Biografia
Bonnie Nelson Schwartz is an international producer of theatre, television, and concerts, with over 100 plays, films, TV programs, and concerts to her credit across Washington, DC, New York, London, and South Africa. On Broadway, she co-produced Tony-nominated productions including Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare; Pack of Lies; Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood; and Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair. Among her numerous concert productions are Give My Regards to Broadway: A Salute to 125 Years of Musical Theater at Carnegie Hall and the London staging of Panbeaters. Over 25 years, she produced concerts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, such as the ADL Concert Against Hate; The Duke Ellington 90th Birthday Celebration; the Martin Luther King Birthday Celebration; and Legacy & Life: A Tribute to John F. Kennedy. Ms. Schwartz founded and was the original producer of Washington, DC's Helen Hayes Awards. She produced NBC's Closing Ceremonies at the Barcelona Olympic Games and co-created and produced The Olympic Woman, a multimedia exhibition and companion book, Grace and Glory, for the Atlanta Olympic Games. She also authored Voices from the Federal Theatre, based on her TV special Who Killed the Federal Theatre? Recent works include Studs Terkel: Listening to America on HBO; Galileo's Torch at the Folger Theatre; Too Close off-Broadway in New York; the Emmy-nominated virtual reality film and exhibition Traveling While Black; and the 2020 One Woman, One Vote Film Festival commemorating 100 years of women's suffrage. A Tony, Emmy, and Obie Award nominee, she has been recognized as a Woman of Vision by Women in Film and Video, elected to the College of Fellows of the American Theatre, and serves on the Board of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
