Quick Facts
Biography
Jill Furman (born 1969) is an American theatrical producer. Furman's father is the producer Roy Furman. She married Richard Willis on May 4, 2008, at the Central Synagogue in New York City.
Career
Furman co-produced the Broadway plays Sly Fox (2004) and Fortune's Fool (2002). She also produced off-Broadway's On the Line, running in April 2006. Also in 2006, Furman brought The Drowsy Chaperone to Broadway at the Marquis Theatre. The show won multiple Tony Awards, and was nominated for Best Musical. It closed on December 30, 2007, after 674 performances and 32 previews.
Furman also produced the off-Broadway run of the hit musical In the Heights. The musical transferred to Broadway with previews starting on February 14, 2008, with an official opening on March 9 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The production played its final performance on January 9, 2011. For this, Furman and producers Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum won a Tony Award. In 2009, she executive produced a Broadway revival of West Side Story.
Awards and accolades
- Producing
- 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical - The Drowsy Chaperone - Nominee
- 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical - The Drowsy Chaperone - WINNER
- 2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical - In the Heights - Nominee
- 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical - In the Heights - WINNER
- 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical - West Side Story - Nominee
- Other accolades
- 2011 Robert Whitehead Award, from the Commercial Theater Institute
- Voris, Robert (February 8, 2011). "Jill Furman to receive CTI's Whitehead Award". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2011.