Leslie Urdang

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Urdang at the premiere of Mr Pip, Toronto Film Festival 2012

Leslie R. Urdang Tenney is an American film producer and theatre executive.

Education

Urdang attended

SING! 1972 during her senior year,[1] and at which she was the graduation speaker in 2016.[2] She originally aspired to become a US senator, earning a B.A. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania.[3] In 1977, after her graduation, Urdang interned for U.S. Senator John A. Durkin
(D-N.H.), assisting with constituent communications and issue research.

In 1978, Urdang decided not to apply to the

Yale School of Drama,[4] graduating in 1981. Her thesis there explored integrating the development of plays and films, which inspired her professional work.[5]

Career

Urdang began dancing professionally as a child in George Balanchine's staging of The Nutcracker, a chapter of her life documented in the 2006 film The Nutcracker Family: Behind the Magic.[6]

After graduating from Yale's drama school in 1981, she,

Doubt, and most notably the epochal, multiple-award-winning musical Hamilton.[9] Urdang continues to be a Producing Director of the institution.[citation needed
]

Urdang was a producer for

The Narrows.[citation needed
]

Some of her other producing credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kevin Kline, Me and Veronica starring Elizabeth McGovern and Patricia Wettig, People I Know starring Al Pacino, and Olympus Pictures' Adam starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne. In March 2009, Urdang became president of Olympus Pictures,[10] producing such films as Rabbit Hole, Beginners, Thanks For Sharing, The Oranges, and Mr. Pip.[citation needed] She is now[as of?] President of Mar-Key Pictures and most recently produced The Family Fang and The Seagull.[citation needed]

Personal life

In the early 1990s, Urdang shared a New York City brownstone with then-boyfriend actor Rob Morrow, during the years in which he was seen on television as the protagonist of the series Northern Exposure.[11] In June 2012, Urdang married actor Jon Tenney.[citation needed]

Filmography

Recognition

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ page 71, Forester '72 (FHHS, NYC BoE, 1972)
  2. ^ Twitter tweet
  3. ^ "Legendary Locals of Forest Hills and Rego Park"
  4. ^ Patricia Volk (July 17, 1994). "Hey, Kids, Let's Put on a Show". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  5. ^ Andrew L. Yarrow (August 9, 1988). "At Vassar, a Marriage of the Theater and Film". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  6. Time Out New York
    . Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  7. ^ Celia McGee (July 22, 2009). "On Campus, an Incubator for New Plays". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  8. Yale School of Drama. p. 17. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on October 4, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  9. ^ Fierberg, Ruthie (June 10, 2016). "Hamilton Director Tommy Kail Talks The Show's Earliest Days of Development". Playbill. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  10. ^ "Olympus Pictures – About". Olympus Pictures. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  11. People Magazine. home.comcast.net. Archived from the original
    on October 1, 2006. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  12. ^ "2007 Independent Spirit Awards nominations list: John Cassavetes Award". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 30, 2011.

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