BARRY AND FRAN WEISSLER (Producers)

Barry and Fran Weissler are the recipients of six Tony Awards: Othello, their Broadway debut, starring James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer, Fiddler on the Roof with Topol, Gypsy with Tyne Daly, Annie Get Your Gun with Bernadette Peters and Reba McEntire, the hit revival of La Cage Aux Folles starring Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge, and the worldwide hit, Chicago, which also won the Olivier Award for its London production. Chicago, the longest running musical revival on both Broadway and the West End, has featured countless stars including Bebe Neuwith, Anne Reinking, Joel Grey, Melaine Griffith, Brooke Shields, David Hasselhoff, Chita Rivera, Denise van Outen, Duncan James, Lynda Carter, Ashlee Simpson, Kelly Osbourne and Usher. The shows global success has reached over 23 countries and been translated into 11 languages.

Other notable credits include Cabaret with Joel Grey, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Kathleen Turner, Zorba with Anthony Quinn, My One & Only with Tommy Tune, Falsettos, My Fair Lady with Richard Chamberlin, Grease with Rosie O’Donnell and Megan Mullally, Seussical, Wonderful Town, Sweet Charity with Christina Applegate, and the West End premiere of Neil Labute’s Fat Pig.

This past season, they were honored to bring Kander and Ebb’s critically acclaimed final collaboration, The Scottsboro Boys, to Broadway under the direction and choreography of Susan Stroman. Coming next year, a revival of Zorba starring Antonio Banderas.

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