Barry & Fran Weissler

Barry & Fran Weissler are Tony Award-winning American theatrical producers.

Barry Weissler (born 1939) and Fran Weissler (born 1928) They met in 1964 during an engagement of a touring theatrical production in New Jersey. The two then started a touring theatrical group, The National Theatre Company, which presented classic plays to High School, College and adult audiences with professional casts After years of touring Shakespearean plays on the east coast they brought Othello and Medea to Broadway in 1982. The two plays earned them their first two Tony Award nominations As of 2014 the pair have earned 28 Tony or Drama Desk nominations. They have won 7 Tony Awards and 4 Drama Desk Awards. The couple also received the Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production for their production of Chicago in the London West End.

In 2010 Barry & Fran Weissler were given a lifetime achievement award by the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The PlayhouseSquare Awarded Barry & Fran Weissler their "Star Award for achievement in the Performing Arts" in 2014.

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