Craig Zadan

Birth Name:

Craig Zadan

Birth Place:

Miami, Florida, United States

Profession

Producer

Honored, alongside collaborator Neil Meron, with the Producer of the Year Award at the Hollywood Film Festival in 2007 for their work on "Hairspray" and "The Bucket List"
Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Casting Society of America
Quote: "[on "The Sound of Music Live!"] "No matter how you look at it, it was a huge success and we are so, so proud․""
Quote: "[on "The Sound of Music Live!"] "We just figured that every 53 years we should do a live Broadway show on T․V․""
Co-founded Storyline Entertainment with producing partner Neil Meron
Prior to working in theater full-time, he would write for New York magazine and After Dark
After being invited to speak at Brooklyn College by future collaborator Neil Meron in the late '70s, the two would soon team up
Began his career working closely alongside theater great Stephen Sondheim in the early '70s

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