His early career was spent performing in Off-Broadway productions, including Class Enemy in 1979, for which he won a Theater World Award for outstanding stage debut.
His first major Broadway credit was the ill-fated Stephen Sondheim/Hal Prince/George Furth musical Merrily We Roll Along (1981), which underwent constant changes during an unusually long preview period and closed after only sixteen performances. His next show, the Athol Fugard play "Master Harold"...and the Boys - in which he portrayed a South African student opposite Danny Glover and Zakes Mokae as the family servants - ran for eight months.
Possibly his most significant Off-Broadway stage credit ... read more
Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer, and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona that was heavily self-deprecating and acerbic, especially towards celebrities and politicians, delivered in her signature New York accent. She is considered a pioneer of women in comedy. She received an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award, as well as nomination for a Tony Award.
Rivers started her career in comedy clubs in Greenwich Village alongside her peers George Carlin, Woody Allen, and Richard Pryor. She then ... read more
The Heidi Chronicles
[ Broadway, 2015 ]
Producer
On the Town
[ Broadway, 2015 ]
Producer
The Realistic Jones
[ Broadway, 2014 ]
Producer
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
[ Broadway, 2014
Nice Work If You Can Get It
[Broadway, 2012]
Producer
Godspell
[Broadway, 2011]
Producer
My Trip Down the Pink Carpet
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Producer
Fanny Hill
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Producer
Grace & Glorie
[ Off Broadway, 1996
Producer
Party
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Producer
Sally Marr...and her escorts
[Broadway, 1994]
Producer
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
[Broadway, 1994]
Producer
Angels in America: Perestroika
[Broadway, 1993]
Associate Producer
Any Given Day
[Broadway, 1993]
Producer
Annie Warbucks
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Producer
Show Me Where the Good Times Are
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Choreographer
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
[Broadway, 1993]
Associate Producer
The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club
[Broadway, 1992]
Producer
Artist Descending a Staircase
[Broadway, 1989]
Producer
Other People's Money
[Off-Broadway, 1989]
Producer
Sweet Sue
[Broadway, 1988]
Associate Producer
Marry Me a Little
[London, ... read more
Broadway: All The Way, Driving Miss Daisy, Grey Gardens, They’re Playing Our Song, The Elephant Man, My One and Only, The Heidi Chronicles, The Will Rogers Follies, Having Our Say, Company, Racing Demon, Ragtime, John Leguizamo’s Freak, The Capeman, Putting It Together and The Who’s Tommy. Off Broadway: Sunday in the Park with George, Angels in America, Hapgood, Merrily We Roll Along (four times!) and Whistle Down the Wind. Opera: Werther at the MET, Julie Taymor’s The Magic Flute in Florence, Italy, A View from the Bridge at Chicago Lyric, Die Gezeichhneten at LA Opera, The Photographer at BAM, Transatlatic, ... read more
Ron has produced over 50 shows in New York and London in the past 25 years. He has Tony Awards and Olivier Awards to his credit for Side Man, The Real Thing, Hamlet and Spring Awakening. He is very happy to be working again with Ken Davenport on Michael Arden's amazing new production of Once On This Island. ... read more
Martin Markinson, one of the leading Broadway producers and independent theatre owners of the past 50 years, died on Thursday, January 7th at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico surrounded by love. He was 89 years old.
Arlena Markinson, his wife of 58 years who was with him when he died, confirmed that he succumbed to a long battle with cancer that spread through his body over the last two years.
As the Broadway industry became more corporate towards the end of the last century with productions and theatres operated by conglomerates and large not-for-profit organizations, Martin "Marty" Markinson maintained and ... read more
His early career was spent performing in Off-Broadway productions, including Class Enemy in 1979, for which he won a Theater World Award for outstanding stage debut.
His first major Broadway credit was the ill-fated Stephen Sondheim/Hal Prince/George Furth musical Merrily We Roll Along (1981), which underwent constant changes during an unusually long preview period and closed after only sixteen performances. His next show, the Athol Fugard play "Master Harold"...and the Boys - in which he portrayed a South African student opposite Danny Glover and Zakes Mokae as the family servants - ran for eight months.
Possibly his most significant Off-Broadway stage credit ... read more