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Jonathan Burrows (born December 31, 1942), is an American film and theater producer and a restaurateur. His is best known for producing the 1985 American neo-noir comedy thriller film Fletch.
Burrows served as assistant stage director at New York City Opera in 1966. [1] He produced Fire! (1969), a musical that was short-lived, with 6 performances at the Longacre Theatre. [1] [2] He was a producer for the off-Broadway plays Athol Fugard's Hello & Goodbye (1969, starring Martin Sheen & Colleen Dewhurst and directed by George C. Scott) and Contributions by Ted Shine (1970, starring Claudia McNeil), as well as the national tour of The Mad Show in 1968. [1] In 1969 he produced Fire!, a musical that was short-lived, with 6 performances at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. [1] [2]
He started in the film industry as an assistant director for David Lean on Ryan's Daughter (1970) and soon joined Columbia Pictures' executive training program. Burrows next worked as a production executive on A Delicate Balance , The Iceman Cometh , The Homecoming (all in 1973), Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros (1974), and The Man in the Glass Booth (1975). [1]
Following the publication of Gregory Mcdonald's novel Fletch in 1974, multiple attempts by Columbia Pictures to produce a film adaptation stalled, and eventually Burrows acquired the novel's film rights in 1976. [3] In 1985, Universal finally produced the film. He was an associate producer for Texasville (Columbia Pictures, 1990). [1]
In 2014, Burrows partnered in the revival of Cole Porter's 1953 musical Can-Can for the Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn, New Jersey. [1]
Between 2000 and 2013, he owned Mr. Cecil's California Ribs, three BBQ restaurants in Los Angeles. [4] [5] [6] The second Mr. Cecil’s opened in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, and the third in Manhattan Beach, California. [6]
During this period he cooked at events throughout the country, including NYC's Big Apple BBQ Block Party in 2008. [7]
Burrows is married to Annie Burrows. His father was Selig Burrows, on whose nickname "Cecil", Jonathan named his restaurant Cecil's California Ribs. Jonathan is a cousin of James Burrows and the nephew of Abe Burrows. [6] [8]
Burrows is a polo enthusiast and owner of the Mr. Cecil’s California Ribs polo team. In 2005, the team won the Pope Challenge Finals, and in 2010, the 12-goal season in Santa Barbara, the Vic Graber Memorial and the USPA 12-goal Intercircuit tournaments. [9] [10] [11] In 1985, he arranged a charity match with the Maharajah of Patiala's team from Punjab, India at the East River Park, New York. [12] In 2016, he played in the host Santa Barbara team against the Maharaja of Jaipur's Royal Jaipur Team. [13]
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