Carole Shorenstein Hays

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Carole Shorenstein Hays (born September 15, 1948 as Carole J. Shorenstein) is an American theatrical producer. She has produced many award-winning Broadway plays including Proof and Take Me Out.


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[edit] Career

Shorenstein attended New York University but did not graduate. She worked at United Artists as a movie publicist for the film Live and Let Die. Later she joined Jimmy Nederlander as a business partner (a contentious relationship[1]) and established herself as a respected producer of critically acclaimed and financially successful works. Several of the plays she produced have received Tony Awards.

[edit] Productions

Play Location Premiere Finale
The Grand Tour Palace Theatre January 11, 1979 March 4, 1979
Woman of the Year Palace Theatre March 29, 1981 March 13, 1983
Can-Can Minskoff Theatre April 30, 1981 May 3, 1981
Oliver! Mark Hellinger Theatre April 29, 1984 May 13, 1984
Fences 46th Street Theatre March 26, 1987 June 26, 1988
A Midsummer Night's Dream Lunt-Fontanne Theatre March 31, 1996 May 26, 1996
The Old Neighborhood Booth Theatre November 19, 1997 May 10, 1998
The Chairs John Golden Theatre April 1, 1998 June 13, 1998
Not About Nightingales Circle in the Square Theatre February 25, 1999 June 13, 1999
Closer Music Box Theatre March 25, 1999 August 22, 1999
Proof Walter Kerr Theatre October 24, 2000 January 5, 2003
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Ethel Barrymore Theatre November 2, 2000 September 15, 2002
The Goat, or, Who is Sylvia? John Golden Theatre March 10, 2002 December 15, 2002
Topdog/Underdog Ambassador Theatre April 7, 2002 August 11, 2002
Take Me Out Walter Kerr Theatre February 27, 2003 January 4, 2004
Caroline, or Change Eugene O'Neill Theatre May 2, 2004 Aug 29, 2004
Gem of the Ocean Walter Kerr Theatre December 6, 2004 February 6, 2005
Doubt Walter Kerr Theatre March 31, 2005 July 2, 2006
Julius Caesar Belasco Theatre April 3, 2005 June 12, 2005
Well Longacre Theatre March 30, 2006 May 14, 2006

[edit] References

  1. ^ Winn, Steven. "Second Acts: San Francisco's Carole Shorenstein Hays has built a career on Broadway by taking calculated risks", San Francisco Chronicle, 2004-10-31.

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