Adrian Bryan-Brown Explained

Adrian Bryan-Brown
Birth Date:1956
Birth Place:Oxford, England
Citizenship:American
Education:Dragon School
Marlborough College
Alma Mater:Royal Holloway College
UCLA Film School
Occupation:Theatrical press agent
Years Active:1979 – present
Employer:Boneau/Bryan-Brown
Known For:"one of the top press agents on Broadway"
Website:boneaubryanbrown.com
Spouse:Joan Marcus (1991)
Awards:Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre (2015)

Adrian Bryan-Brown (born 1956) is a press agent and theatrical promoter based in Manhattan, New York City, United States. He has been involved with Broadway theatre[1] and was called "one of the top press agents on Broadway" by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.[2]

Life and career

Bryan-Brown was born in Oxford, England, and grew up in London and New York.[3] He was educated in England at the Dragon School in Oxford, Marlborough College in Wiltshire, and Royal Holloway College (University of London). He received a BSc degree in zoology in 1978. He also attended the UCLA Film School in Los Angeles briefly.[4]

Bryan-Brown worked with press agent Susan Bloch. The first Broadway show he worked on was a Roundabout Theatre Company transfer, A Taste of Honey, in 1979. When Bloch died suddenly, he went to work for Roundabout itself.[5]

In 1983, he joined Solters/Roskin/Friedman, working with Joshua Ellis on many Broadway productions. He then worked with Chris Boneau and in 1991 established Boneau/Bryan-Brown, one of the leading theatrical press agencies in New York.[6] He has represented more than 200 shows including Tony Award-winning plays like Art, Copenhagen and The History Boys. Other plays include Frost/Nixon, Skylight and Amy's View and musicals include The Who's Tommy,[7] Sunset Boulevard, Titanic, Jersey Boys, Monty Python's Spamalot and Mamma Mia!Further productions include Rock 'n' Roll, The Seafarer, The Farnsworth Invention, Is He Dead?, Sunday in the Park with George, The 39 Steps, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses, directed by Rufus Norris. He also represented the 2011 Broadway production of the rock musical initially.[8]

Bryan-Brown has also acted as a photographer, providing backstage photographs for the Associated Press and the New York Post. He has taught theatrical public relations at Brooklyn College in New York as an adjunct professor.

Bryan-Brown married theatrical photographer Joan Marcus in 1991.[9] [10] They are both involved with Broadway theatre.[11] Bryan-Brown is also the elder brother of the photographer Marc Bryan-Brown.

In 2015, Bryan-Brown was awarded a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre at the Tony Awards.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adrian Bryan-Brown Theatre Credits . Broadway World . 28 March 2012.
  2. Web site: A Life in the Theatre: Adrian Bryan-Brown . Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers . 24 March 2008 . 13 April 2012 . Rothstein, Mervyn . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111025035823/http://www.atpam.com/Spotlight/Bryan-Brown_PB.htm . 25 October 2011 .
  3. Web site: Biography: Adrian Bryan-Brown . Biography . . September 2009 . 2 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111129103312/http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/adrian_bryan_brown . 29 November 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Podcast Episode 66 Transcript – Adrian Bryan-Brown . kendavenport.com . Ken Davenport . Ken . Davenport . 10 December 2022 .
  5. Web site: A Life in the Theatre: Adrian Bryan-Brown . https://archive.today/20130131085554/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/116178-A-Life-in-the-Theatre-Adrian-Bryan-Brown . dead . 31 January 2013 . A Life in the Theatre . 24 March 2008 . 16 February 2012 .
  6. Web site: Adrian Bryan-Brown . Downstage Center . American Theatre Wing . 28 September 2009 . 2 October 2011.
  7. News: Tommy's on the trail to Toronto . https://archive.today/20130131155811/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518963291.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+23,+1993&author=Susan+Walker+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Tommy's+on+the+trail+to+Toronto . dead . 31 January 2013 . . 23 September 1993 . 13 April 2012 . Walker, Susan.
  8. News: Alan Cumming drops out of Broadway's 'Spider-Man' . https://archive.today/20120723062739/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9F713M00.htm . dead . 23 July 2012 . . 20 April 2010 . 13 April 2012.
  9. News: Joan Marcus Is a Bride . . 4 May 1991 . 13 April 2012.
  10. News: AMC, Where the Movie Never Ends . The New York Times . Ron . Alexander . 17 November 1991 . 13 April 2012.
  11. Web site: The 10 Greatest Broadway Couples of All Time . Zachary . Stewart . 13 February 2014 . TheaterMania . 5 June 2015 .
  12. Web site: Three Broadway Veterans to Receive 2015 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre . . 7 April 2015 . 5 June 2015 .
  13. Web site: BWW TV: Gene O'Donovan, Adrian Bryan-Brown, and Arnold Abramson Accept Tonys Honors! . BroadwayWorld.com . 2 June 2015 . 5 June 2015 .