Shirley Herz
Introduction '''Shirley Herz''' (December 30, 1925 – August 11, 2013) was an American Broadway theatre production press representative.Herz had publicized Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions, ballet companies, circuses, worlds fairs, films and television programs, beginning in 1954, aged 28, when she was the press assistant for the Truman Capote and Harold Arlen musical, ''House of Flowers''. She worked with many notables, including Tallulah Bankhead, Rosalind Russell, Eva Le Gallienne, Jerry Herman, and Julie Harris, as well as with many off-Broadway (such as Manhattan Theatre Club) and off-off-Broadway companies.The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing presented Herz with a special Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre at the 63rd Tony Awards ceremony on June 7, 2009.
Death Herz suffered a stroke on July 18, 2013 and died on August 11, aged 87.Her sole immediate survivor is her widower, Herbert Boley, to whom she was married from 1948 until her death.
Productions Broadway productions for which she acted as press agent or representative include:''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? '', 2005''The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?'' 2002''Angela Lansbury - A Celebration'', 1996''Translations'', 1995''The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'', 1994''A Little More Magic'', 1994''Wonderful Tennessee'', 1993''Mixed Emotions'', 1993''Someone Who'll Watch Over Me'', 1992-1993''Crazy He Calls Me'', 1992''Catskills on Broadway'', 1991-93''Park Your Car in Harvard Yard'', 1991-92''Peter Pan'', 1990–91; 1991-92''Shogun, The Musical'', 1990-91''Fiddler on the Roof'' Revival, 1990-91 ''A Change in the Heir'', 1990''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''  Revival  1990 ''Gypsy'' Revival, 1989-91''Prince of Central Park'', 1989 ''The Threepenny Opera'' Revival, 1989''Dangerous Games'', 1989 ''Starmites'', 1989''Chu Chem'', 1989''Cafe Crown'' Revival, 1989''Legs Diamond''  1988-89''Paul Robeson'' Revival  1988''Burn This'', 1988  ''All My Sons'', 1987''Raggedy Ann'', 1986''Jerry's Girls'', 1986 ''Singin' in the Rain'', 1985-86''Home Front'', 1985''Quilters'', 1984 ''Open Admissions'', 1984''Marilyn'', 1983''La Cage aux Folles'', 1983-87''The Ritz''  Revival  1983''Ned & Jack'', 1981''Wally's Cafe'', 1981''The Five O'Clock Girl'' Revival, 1981 ''To Grandmother's House We Go'', 1981''Onward Victoria'', 1980''Perfectly Frank'', 1980 ''Happy New Year'', 1980''Canterbury Tales'' Revival, 1980''The Lady from Dubuque'', 1980''King of Schnorrers'', 1979-80''Strider'', 1979-80''The Madwoman of Central Park West'', 1979 ''My Old Friends'', 1979''Platinum'', 1978 ''The November People'', 1978''An Almost Perfect Person'', 1977-78''The Night of the Tribades'', 1977''The Royal Family (play)'' Revival, 1976''Summer Brave'', 1975''Ride the Winds'', 1974''Holiday'' Revival, 1973-74''Chemin de Fer'' Revival, 1973-74''The Visit'' Revival, 1973-74''The Women'' Revival, 1973''Look Away'', 1973 ''Ring Around the Bathtub'', 1972 ''Hedda Gabler'' Revival, 1971''A Doll's House'' Revival, 1971 ''The Rothschilds'', 1970-72 ''Oh! Calcutta! '', 1969-72 ''Forty Carats'', 1968-70''The Family Way'', 1965''Zizi'', 1964-65  ''Conversation at Midnight'', 1964''A Girl Could Get Lucky'', 1964 ''Marathon'' '33, 1963-64''Romulus'', 1962''Everybody Loves Opal'', 1961 ''Mary, Mary'', 1961-64''Happy Town'', 1959''The Cold Wind and the Warm'', 1958-59''Miss Isobel'', 1957-58''Rumple'', 1957''Compulsion'', 1957-58''The Cave Dwellers'', 1957-58''Romanoff and Juliet'', 1957-58''House of Flowers'', 1954–55.
References
External links * Shirley Herz papers, 1959-1984, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts