Theatre Producer Libby Adler Mages Dies at Age 93

Libby Adler Mages died at age 93 making a huge contribution to the Chicago and Broadway theater communities over her lifetime. Her credits are as long as the years of her life. She was a long-time member of the Chicago Joseph Jefferson Committee and was the lead producer in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? with its record-breaking, over four-year Chicago run and move to Broadway.

Libby was a founder of the Rose Theatre and founding member of the Stratford Investors, a theatrical investment group that resulted in her involvement as a Broadway producer. As Broadway producer and co-producer of plays and musicals, she garnered many nominations and awards including: a Pulitzer Prize, Tony nominations and awards, Outer Critics Circle Award, Dramatists Guild and the Lucille-Lortel Award. Her productions included Bridges of Madison County, Swing, Say Goodnight Gracie,Mneumonics which was recognized as the most unique theatrical experience of 2001 and a Tony Award for Best Production of a Musical,Thoroughly Modern Millie. Her other New York productions includeThree Tall Women, Picasso At The Lapin Agile, Beau Jest and Trying,

Libby Adler Mages was a prolific commercial producer in Chicago producing dozens of shows including: Over the Tavern,King of the Moon, Life's Not Fair, So What?, On Golden Pond,Laughter On The 23rd Floor, Theda Bara and the Frontier Rabbi,Prelude To A Kiss, Lend Me A Tenor, Six Degrees of Separation,Woodie Guthrie's American Songbook, Lost in Yonkers,Forbidden Hollywood, London Suite, The Water Coolers, TheSparrow, The Quiet Man Tales, Hi-Fidelity and the world premiere musical Knute Rockne All-American" filling theatres across Chicago with great productions.

Perhaps her most loved productions were her daughters, Wendy Mages and Mari Glick Stuart, who became her Broadway producing partner, and her grandchildren Colin Glick Stuart, Courtney Glick Stuart and Lexie Stuart whom she adored along with the many young theatre artists that she supported and influenced over her lifetime.

There will be a memorial service at Anshe Emet Synagogue, 3751 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, at Noon, July 3, 2017. In lieu of flowers, donations will be accepted for www.Mazon.org

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