Liz McCann, a groundbreaking Broadway producer who, as one of the first and most successful women to achieve a prominent leadership role in the theater industry – a term she hated, preferring “theater community” — died Thursday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. She was 90.
Her death was announced by her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani.
Elizabeth Ireland McCann — known throughout the Broadway community simply as Liz — started her career in theater as a production assistant and manager with Proscenium Productions at the Cherry Lane Theatre in the 1950s. In 1955, the company would be the first Off Broadway theater to win a Special Tony Award for its seminal productions of The Way of the World and Thieves’ Carnival.
Following a series of short-term theater jobs, McCann, who had acted in plays during her student years at Manhattanville College, completed a law degree at Fordham University. She later earned a...
Her death was announced by her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani.
Elizabeth Ireland McCann — known throughout the Broadway community simply as Liz — started her career in theater as a production assistant and manager with Proscenium Productions at the Cherry Lane Theatre in the 1950s. In 1955, the company would be the first Off Broadway theater to win a Special Tony Award for its seminal productions of The Way of the World and Thieves’ Carnival.
Following a series of short-term theater jobs, McCann, who had acted in plays during her student years at Manhattanville College, completed a law degree at Fordham University. She later earned a...
- 9/9/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Liz McCann, the colorful Broadway producer who guided such productions as The Elephant Man, Amadeus and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? on the way to nine Tony Awards, has died. She was 90.
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
Liz McCann, the colorful Broadway producer who guided such productions as The Elephant Man, Amadeus and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? on the way to nine Tony Awards, has died. She was 90.
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
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