Lonny Price

    Director, Actor, Writer

    Birthdate: Mar 9, 1959

    Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

    Lonny Price directed Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway and at the English National Opera, Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel at the ENO and Lincoln Center, and Carousel at the ENO. His Broadway credits include Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill starring Audra McDonald (also for HBO and currently on the West End stage), 110 in the Shade, 'Master Harold' ... and the Boys, Sally Marr and Her Escorts (co-written with Joan Rivers and Erin Sanders), Urban Cowboy, and A Class Act (Tony nomination, Best Book, with Linda Kline). His work with the NY Philharmonic includes Company, Sondheim: The Birthday Concert (Emmy Award), and Passion. He directed television captures of his Sweeney Todd (Emmy Award), Company, Camelot, and Candide. His documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened premiered at the New York Film Festival and was named one of New York Times' Top 10 Films of 2016.

    Known For

    Dirty Dancing
    Dirty Dancing

    (1987)

    Great Performances
    Great Performances

    (1971)

    The Muppets Take Manhattan
    The Muppets Take Manhattan

    (1984)

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

    (2001)

    Lonny Price Movies

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    • 2016 |

      Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened

      asSelf
    • 2011 |
      Company
    • 2010 |
      Master Harold ... and the Boys
    • 1992 |
      Flodder in Amerika!as Geoffrey
    • 1987 |

      Dirty Dancing

      asNeil Kellerman
    • 1984 |
      The Muppets Take Manhattanas Ronnie Crawford
    • 1981 |
      The Chosenas Davey
    Lonny Price: Biography, Movies, Net Worth & Photos