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
Budweiser
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Crystal Light and
Pizza Hut
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In 2013, Bonnie Comley co-founded
BroadwayHD
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History
Stewart F. Lane and ...
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Charitable work
Comley has created scholarships funds at
Columbia University
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Business Graduate School and at the
Boston University
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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
University of Massachusetts Lowell
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell and UML) is a public research university in Lowell, Massachusetts, with a satellite campus in Haverhill, Massachusetts. It is the northernmost member of the University of Massachusetts public ...
, 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 Theateropened at the
University of Massachusetts Lowell
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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)
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Emerson College Board of Advisors (2003–present)
*Diller-Quaile School of Music Board of Directors (2002-2011)
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The Theatre Museum
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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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Emerson College alumni
Tony Award winners
American stage actresses
American theatre managers and producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American women