Barry & Fran Weissler are

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-winning, (for revivals)

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Career

Barry Weissler (born 1939), a

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drop-out, and Fran Weissler (born 1928) a

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/ref> met in 1964 during an engagement of a touring theatrical production in New Jersey. Both worked in retailing. In 1970, they formed ''National Artists Management Company'' to present classic plays to children, elementary schools, High School, College and adult audiences with professional casts. After years of touring Shakespearean plays on the east coast they brought ''

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'' and ''

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'' to Broadway in 1982. The two plays earned them their first two

nominations. As of 2014 the pair have earned 28 Tony or

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nominations. They have won 7 Tony Awards and 4 Drama Desk Awards. The couple also received the

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for Outstanding Musical Production for their production of

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in the London West End.

Honours

In 2010, Barry & Fran Weissler received the

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's lifetime achievement award. In 2014, Barry & Fran Weissler received the PlayhouseSquare's "Star Award for achievement in the Performing Arts".

Awards and nominations

The Weisslers have been nominated for many

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s, and

s. *2016 Waitress (musical) - Tony Award for Best Musical - nominee *2014

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- nominee *2014

- nominee *2013

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- winner *2013

- winner *2011 The Scottsboro Boys - Tony Award for Best Musical - nominee *2010 La Cage aux Folles -

- winner *2010 La Cage aux Folles -

- winner *2010 Promises, Promises -

- nominee *2005

Sweet Charity ''Sweet Charity'' is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon alongside John McMartin. It is based on ...

- nominee *2005

- nominee *2004

Wonderful Town ''Wonderful Town'' is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein. The musical tells the story of two sisters who aspire to be a writer and act ...

- nominee *2004

- nominee *1999 Annie Get Your Gun -

- winner *1999 Annie Get Your Gun -

- nominee *1997

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- winner *1997

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- winner *1997

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- winner *1994 Grease -

- nominee *1994

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons f ...

- nominee *1992

Falsettos ''Falsettos'' is a sung-through musical with a book by William Finn and James Lapine, and music and lyrics by Finn. The musical consists of '' March of the Falsettos'' (1981) and '' Falsettoland'' (1990), the last two installments in a trio o ...

- Tony Award for Best Musical - nominee *1992

- nominee *1991

Fiddler on the Roof ''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on ''Tevye and his Daughters'' (or ''Tevye the ...

- Tony Award for Best Revival - winner *1990

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- Tony Award for Best Revival - winner *1990

- winner *1990

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' is a three-act play written by Tennessee Williams. An adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", the play was written by him between 1953 and 1955. One of Williams's more famous works and his p ...

- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival - nominee *1988

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- nominee *1988

- nominee *1982

- Tony Award for Reproduction (Play or Musical) - winner *1982

- Tony Award for Reproduction (Play or Musical) - nominee

Notable Productions

- Apr 20, 2014 - Aug 10, 2014 *

- Apr 25, 2013 - Jan 04, 2015 * The Scottsboro Boys - Oct 31, 2010 - Dec 12, 2010 *

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- Apr 27, 2010 - May 9, 2010 * Promises, Promises - Apr 25, 2010 - Jan 02, 2011 * La Cage aux Folles - Apr 18, 2010 - May 1, 2011 *

Come Fly Away ''Come Fly Away'' is a dance revue conceived, directed and choreographed by Twyla Tharp, around the songs of Frank Sinatra. The musical, set in a New York City nightclub, follows four couples as they look for love. It premiered on Broadway in M ...

- Mar 25, 2010 - Sep 05, 2010 *

- May 4, 2005 - Dec 31, 2005 *

- Nov 23, 2003 - Jan 30, 2005 *

Seussical ''Seussical'' is a musical comedy by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, based on the many children's stories of Dr. Seuss, with most of its plot being based on ''Horton Hears a Who!'', '' Gertrude McFuzz'', and ''Horton Hatches the Egg'' while inc ...

- Nov 30, 2000 - May 20, 2001 * Annie Get Your Gun - Mar 04, 1999 - Sep 01, 2001 *

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on Broadway - Nov 14, 1996 – Present *

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in London - November 18, 1997 – Present * My Thing Of Love - May 3, 1995 - May 14, 1995 * Grease - May 11, 1994 - Jan 25, 1998 *

- Dec 09, 1993 - May 1, 1994 *

- Apr 29, 1992 - Jun 27, 1993 *

- Nov 18, 1990 - Jun 16, 1991 *

- Mar 21, 1990 - Aug 01, 1990 *

- Nov 16, 1989 - Jul 28, 1991 *

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

- Apr 21, 1988 - Jun 26, 1988 *

- Oct 22, 1987 - Jun 04, 1988 *

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's ''Haarlem Nocturne'' - Nov 18, 1984 - Dec 30, 1984 * Zorba - Oct 16, 1983 - Sep 02, 1984 *

Your Arms Too Short to Box with God ''Your Arms Too Short to Box with God: A Soaring Celebration in Song and Dance'' is a Broadway musical based on the Biblical Book of Matthew, with music and lyrics by Alex Bradford and a book by Vinnette Carroll, who also directed. Micki Grant was ...

- Sep 09, 1982 - Nov 07, 1982 *

- May 2, 1982 - Jun 27, 1982 *

- Feb 03, 1982 - May 23, 1982

References

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