Peter Lawrence

  • Stage Manager

    Stage Manager
    The stage manager is responsible for smoothly running a theatrical production, from rehearsals to performances. They work behind the scenes to coordinate the cast and crew and ensure that everything runs on time and according to plan. Stage managers have long been an integral part of the theatrical production. The term “stage manager” dates back to Shakespeare's time; however, their role in American theatre drastically changed in the early 1900s. As the “director”
  • Born

    Born
    Peter Lawrence (born May 1, 1944) is an American stage manager, director, and production supervisor best known for his work on Broadway. Most recently, he stage-managed Sea Wall/A Life, directed by Carrie Cracknell, starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
  • End of WW2

    End of WW2
    Truman announced Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. The news spread quickly and celebrations erupted across the United States. On September 2, 1945, formal surrender documents were signed aboard the USS Missouri, designating the day as the official Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day).
  • Early life

    Early life
    Peter Lawrence grew up in Ohio. He received his master's degree from the University of Hawaii.[3] He founded the Manoa Valley Theatre in 1969 with his peers at the school.
  • Childhood

    Childhood
    About the author. Peter Lawrence was brought up in Zambia/Northern Rhodesia and educated in England, ending up at Cambridge University, University of Hawaii
  • Career

    Career
    Career
    Peter Lawrence began working as a stage manager shortly after meeting general manager Harvey Medlinsky while working as a box office worker for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. After meeting, Lawrence began stage manager for Medlinsky's dinner theaters.[3]
  • Never had marriage

    there been clues that he is gay or not but he did never got married or had any relationships with anyone before so he never had kids or marriage
  • First play

    An Almost Perfect Person
    A Broadway Debut
    In 1977, Lawrence got his first stage managing job on Broadway, where he has been working steadily ever since. The play was Judith Ross's An Almost Perfect Person. Zoe Caldwell directed, and Coleen Dewhurst played the lead.
  • plays he work on

    Working as production stage manager, he originated over 25 Broadway productions, among them Spamalot, Hurlyburly, Sunset Boulevard, Shrek The Musical, and five new plays by Neil Simon
  • Best plays and years experience

    Peter Lawrence is a stage manager with over 40 years of experience in the commercial
    theatre. Working as production stage manager, he originated over 25 Broadway productions, among them Spamalot, Hurlyburly, Sunset Boulevard, Shrek The Musical, and five new plays by Neil Simon. Production stage manager assignments have seen him working in dinner theatre, stock, regional theatres, Broadway, off-Broadway, and national tours.
  • 2008 financial crisis

    2008 financial crisis
    The 2008 financial crisis, also known as the Great Recession, was a worldwide economic crisis that started in early 2007 and lasted until mid-2009. It was caused by a number of factors,
  • Awards

    Awards
    He is the first stage manager ever to have been honored by the Tony Awards and received the Del Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award from the Stage Managers' Association.
  • did he had any drugs

    did he had any drugs
    In 2014 he was caught using drugs but won't say where he got it from so he was in jail but suddenly he gone just vanish he was never seen again
  • Unknown?

    Unknown?
    For some reason he did not came back he never return after he got his reward no one knows what happened to him some say he dead or missing whatever it is we just never saw him again he just vanish thin air