Jamie Gruber, better known by her stage name Jamie deRoy, is an American producer of Broadway plays, and a cabaret, stage, film and TV performer.
She has co-produced 60 Broadway shows and 46 off-Broadway shows.
deRoy has won eight
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...
s for her theatre work and was one of the
New York Friars Club
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's first eight female members.
Early life and education
deRoy was born Jamie Gruber
in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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, where she grew up in the
Squirrel Hill
Squirrel Hill is a residential neighborhood in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The city officially divides it into two neighborhoods, Squirrel Hill North and Squirrel Hill South, but it is almost universally treated ...
neighbourhood. Her mother
Aaronel deRoy Gruber was a multimedia artist and her father Irving Gruber was the owner of American Forge and Manufacturing Co. She attended Linden Elementary School and graduated from
Allderdice High School in 1963.
deRoy then studied drama at
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...
. In 1964 she moved to New York City and enrolled in classes at the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a Private college, private drama school with two locations, one in New York City and one in Los Angeles. The academy offers an associate degree in occupational studies and teaches drama and related ...
.
Career
Appearances on:
* Television shows "Alice," "Spiderman" and "Knight Rider"
* Films ''GoodFellas'', ''Raging Bull'', ''See No Evil, Hear No Evil'' and ''Married To It''.
* Onstage, deRoy appeared with Rene Auberjonois in ''The Threepenny Opera'', as well as in ''The Drunkard'' with musical direction by
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow ( ; born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer with a career that spans over sixty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It", "Brandy (Scott ...
.
*TV Movie music documentary "Backstage at The Sound of Music" - Jamie deRoy is host
Cabaret
deRoy's debut performance was at The Living Room in NY city in 1969. One of deRoy's earliest collaborations was with Barry Manilow.
[
deRoy opened for Joan Rivers in New York and L.A.]Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden (born July 18, 1941) is an American writer, poet, and music and film critic.
Biography
Holden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Yale University in 1963. He worked as a photo editor, staff writer, and eventually be ...
wrote "If Joan Rivers were a Manhattan-based cabaret artist, her act might well resemble that of Jamie deRoy, a singer and comedian who appeared at Caroline's at the Seaport on Monday".
deRoy hosts the variety show Jamie deRoy & friends, which airs every other Sunday at 7:30pm on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network
Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) is an American non-profit organization that broadcasts programming on five public-access television cable TV stations in Manhattan, New York City. MNN operates two community media centres – in midtown Manhat ...
. deRoy's show has been running for 29 years.Christina Bianco
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, Mike Birbiglia
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, E. Clayton Cornelious, John Pizzarelli
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& Jessica Molaskey and Haley Swindal, Larry Gatlin, Tonya Pinkins, Lewis Cleale, Daisy Jopling, and Caroline Rhea,
Recording career
Jamie deRoy produced nine CDs in the ''Jamie deRoy & friends'' series released on the Harbinger and PS Classics labels.
Broadway co-producer
Jamie deRoy is a producer of Broadway showsRoxanne Seeman
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/Wendy Federman/Heni Koenigsberg, deRoy/Winkler/Batchelder, deRoy Kierstead, CatWenJam Productions, 42nd.club/The Yonnone Family/Island Productions, deRoy-Winkler, and as deRoy-Carr-Klausner.
deRoy co-produced the following stage productions:
* Frankie and Johnny
* Beetlejuice
* Tootsie
* To Kill A Mockingbird
* Network
* The New One
* The Waverly Gallery
* Ain't Too Proud
* The Ferryman
* The Lifespan of a Fact
* Pretty Woman: The Musical
* Three Tall Women
* Angels In America (Tony Award)
* Once On This Island (Tony Award)
* Meteor Shower
* Latin History for Morons
* The Band's Visit (Tony Award)
* 1984
* The Play That Goes Wrong Significant Other
* Sunday in the Park with George
* The Font Page
* An Act of God
* American Psycho
* Bright Star
* Fiddler on the Roof
* China Doll
* Sylvia
* The Gin Game
* The Heidi Chronicles
* The Realistic Joneses
* A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award)
* Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award)
* Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
* Nice Work If You Can Get It
* Peter and the Starcatcher
* The Motherfucker with the Hat
* Catch Me If You Can
* Enron
* The Addams Family
* Lend Me a Tenor
* All About Me
* A Behanding in Spokane
* The Miracle Worker
* Ragtime
* Finian's Rainbow
* Desire Under the Elms
* The Norman Conquests (Tony Award)
* Impressionism
* Blithe Spirit
* Speed-the-Plow
* All My Sons
* The Seagull
* Thurgood
* The Country Girl
* November
* Coram Boy
* Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, Say Goodnight Gracie
Film co-producer
*Broadway: The Golden Age
*Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age
Awards
Tony Awards
* The Ferryman (2018–2019)
*The Band's Visit (2017-2018)
* Angels In America (2017-2018)
* Once On This Island (2017-2018)
* A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
References
;Notes
;Sources
www.tonyawards.comFive Carnegie Mellon Alumni Nominated for 11 Tony Awardswww.ibdb.comTime Out With... Jamie deRoy , New York Lifestyles Magazine#173 Jamie Deroy, Producer
External links
*
*
Jamie deRoy
on Internet Broadway Database, IBDB
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Songwriters from New York (state)
Living people
Writers from New York City
Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni
Jazz songwriters
American jazz songwriters
Jewish American songwriters
Jazz musicians from New York (state)
American women songwriters
21st-century American women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)