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CATHERINE RUSSELL
CATHERINE RUSSELL is an experienced theater manager and actress having worked in the
Off-Broadway industry for over 40 years. Named the "Cal Ripken of Broadway" by People Magazine, Cathy has fully immersed herself in all aspects of the theater industry. In addition to her record-breaking performance in Perfect Crime, Catherine built and has since managed Off-Broadway's The Theater Center, creating Off-Broadway's first corporate partnership. She currently general manages all four productions currently playing at the theater: Perfect Crime, Singfeld! A Musical About Nothing, Friends! The Musical Parody & The Office! A Musical Parody. Additionally, Catherine has been teaching acting as an adjunct professor at NYU Steinhardt since 1981 & serves as an adjunct professor at Baruch College and John Jay College as well.
MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO SPEAKS AT THE REOPENING OF "PERFECT CRIME", April 2021
Cathy has built several Off-Broadway theater spaces in Times Square. In 1994 Cathy renovated a dilapidated strip club, the “Paris Burlesque,” at 46th Street and Broadway as a 165-seat Off-Broadway home for Perfect Crime, the show did booming business for 12 years.
After the building was sold in 2005, the show moved four blocks north, where Cathy built two 199-seat Off-Broadway theaters and two rehearsal studios. The 20,000 square feet space is located at 1627 Broadway. Cathy also procured and negotiated the first Off-Broadway corporate sponsorship with Snapple. Both theaters and the studios have been fully booked since the space's opening. Perfect Crime breaking records in the Anne L. Bernstein Theater and a revival of The Fantasticks (of which Cathy co-produced) - the longest running musical in the world opening the Theater Center in 2005. Since The Fantasticks closed in 2016, The Office! A Musical Parody, Singfeld! A Musical Parody About Nothing and Friends The Musical Parody have been playing to sold out houses in the Jerry Orbach Theater, named in partnership with Elaine Orbach and Dick Wolf/Wolf Films.
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BEFORE & AFTER CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS
210 w. 5oth Street, New York NY
For more information, visit catherinerusselloffbroadway.com
SEAN DEACY:
Construction Coordinator
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An experienced contractor of over thirty years, Sean has been responsible for the construction of countless buildings across the New York City area. He and Catherine have worked together for the last 20 years & in 2005, built The Theater Center, located at 210 West 50th Street.
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