Edward Stone

 Edward Stone  ( - 01 December, 1988) was an American writer and director/choreographer.

 Birthplace:  Chicago, IL

 Deathplace:  New York City

 TheatreGoer Bio 

EDWARD STONE (Director and Choreographer) directed "Harrigan n' Hart" at the Goodspeed Opera House. He also directed the Off-Broadway musical "Charlotte Sweet," which received three Drama Desk nominations. Mr. Stone wrote and directed "The Christine Ebersole Special," a critically acclaimed nightclub act for which he won the N.A.C.C.A. Award. His additional directing credits include "An American Cabaret: Tribute to Mabel Mercer," an all-star gala at the Whitney Museum; "The Music Man" at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta; two new musicals for Center Stage in Baltimore: "Yes, I Can," which he also wrote, and "The Mandrake," and "Mrs. McThing," also at Goodspeed. Mr. Stone spent several years in television between writing for "Ryan's Hope" and contributing to "Saturday Night Live." He recently directed "Broadway Celebrates Playbill," a 100th birthday tribute to Playbill Magazine, and a very successful production of "I Love My Wife." Next, Mr. Stone will direct a new adaptation of "Peter Pan," which will be the premiere production at Pennsylvania Center Stage. He was born and raised in Chicago.

 What he does nowadays 

"Theatre director and writer Edward Stone died in New York of AIDS-related causes on Dec. 1. The 34-year-old Stone had worked Off Broadway and regionally, directing Drama Desk nominee Charlotte Sweet as New York's West Side Arts theatre, Harrigan 'N Hart at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut, A Funny Thing Happennd on the Way to the Forum and The Music Man at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre and, most recently, The Rocky Horror Show at the Actors Studio of Louisville in Kentucky. A former writer for ABC's Ryan's Hope, Stone also wrote and directed several cabaret shows and an American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) benefit." (American Theatre Magazine, 1988)