LANE, Stewart F. 1951–

PERSONAL

Born May 3, 1951, in New York, NY; son of Leonard Charles (a business executive) and Mildred C. (maiden name, Chesnow) Lane; married Robin Etta Lavin (an actress), May 16, 1981 (marriage ended); married Bonnie Comley (a producer); children: (first marriage) Eliana Constance. Education: Boston University, B.F.A., 1973.

Career:

Producer. Brooks Atkinson Theater, assistant house manager, New York City; member of New York City Mayor Rudolph Guliani's transition committee, Department for Cultural Affairs and the Department of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting; member of board of governors, City Center of Music and Drama at Lincoln Center; co–owner and operator of Palace Theatre, New York City; co–owner (with Robert DeNiro) of restaurant Tribeca Grill and film house Tribeca Film Centre, New York City.

Awards, Honors:

Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best revival of a play or musical, 1980, for West Side Story; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best musical, 1981, for Woman of the Year; Drama League Critics Award, best new play, 1983, for Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap; Antoinette Perry Award, best musical, Outer Critics Circle Award, and Drama Desk Award nomination, 1984, all for La Cage Aux Folles; Antoinette Perry Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, both best musical, and Drama Desk Award, 1991, all for The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best musical, 1993, for The Goodbye Girl; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best revival—musical, and Outer Critics Circle Award nomination and Drama Desk Award nomination, both outstanding revival of a musical, 1998, all for 1776; American Theater Critics Association Award nomination, best new play, If It Was Easy… (with Ward Morehouse III); Antoinette Perry Award, best musical, 2002, for Thoroughly Modern Millie; Antoinette Perry Award, best revival of a musical, 2003, for Gypsy; Antoinette Perry Award, best revival of a musical, 2004, for Fiddler on the Roof.

CREDITS

Stage Producer:

Can–Can (revival), Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1981.

Frankenstein, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1981.

Woman of the Year, Palace Theatre, 1981–83.

La Cage Aux Folles, Palace Theatre, 1983–87.

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Off–Broadway production, 1987.

A Change in the Heir, Edison Theatre, New York City, 1989.

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue, Palace Theatre, 1991–93.

Sarah and Abraham, 1992.

Eating Raoul, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 1992.

(With James M. Nederlander), Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe, Palace Theatre, 1993.

The Goodbye Girl, Marquis Theatre, New York City, 1993.

Fortune's Fools, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1995.

1776, Gershwin Theatre, New York City, 1997–98.

JFK: A Musical Drama, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, 1997.

Wait Until Dark, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1998.

Minnelli on Minnelli, Palace Theatre, 1999.

Thoroughly Modern Millie, Marquis Theatre, 2002–2004.

Fiddler on the Roof, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 2004.

Stage Coproducer:

Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1983.

Stage Associate Producer:

Lone Star/Private Wars, Century Theatre, New York City, 1979.

West Side Story (revival), Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1980.

Stage Assistant Producer:

Whose Life Is It Anyway?, 1979.

Stage Produced in Association With:

The Grand Tour, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1979.

The Two and Only, Atlantic Theater, New York City, 2004.

Stage Director:

Fortune's Fools, New Dramatists, 1994.

Accentuate the Positive, Weitzenhoffer Theatre, Norman, OK, 1996.

The Golden Age, Actors Theatre of Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, 1999.

If It Was Easy…, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA, 1999.

If It Was Easy…, 7 Stages, Atlanta, GA, 2000.

If It Was Easy…, Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, New York City, 2001.

The Gig, Lyric Theatre, Boston, MA, 2002.

Ain't Misbehavin', Vineyard Playhouse, Vineyard, MA, 2002.

Major Tours; Producer:

Woman of the Year, tour of U.S. cities, 1983.

Film Appearances:

George Lemay, Puppet on a Chain, 1970.

Film Work:

Executive producer, Show Business, 2005.

Television Appearances:

Host, Curtain Time, Crosswalks Television Network (New York City), 1994–95.

Television Work; Producer:

Curtain Time, Crosswalks Television Network (New York City), 1994–95.

WRITINGS

Stage Plays:

(With Ward Morehouse III) If It Was Easy…, Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, New York City, 2001.

In the Wings, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Back Stage, July 24, 1998, p.3; December 10, 1999, p.2.