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Bonnie Comley is an American three-time Tony Award-winning theatre producer. She has won an Olivier Award and two Drama Desk Awards for her stage productions. She is a member of The Broadway League and serves on their Audience Engagement and Education Committee.


Career

After graduating from Emerson College, Comley was hired as a reporter, and on-camera host for NightLife Tv on The Travel Channel. Comley began pursuing an acting career in the 1990s, appearing in commercials for
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. In 2013, Bonnie Comley co-founded
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Charitable work

Comley has created scholarships funds at
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College of Fine Arts Undergraduate School, where a theater is named in her honor. She is also major supporter of the
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, where another theater is named in her honor, and at Emerson College where the Musical Theater Society Room bears her name. She is also a supporter of Fiorello H. La Guardia High School for the Performing Arts School with her husband Stewart F. Lane. On May 7, 2007, the 500 sea
Comley/Lane Theater
opened at the
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.


Personal life

Comley is married to fellow producer Stewart F. Lane and they live in NYC.


Notable productions


As producer


As actor


Boards and associations

*The Drama League Board of Directors ( 2009–present) * Emerson College Board of Advisors (2003–present) *Diller-Quaile School of Music Board of Directors (2002-2011) *
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Board of Advisors (2002–present)


References


External links


Bonnie Comley's official siteBonnie Comley's bioBonnie Comley photosRob Rich photos of Bonnie Comley on SocietyAllure.comPatrick McMullan photos of Bonnie Comley
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