Lucille Lortel

Lucille Lortel (née Wadler, December 16, 1900 – April 4, 1999) was an American actress, artistic director, and theatrical producer. In the course of her career Lortel produced or co-produced nearly 500 plays, five of which were nominated for Tony Awards: As Is by William M. Hoffman, Angels Fall by Lanford Wilson, Blood Knot by Athol Fugard, Mbongeni Ngema's Sarafina!, and A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing. She also produced Marc Blitzstein's adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, a production which ran for seven years and according to The New York Times "caused such a sensation that it...put Off-Broadway on the map." Lucille Lortel, biography at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Lucille Lortel at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Lucille Lortel at the Internet Broadway Database

Lortel, Lucille. Lucille Lortel papers, 1902–2000, ID: *T-Mss 2001–006. Billy Rose Theatre Division: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.