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Stewart F Lane

STEWART F LANE

  (1951 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Producer, director, and writer Stewart F. Lane has received a plethora of awards including four Tony awards, three Drama Desk awards, a Drama Critics Circle award, and an Outer Circle Critics award. He has written two plays and his latest book Let's Put on a Show! is now available on DVD. Currently on the boards is Hitchcock's the 39 Steps, (2 Tony awards and nominated for 4 more including Best Play), the longest running comedy on Broadway. Most recent Broadway productions include American Buffalo, Sunday in the Park with George, (nominated for 9 Tony awards including Best Revival of a Musical) and Legally Blonde. He has produced over 20 other shows, including one in Dublin and two Olivier nominated London productions. Mr. Lane has produced multiple films and television specials with such names as alec Baldwin, FrEddie Prinze Jr., and Kevin Kline. In addition to directing across the country, Mr. Lane is a member of the Broadway League and co-owner and operator of the Palace Theatre. He sits on multiple boards for such organizations as the actor's Fund of America, the American Theater Wing and the Theatre Museum. Mr. Lane is currently in development to produce Stormy Weather, Imagining Lena Horner on Broadway and he's producing a series of made for TV movies. www.mrbroadway.com

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below is a list of Stewart F Lane's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         For A Love Of the Arts         Gun Play         If It Was Easy         In the Wings

For A Love Of the Arts

Synopsis:
How much are you willing to sacrifice for your art? a group of Broadway producers face that question when they have a hit show on their hands. . .in this new hilarious comedy.

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1st Produced:
Hollywood Court Theatre    08 Feb 2005

Organisations:
FirstStage

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gun Play

Synopsis:
Fluffy, a rock artist & Jesse McCoy, a country Singer have been double booked in the same hotel room. Hilarity ensues when Rossetta, Fluffy's girlfriend, has plans of her own, conflicting with everything.

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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If It Was Easy

If It Was Easy
Never was the theatre ruled more by collaboration than during Broadway's Golden age, when dunamic duos sucjh as Kaufman and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Lindsay and Crousse fuelled the footlights. Now the marquee is lit up again by another deadly deuce

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written by Stewart F Lane And Ward Morehouse III

1st Produced:
Douglas Fairbanks Theater    08 Mar 2001

Organisations:
Stellar Productions Int., Inc. and James M. Nederlander

1st Published:
Performing Books/Applause, 2001   978-1557835949

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  voices

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In the Wings

In the Wings
Two aspiring young actors in love with each other and the theatre get their big break when they are cast in a new musical by their Svengali-like acting teacher, Bernardo. But when the show moves to Broadway, only Melinda is asked to move with it. Can love stay the course on the Great White Way?

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1st Produced:
Promenade Theater    28 Sep 2005

Organisations:
Bonnie Comley & Stellar Productions, Intl. Inc.

1st Published:
Applause (May 1, 2008)   978-1557837387

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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