Lonny Price (born March , ) is an American director, actor, and
writer, primarily in theatre. He is perhaps best known for his
creation of the role of Charley Kringas in the Broadway musical
Merrily We Roll Along and for his New York directing work including
Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, Company, and Sondheim! The Birthday
Concert.Price was born in New York City, the son of Edie L. (Greene),
a merchandise manager, and Murray A. Price, a car leasing company
owner. Price grew up in Fresh Meadows, New York and Metuchen, New
Jersey. He attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
Performing Arts, and the Juilliard School.His early career was spent
performing in Off-Broadway productions, including Class Enemy in , for
which he won a Theater World Award for a stage debut. His first major
Broadway credit was the ill-fated Stephen Sondheim/Hal Prince/George
Furth musical Merrily We Roll Along (), which underwent constant
changes during an unusually long preview period and closed after only
sixteen performances. His next show, the Athol Fugard play "Master
Harold"...and the Boys, in which he portrayed a South African student
opposite Danny Glover and Zakes Mokae as the family servants - ran for
eight months.In , he appeared as Jimmy Durante in the musical bio
Durante.
writer, primarily in theatre. He is perhaps best known for his
creation of the role of Charley Kringas in the Broadway musical
Merrily We Roll Along and for his New York directing work including
Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, Company, and Sondheim! The Birthday
Concert.Price was born in New York City, the son of Edie L. (Greene),
a merchandise manager, and Murray A. Price, a car leasing company
owner. Price grew up in Fresh Meadows, New York and Metuchen, New
Jersey. He attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
Performing Arts, and the Juilliard School.His early career was spent
performing in Off-Broadway productions, including Class Enemy in , for
which he won a Theater World Award for a stage debut. His first major
Broadway credit was the ill-fated Stephen Sondheim/Hal Prince/George
Furth musical Merrily We Roll Along (), which underwent constant
changes during an unusually long preview period and closed after only
sixteen performances. His next show, the Athol Fugard play "Master
Harold"...and the Boys, in which he portrayed a South African student
opposite Danny Glover and Zakes Mokae as the family servants - ran for
eight months.In , he appeared as Jimmy Durante in the musical bio
Durante.
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