Lonny Price

Lonny Price is an American actor, writer, and director, primarily in theatre. He is perhaps best known for his creation of the role of Charley Kringas in the Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along. Eventually he moved into primarily directing for the stage and is now known for making statements on current events in versions of his musicals. His acclaimed May 2008 New York Philharmonic production of Camelot was making a statement about the current war including having different ethnicities and modernized characters. Mr. Price stated this in an interview before Camelot opened.

Price was born in New York City, the son of Edie L. , a merchandise manager, and Murray A. Price, a car leasing company owner. Price grew up in Metuchen, New Jersey. He attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts. His early career was spent performing in offBroadway productions. His first major Broadway credit was the illfated Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along , which underwent constant changes during an unusually long preview period and closed after only sixteen performances. He had better luck with his next project the Athol Fugard play Master Harold...and the Boys, in which he portrayed a South African student opposite Danny Glover and Zakes Mokae as the family servants which ran for eight months.

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