Adrian Bryan-Brown (born 1956) is a

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and theatrical promoter based in

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, New York City, United States. He has been involved with Broadway theatre and was called "one of the top press agents on Broadway" by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

Early life and education

Bryan-Brown was born in

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, England, and grew up in London and New York. He was educated in England at the

Dragon School The Dragon School is a private school across two sites in Oxford, England. The Dragon Pre-Prep (children aged 4–7) and Prep School (children aged 8–13) are both co-educational schools. The Dragon Prep School was founded in 1877 as the Oxfo ...

in Oxford,

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English private boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. It was founded as Marlborough School in 1843 by the Dean of Manchester, George ...

in Wiltshire, and

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(

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). He received a BSc degree in

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in 1978. He also attended the

UCLA Film School The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), is one of the 12 schools within the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) located in Los Angeles, California. Its creation was groundbreaking in that it was the first time a leadi ...

in Los Angeles briefly.

Career

Bryan-Brown worked with press agent

Susan Bloch Susan Bloch (1940 – 10 May 1982) was a theatrical press agent based in New York City. Biography Bloch was born in Canton, New York and attended Syracuse University. She was the director of public relations for the Repertory Theater of Lincol ...

. The first Broadway show he worked on was a

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transfer, ''

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'', in 1979. When Bloch died suddenly, he went to work for Roundabout itself. In 1983, he joined Solters/Roskin/Friedman, working with Joshua Ellis on many

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productions. He then worked with Chris Boneau and in 1991 established Boneau/Bryan-Brown, one of the leading theatrical press agencies in New York. He has represented more than 200 shows including

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-winning plays like ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

The History Boys ''The History Boys'' is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London's West End on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where 185 performances w ...

''. Other plays include '' Frost/Nixon'', ''

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'' and ''

Amy's View ''Amy's View'' is a play written by British playwright David Hare. It premiered in London at the Royal National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre on 13 June 1997, directed by Richard Eyre and starring Judi Dench, Ronald Pickup and Samantha Bond ...

'' and musicals include ''

The Who's Tommy ''The Who's Tommy'' is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Pete Townshend and a book by Townshend and Des McAnuff. It is based on the 1969 rock opera '' Tommy'' by The Who. Productions The musical opened at La Jolla Playhouse in San Di ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Jersey Boys ''Jersey Boys'' is a jukebox musical with a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success and breakup of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons. The mus ...

'', ''

Monty Python's Spamalot ''Spamalot'' (also known as ''Monty Python's Spamalot: A Musical (Lovingly) Ripped Off from the Motion Picture ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is a stage musical with score by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, with lyrics and book by Idle. Based o ...

'' and ''

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'' Further productions include: ''

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'', '' The Seafarer'', ''

The Farnsworth Invention ''The Farnsworth Invention'' is a stage play by Aaron Sorkin adapted from an unproduced screenplay about Philo Farnsworth's first fully functional and completely all-electronic television system and David Sarnoff, the RCA president who stole t ...

'', ''

Is He Dead? ''Is He Dead?'' is a play by Mark Twain based on his earlier 1893 short story. The play, written by Twain in 1898, was first published in print in 2003 after Mark Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin read the manuscript in the archives of the Ma ...

'', ''

Sunday in the Park with George ''Sunday in the Park with George'' is a 1984 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting '' A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La G ...

'', '' The 39 Steps'', and ''

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'', directed by

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. He also represented the 2011 Broadway production of the rock musical '' Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' initially. Bryan-Brown has also acted as a photographer, providing backstage photographs for the

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and the ''

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''. He has taught theatrical

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in New York as an

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. In 2015, Bryan-Brown was awarded a ''Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre'' at the

Personal life

Bryan-Brown married theatrical photographer

Joan Marcus Joan Marcus is a theatrical photographer based in Manhattan, New York City, United States.. Marcus, born in Pittsburgh, was educated at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She has been active as a theatrical photographer in Washing ...

in 1991. They are both involved with Broadway theatre. Bryan-Brown is also the elder brother of the photographer Marc Bryan-Brown.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryan-Brown, Adrian 1956 births Living people People from Oxford People educated at The Dragon School People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London UCLA Film School alumni British expatriates in the United States American public relations people American entertainment industry businesspeople Businesspeople from New York City Broadway press agents Brooklyn College faculty Tony Award winners