Lonny Price was born on March 9,1959 and is an American director, actor, and writer, primarily in theatre.
13 Facts About Lonny Price
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Lonny Price attended the Fiorello H LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, and the Juilliard School, which he only attended for a year in order to begin pursuing acting professionally.
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Lonny Price's next show, the Athol Fugard play "Master Harold".
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Lonny Price made his directorial debut with the Off-Broadway revival of The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N in 1989 for the American Jewish Theater, followed by The Rothschilds and Juno, both of which received Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Revival.
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Lonny Price served as Associate Artistic Director for the American Jewish Theatre from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s.
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Lonny Price was artistic director at Musical Theatre Works, a non-profit theatre dedicated solely to the development of new musicals until 2002, when he became resident director.
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Lonny Price was a staff director for the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, for which he was part of a team that received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Drama Series Directing in 1995.
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In 2000, Lonny Price co-wrote, directed, and starred in A Class Act, based on the life and career of composer-lyricist Edward Kleban, whose sole Broadway credit was A Chorus Line.
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The PBS television broadcast was nominated for several Emmy Awards, and Lonny Price won for "Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Special".
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Lonny Price has directed numerous productions at the Chicago Ravinia Festival, including Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, Sunday in the Park With George, Anyone Can Whistle, Passion, and Annie Get Your Gun.
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Lonny Price directed the 2014 Broadway production of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill starring McDonald, who won her historic sixth Tony Award for her performance as Billie Holiday.
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In 2016, Lonny Price directed the documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, which chronicles the ill-fated journey of Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince's original 1981 Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along.
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In 2019, Lonny Price directed the Roundabout Theatre Company premiere of the musical Scotland, PA.