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BIO

Bonnie Comley is the founder of BroadwayHD.com, an online streaming service on a mission to promote and preserve live theatre, extending the reach of Broadway and Broadway caliber shows to anyone, anywhere. BroadwayHD is capturing and then transporting the magic of performance from the stage to your screen so if you can't get to Broadway, get to BroadwayHD


BroadwayHD.com's recent productions include: She Loves Me (Guinness World Record), Romeo and Juliet (Orlando Bloom),Cyrano de Bergerac (Kevin Kline), and Stephen Sondheim's Company (Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Patti LuPone).
Bonnie also is a three-time Tony Award winning producer, and won an Olivier Award, and two Drama Desk Awards for her stage productions. Her lead producing credits include the Tony Award-winning Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Princesses, In The Wings, and the upcoming Broadway bound, new musical; Back Home Again (Sheldon Epps, director). Comley's Broadway co-producing credits include: On Your Feet, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, War Horse, Legally Blonde, Sunday in the Park With George, and The 39 Steps among others. Comley is a member of The Broadway League.
The theater community has honored Comley for her philanthropic work including The Actors Fund Medal of Honor, The Drama League Special Contribution to the Theater Award, The Paul Newman Award from Arts Horizons and The Theater Museum Distinguished Service Award. Comley's educational honors include The Distinguished Alumni Award from Emerson College and The Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Massachusetts, and the business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma. The Music Theater Program is named in her honor at Boston University, The Musical Theater Society Room bears her name at Emerson College and the 500-seat theater at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is known as the Comley/Lane Theater.

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STAGE CREDITS

If It Was Easy
[Off-Broadway]
2001
Randi Lester
Fortune's Fools
[Off-Broadway]
1995
Bonnie & Gail (Understudy)
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(Unknown)
(Unknown)
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(Unknown)
Noo Yawk Tawk
[Off-Broadway]
1988
Improv Actor / Ensemble [Replacement]
[Replacement]

Productions

Sunset BoulevardSunset Boulevard
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Producer
China DollChina Doll
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Producer
On Your FeetOn Your Feet
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Producer
SylviaSylvia
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Producer
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & MurderA Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Producer
Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Producer
Jekyll & HydeJekyll & Hyde
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Producer
Top HatTop Hat
 
[West End, 2012]
Producer
A Streetcar Named DesireA Streetcar Named Desire
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Producer
Gore Vidal's The Best ManGore Vidal's The Best Man
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Producer
War HorseWar Horse
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Producer
The Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of Venice
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Producer
Bloody Bloody Andrew JacksonBloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Producer
EnronEnron
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Producer
The 39 StepsThe 39 Steps
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Producer
Come Fly AwayCome Fly Away
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Producer
All About MeAll About Me
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Producer
Superior DonutsSuperior Donuts
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Producer
American BuffaloAmerican Buffalo
 
[Broadway, 2008]
Producer
Godspell
 
[Broadway, 2008] Cancelled
Producer
Sunday in the Park with GeorgeSunday in the Park with George
 
[Broadway, 2008]
Producer
The 39 StepsThe 39 Steps
 
[Broadway, 2008] [Replacement]
Producer[Replacement]
Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Producer
Legally BlondeLegally Blonde
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Producer
Jay Johnson: The Two and OnlyJay Johnson: The Two and Only
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Producer
In The Wings
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Producer
The Two and Only
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Producer
The Normal Heart
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Producer
Fiddler on the RoofFiddler on the Roof
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Producer
Thoroughly Modern Millie
 
[West End, 2003]
Producer
GypsyGypsy
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Producer
Ragtime
 
[West End, 2003]
Producer
Thoroughly Modern MillieThoroughly Modern Millie
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Assistant to the Producer
Minnelli on Minnelli
 
[Broadway, 1999]
Assistant to Producer
Wait Until Dark
 
[Broadway, 1998]
Assistant to the Producer

Additional Credits

Stormy Weather [Pasadena, CA, 2009]
Produced by Special Arrangement

Jay Johnson: The Two and Only [West End, 2008]
Producer

Lobby Hero [West End, 2002]
Associate Producer

JFK: A Musical Drama [Ireland, 1997]
Associate Producer

Awards and Nominations


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Musical

Bonnie Comley, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder


winner
Tony Awards - 2014 - Best Musical

Bonnie Comley, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Drama Desk Awards - 2012 - Outstanding Revival of a Play

Bonnie Comley, Gore Vidal's The Best Man

Tony Awards - 2012 - Best Revival of a Play

Bonnie Comley, Gore Vidal's The Best Man

Drama Desk Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Musical

Bonnie Comley, Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Drama Desk Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Revival of a Play

Bonnie Comley, The Merchant of Venice

Tony Awards - 2011 - Best Play

Bonnie Comley, War Horse

Tony Awards - 2011 - Best Revival of a Play

Bonnie Comley, The Merchant of Venice

Drama Desk Awards - 2008 - Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Bonnie Comley, Sunday in the Park with George


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2008 - Unique Theatrical Experience

Bonnie Comley, The 39 Steps

Tony Awards - 2008 - Best Play

Bonnie Comley, The 39 Steps

Tony Awards - 2008 - Best Revival of a Musical

Bonnie Comley, Sunday in the Park with George

Drama Desk Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Musical

Bonnie Comley, Legally Blonde


winner
Tony Awards - 2007 - Best Theatrical Event

Bonnie Comley, Jay Johnson: The Two and Only

Drama Desk Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Bonnie Comley, Fiddler on the Roof

Tony Awards - 2004 - Best Revival of a Musical

Bonnie Comley, Fiddler on the Roof

Drama Desk Awards - 2003 - Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Bonnie Comley, Gypsy

Tony Awards - 2003 - Best Revival of a Musical

Bonnie Comley, Gypsy

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Bonnie Comley been nominated for?

Outstanding Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Outstanding Revival of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Outstanding Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Outstanding Revival of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Merchant of Venice, Best Play (Tony Awards) for War Horse, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Merchant of Venice, Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Sunday in the Park with George, Unique Theatrical Experience (Drama Desk Awards) for The 39 Steps, Best Play (Tony Awards) for The 39 Steps, Best Revival of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Sunday in the Park with George, Outstanding Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Legally Blonde, Best Theatrical Event (Tony Awards) for Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Fiddler on the Roof, Best Revival of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Fiddler on the Roof, Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Gypsy and Best Revival of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Gypsy.

What awards has Bonnie Comley won?

Bonnie Comley has won several prestigious awards, including the Outstanding Musical award at the Drama Desk Awards for A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, and the Best Musical award at the Tony Awards for the same production. She also received the Unique Theatrical Experience award at the Drama Desk Awards for The 39 Steps, as well as the Best Theatrical Event award at the Tony Awards for Jay Johnson: The Two and Only.

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