David Fishelson

David Fishelson
Fishelson outside Golda's Balcony on Broadway, 2005.
Born (1956-07-24) July 24, 1956 (age 68)[1]
EducationAndover (1974)
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison (BA, 1978)
Occupation(s)Theatre producer, playwright, film director
Years active1982–present
Children2

David J. Fishelson (born July 24, 1956) is an American producer, playwright, and director for film, theatre, television and radio,[2] based in Manhattan since 1982.[3] He is best known for being the lead producer of Golda's Balcony,[4] the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history (2003–05)—which he also produced as a feature motion picture, Golda's Balcony (2019 film), that was popular in over 75 film festivals in 2019-20)[5][6]—as well as being the founder/producer of Manhattan Ensemble Theatre, an award-winning[7][8][9][10] Off-Broadway theatre company located in SoHo, New York City.[11] As a filmmaker, his work has been broadcast on PBS,[12] exhibited theatrically,[13] and selected for 87 international film festivals (winning at 30).[14][15][5] As a theatre producer and playwright (both on Broadway and off), his work has garnered 31 nominations (winning 11) from the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Obie, Drama League, Lortel, Blackburn Prize and Touring Broadway awards organizations, while landing on Time Out NY's year-end "Best in Theatre" list on 4 different occasions.[8][9][10][16][17][18][19][20][21]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tall was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Whos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Varc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Onhh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Lafi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Onew was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Obie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Ddaw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Ssbp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Tbab was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Obid was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cnim was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nyml was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference Metb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference Usat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference Occn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dlnp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference Llan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  20. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gldb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  21. ^ Cite error: The named reference Meta was invoked but never defined (see the help page).