Jill Furman

Jill Furman (born 1969) is an American theatrical producer. Furman's father is the producer Roy Furman.[1] She married Richard Willis on May 4, 2008, at the Central Synagogue in New York City.[2]

Career

Furman co-produced the Broadway plays Sly Fox (2004) and Fortune's Fool (2002). She also produced off-Broadway's On the Line, running in April 2006. Also in 2006, Furman brought The Drowsy Chaperone to Broadway at the Marquis Theatre.[3] The show won multiple Tony Awards, and was nominated for Best Musical. It closed on December 30, 2007, after 674 performances and 32 previews.[4]

Furman also produced the off-Broadway run of the hit musical In the Heights. The musical transferred to Broadway with previews starting on February 14, 2008, with an official opening on March 9 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.[5] The production played its final performance on January 9, 2011.[6] For this, Furman and producers Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum won a Tony Award. In 2009, she executive produced a Broadway revival of West Side Story.[1]

Awards and accolades

Producing
Other accolades

References

  1. 1 2 Jones, Kenneth. "New West Side Story Cast Album Will Be Recorded April 6" Playbill, April 2, 2009.
  2. ↑ Sipher, Devan. "Jill Furman and Richard Willis; Vows", The New York Times, May 11, 2008.
  3. ↑ The Broadway League. "The Drowsy Chaperone | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ Lipton, Brian. "Broadway's The Drowsy Chaperone to Close on December 30". Theater Mania. December 19, 2007.
  5. ↑ Jones, Keneth. "In the Heights Will Play Broadway's Richard Rodgers Starting February 2008" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.. Playbil. July 26, 2007.
  6. ↑ "In the Heights to Close on Broadway in January; Miranda to Return to Cast" playbill.com, October 27, 2010.
  7. ↑ Voris, Robert (February 8, 2011). "Jill Furman to receive CTI's Whitehead Award". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
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