Mark Lamos
Mark Lamos | |
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Born | Melrose Park, Illinois, U.S. | March 10, 1946
Occupation(s) | Director, producer, actor |
Partner | Jerry Jones |
Mark Lamos (born March 10, 1946) is an American
Life and career
Born in Melrose Park, Illinois,[2] Lamos studied violin and ballet at an early age, and participated in high school theater productions at Proviso East High School, Maywood, IL, from which he graduated in 1964. He attended Northwestern University on a music scholarship.[3]
He began his theatrical career as an actor at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. His early Broadway appearances all were in short-lived productions: The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks and The Creation of the World and Other Business in 1972, Cyrano in 1973, and a revival of Man and Superman in 1978. He also appeared in the 1990 film Longtime Companion.[2][4]
He served as artistic director of Hartford Stage from 1981 to 1998. Hartford Stage gained national recognition under Lamos, who shook up the theatre's traditional repertoire with bolder contemporary dramas and spectacular productions of Shakespeare and classics such as Peer Gynt and The Greeks, a cycle of ancient Greek dramas. Productions that ended up on Broadway included Marvin's Room, Our Country's Good, Tiny Alice, Tea at Five, The Carpetbagger's Children and Enchanted April.[5]
He was appointed the artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse, effective in February 2009.[6][7]
Directing credits Westport Country Playhouse: Harbor; Into the Woods; Twelfth Night; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Happy Days; She Loves Me; The Breath of Life; That Championship Season; Of Mice and Men. New York credits: The Rivals, Big Bill, Seascape, Cymbeline, Measure for Measure (Lortel Award), all for
Lamos began his career in the theater as an actor on and off-Broadway and in regional theater. He made his film debut in Longtime Companion. He was awarded the Connecticut Medal for the Arts as well as honorary doctorates from Connecticut College, University of Hartford, and Trinity College (Connecticut).
Lamos was awarded the 2007 Beinecke Fellow, Yale University, the Stanford Chair at University of Miami in Coral Cables,[3] has lectured at Yale and was a visiting adjunct professor in the Department of Theater at the University of Michigan.[8]
Lamos is openly gay. His partner since 1979 is Jerry Jones.[9]
Awards and nominations
- 1991 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - Our Country's Good, nominee
- 1991 Tony Award for Best Play - Our Country's Good, nominee
- 1989 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre - The Hartford Stage Company, winner
- 1989 Connecticut Medal for the Arts
References
- ^ "Lamos leaving as Westport Country Playhouse artistic director". Westport Journal. 11 May 2023.
- ^ a b Mark Lamos biography filmreference.com, retrieved January 25, 2010
- ^ a b Stanford Distinguished Professors University of Miami, retrieved January 25, 2010 Archived June 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Mark Lamos Broadway credits ibdb.com, retrieved January 25, 2010
- ^ "'Anastasia' Takes Home 7 Connecticut Critics Circle Awards". AMERICAN THEATRE. 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ Gates, Anita.For a Veteran Thespian, a Welcome Return to Regional TheaterThe New York Times, April 2, 2009
- ^ News Release[permanent dead link] westportplayhouse.com, January 5, 2009
- ^ Mark Lamos biography westportplayhouse.org, retrieved January 25, 2010
- ^ Provenzano, Jim (June 6, 2000). "Regal eagles". The Advocate. p. 71.
External links
- Mark Lamos at the Internet Broadway Database
- Mark Lamos at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Mark Lamos at IMDb
- US Opera interview