane has created scholarship funds at Columbia University Business Graduate School, and Boston University College of Fine Arts Undergraduate School, (B.F.A) as well as major support to the University of Massachusetts, Emerson College and Fiorello H. La Guardia High School for the Performing Arts School.

Personal life

Lane is married to fellow producer Bonnie Comley [ibdb name|id=23893] and they live in NYC with their five children.

Notable productions

*"Godspell" Opening (October 23, 2008)
*"Sunday in the Park with George" (February 21, 2008 - June 29, 2008)Produced in association with Stewart F. Lane
*"The 39 Steps" (January 15, 2008–present)Produced in association with Stewart F. Lane
*"Cyrano de Bergerac" (November 1, 2007 - January 6, 2008)Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"" (April 29, 2007–present)Produced, Theatre Owned/Operated by Stewart F. Lane
*"" (September 28, 2006 - November 26, 2006)Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"All Shook Up" (March 24, 2005 - September 25, 2005)Theatre Owned/Operated by Stewart F. Lane
*"Fiddler on the Roof" (February 26, 2004 - January 8, 2006) Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"Gypsy" (May 1, 2003 - May 30, 2004) Produced by WWLC (WAxman, Williams, Lane, comley)
*"Thoroughly Modern Millie" (April 18, 2002 - June 20, 2004) Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"Aida" (March 23, 2000 - September 5, 2004) Theatre Owned/Operated by Stewart F. Lane
*"Minnelli on Minnelli" (December 8, 1999 - January 2, 2000) Produced, Theatre Owned/Operated by Stewart F. Lane
*"Wait Until Dark" (April 5, 1998 - June 28, 1998) Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"1776" (August 14, 1997 - June 14, 1998) Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"Beauty and the Beast" (April 18, 1994 - July 29, 2007) Theatre Owned/Operated by Stewart F. Lane
*"Candles, Snow & Mistletoe" (December 26, 1993 - December 30, 1993) Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"The Goodbye Girl" (March 4, 1993 - August 15, 1993) Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"The Will Rogers Follies" (May 1, 1991 - September 5, 1993) Produced, Theatre Owned/Operated by Stewart F. Lane
*"A Change in the Heir" (April 29, 1990 - May 13, 1990) Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"La Cage aux Folles" (August 21, 1983 - November 15, 1987) Produced, Theatre Owned/Operated by Stewart F. Lane
*"Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap" (April 20, 1983 - April 20, 1983) Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"Can-Can" (April 30, 1981 - May 3, 1981) Produced by Stewart F. Lane April 30
*"Woman of the Year" (March 29, 1981 - March 13, 1983) Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"Frankenstein" (January 4, 1981) Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"West Side Story" (February 14, 1980 - November 30, 1980) Associate Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"Lone Star & Pvt. Wars" (June 7, 1979 - August 5, 1979)Associate Produced by Stewart F. Lane
*"The Grand Tour" (January 11, 1979 - March 4, 1979) Produced in association with Stewart F. Lane

Awards and nominations

*2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical ("Legally Blonde", nominee)
*2007 Tony Award for Best Theatrical Event (', winner"')
*2004 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical ("Fiddler on the Roof, nominee)
*2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical ("Fiddler on the Roof", nominee)
*2003 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical ("Gypsy", nominee)
*2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical ("Gypsy", nominee)
*2003 The (Laurence) Oliver Award for Best New Musical ("Ragtime", nominee)
*2003 The (Laurence) Oliver Award for Best New Musical ("Thoroughly Modern Millie", nominee)
*2002 Tony Award for Best Musical ("Thoroughly Modern Millie", winner)
*2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Musical ("Thoroughly Modern Millie", winner)
*2000 The American Theatre Critics Association Best New Play for "If It Was Easy..."
*2002 The (Laurence) Oliver for Award Best New Comedy ("Lobby Hero", nominee)
*1998 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical ("1776", nominee)
*1993 Tony Award for Best Musical ("The Goodbye Girl", nominee)
*1991 Tony Award for Best Musical ("The Will Rogers Follies", winner)
*1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical ("The Will Rogers Follies", winner)
*1984 Tony Award for Best Musical ("La Cage aux Folles", winner)
*1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical ("La Cage aux Folles", nominee)
*1981 Tony Award for Best Musical ("Woman of the Year", nominee)

Additional awards

*Dramalogues for Best New Play ("Teaneck Tanzi")
*Lucile Lortel ("The Two and Only", nominee)
*Outer Critics Circle Award ("La Cage aux Folles")
*The Drama Critics Circle The Will Rogers Follies
*Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame ("The Will Rogers Follies")
*Distinguished Alumni Award (Boston University)
*Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor
*The Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award
*The Child Development Center of the Hampton's Reach for the Stars Award
*Telly Award - Host "Curtain Time"

References

Published articles

* [http://www.hamptons.com/detail.ihtml?id=1820 "The Tag Team of Broadway Theatre: Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley"] , Hamptons.com, August 20, 2007
* [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/print/117677.html Playbill article]

External links

* [http://mrbroadway.com Official website]
*ibdb name|id=23893
* [http://www.filmreference.com/film/71/Stewart-F-Lane.html Stewart F. Lane] at Film Reference