ABSTRACT

This chapter is an excerpt of an interview with Ron Simons, a four-time Tony Award-winning producer of A Gentleman’s Guide to Murder (Tony Award for Best Musical), The Gerswhin’s Porgy and Bess (Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award for Best Play), and Jitney (Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play). In this interview with the founder and CEO of SimonSays Entertainment and a stage, film, and television actor, Simons discusses his education and career, as well as his advice to those who desire a career as a theatre producer.