Adrian Bryan-Brown

Adrian Bryan-Brown (born 1956) is a press agent and theatrical promoter based in Manhattan, New York City, United States. He has been involved with Broadway theatre^[3] and was called "one of the top press agents on Broadway" by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.^[1]

Adrian Bryan-Brown
Born	1956 (age 68–69) Oxford, England
Citizenship	American
Education	Dragon School Marlborough College
Alma mater	Royal Holloway College UCLA Film School
Occupation	Theatrical press agent
Years active	1979 – present
Employer	Boneau/Bryan-Brown
Known for	"one of the top press agents on Broadway"[1]
Spouse	Joan Marcus (1991)[2]
Awards	Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre (2015)
Website	boneaubryanbrown.com

Early life and education

Bryan-Brown was born in Oxford, England, and grew up in London and New York.^[4] He was educated in England at the Dragon School in Oxford, Marlborough College in Wiltshire, and Royal Holloway College (University of London). He received a BSc degree in zoology in 1978. He also attended the UCLA Film School in Los Angeles briefly.^[5]

Career

Bryan-Brown worked with press agent Susan Bloch. The first Broadway show he worked on was a Roundabout Theatre Company transfer, A Taste of Honey, in 1979. When Bloch died suddenly, he went to work for Roundabout itself.^[6]

In 1983, he joined Solters/Roskin/Friedman, working with Joshua Ellis on many Broadway productions. He then worked with Chris Boneau and in 1991 established Boneau/Bryan-Brown, one of the leading theatrical press agencies in New York.^[7] He has represented more than 200 shows including Tony Award-winning plays like Art, Copenhagen and The History Boys. Other plays include Frost/Nixon, Skylight and Amy's View and musicals include The Who's Tommy,^[8] Sunset Boulevard, Titanic, Jersey Boys, Monty Python's Spamalot and Mamma Mia! Further productions include: Rock 'n' Roll, The Seafarer, The Farnsworth Invention, Is He Dead?, Sunday in the Park with George, The 39 Steps, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses, directed by Rufus Norris.^[6] He also represented the 2011 Broadway production of the rock musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark initially.^[9]

Bryan-Brown has also acted as a photographer, providing backstage photographs for the Associated Press and the New York Post. He has taught theatrical public relations at Brooklyn College in New York as an adjunct professor.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, Bryan-Brown was awarded a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre at the Tony Awards.^[10][11]

Personal life

Bryan-Brown married theatrical photographer Joan Marcus in 1991.^[2][12] They are both involved with Broadway theatre.^[13] Bryan-Brown is also the elder brother of the photographer Marc Bryan-Brown.