Adrian Bryan-Brown | |
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| Born | 1956 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" [1] |
| Spouse | Joan Marcus (1991) [2] |
| Awards | Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre (2015) |
| Website | boneaubryanbrown.com |
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 [3] and was called "one of the top press agents on Broadway" by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. [1]
Bryan-Brown was born in Oxford, England, and grew up in London and New York. [4] 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. [5]
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. [6]
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. [7] 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 , [8] 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. [6] He also represented the 2011 Broadway production of the rock musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark initially. [9]
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.[ citation needed ]
In 2015, Bryan-Brown was awarded a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre at the Tony Awards. [10] [11]
Bryan-Brown married theatrical photographer Joan Marcus in 1991. [2] [12] They are both involved with Broadway theatre. [13] Bryan-Brown is also the elder brother of the photographer Marc Bryan-Brown.
