Barry Grove Biography (1951-)

Born November 19, 1951, in Madison, CT; son of Herbert Frank and Cecelia Irene (maiden name, Sullivan) Grove; married Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon (a development director), October 8, 1973. Addresses: Office: c/o Manhattan Theatre Club, 311 West 43rd St., 8th Floor, New York, NY 10036.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer
Birth Details: November 19, 1951; Madison, Connecticut, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Executive Producer
(And managing director) The Lisbon Traviata, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, later Promenade Theatre, both New York City, 1989-1990
(And managing director) A Small Family Business, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1992
New England, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1995
Full Gallop, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, New York City, 1995
Seven Guitars, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1996
By the Sea, by the Sea, by the Beautiful Sea, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, 1996
Blue Window, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1996
Nine Armenians, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1996-1997
Collected Stories, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1997
Dealer's Choice, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, 1997
Psychopathia Sexualis, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1997
Corpus Christi, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1998
Labor Day, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1998
Mizlansky/Zilinsky or "Schmucks," Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I,1998
Eyes for Consuela, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, 1998
Y2K, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1999
The Weir, Walter Kerr Theatre, 1999
An Experiment with an Air Pump, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1999
East Is East, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1999
Captains Courageous, The Musical, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I,1999
(And managing director) Comic Potential, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 2000
(And executive director) A Class Act, Manhattan Theatre Club StageII, 2000-2001
The Wild Party, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 2000
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I,then Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 2000-2002
Proof, Walter Kerr Theatre, 2000-2003
King Hedley II, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 2001
Glimmer, Glimmer & Shine, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 2001
Blur, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, 2001
Wonder of the World, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 2001-2002
The Elephant Man, Royale Theatre, New York City, 2002
House, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 2002
Garden, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, 2002
Four, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, 2002
Further Than the Furthest Thing, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 2002
Yellowman, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 2002
Gone Home, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, 2002-2003
The Violet Hour, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 2003
Iron, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, 2003
Last Dance, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, 2003
Humble Boy, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 2003
(And managing director) Sight Unseen, Biltmore Theatre, 2004
Drowning Crow, Biltmore Theatre, 2004
Also worked as executive producer for Polish Joke, Kimberly Akimbo, In Real Life, Where's My Money?, Time and Again, La Terrasse, Red, The Captain's Tiger: A Memoir for the Stage, The Memory of Water, Three Days of Rain, AlligatorTales, Seeking the Genius, The Green Heart, Neat, The Blues Are Running, Valley Song, Overtime, Night andHer Stars, and Three Viewings, all New York City.
Stage Managing Director
Ain't Misbehavin', Longacre Theatre, 1978-1979, Plymouth Theatre,1979-1981, Belasco Theatre, 1981-1982, and Ambassador Theatre, 1988-1989, allNew York City
Eastern Standard, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1988-1989
The Piano Lesson, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1990-1991
A Piece of My Heart, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 1991
Ground Hog, Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 1992
with Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City
Chez Nous, 1977
Plays and Other Plays, 1977-1978
The Rear Column, 1978

Strawberry Fields, 1978
Catsplay, 1978
Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act, 1978
Scenes from Soweto, 1978
Grand Magic, 1978-1979
The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, 1979
Losing Time, 1979
Don Juan Comes Back from the War, 1979
Crimes of the Heart, 1980
Vikings, 1980
Biography, 1980
Endgame, 1980
American Days, 1980-1981
Hunting Scenes from Lower Bavaria, 1981
Translations, 1981
(And associate producer) Mass Appeal, 1981-1982
Gardenia, 1982
Blue Plate Special, 1983
The Philanthropist, 1983
Friends, 1983-1984
Husbandry, 1984
In Celebration, 1984
Other Places, 1984
Mensch Meier, 1984
Oliver Oliver, 1985
California Dog Fight, 1985
Digby, 1985
Hang On to the Good Times, 1985
The Hands of Its Enemy, 1986
Women of Manhattan, 1986
Principia Scriptoriae, 1986
Loot, 1986
It's Only a Play, 1986
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, 1987
Tea, 1987
Claptrap, 1987
The Lucky Spot, 1987
Death of a Buick, 1987
Hunting Cockroaches, 1987
Bloody Poetry, 1987
The Day Room, 1987-1988
Emily, 1988
Italian American Reconciliation, 1988
Urban Blight, 1988
Woman in Mind, 1988
One Two Three Four Five, 1988-1989
Aristocrats (originally at Theatre Four, New York City), 1989
What the Butler Saw (later at City Center Stage I, New York City),1989
The Talented Tenth, 1989
Eleemosynary, 1989
The Art of Success, 1989-1990
Abundance, 1990
Prin, 1990
Bad Habits, 1990
The American Plan, 1990-1991
Beggars in a House of Plenty, 1991
Reassurance: Stories by Allan Gurganus, 1991
Black Eagles, 1991
Absent Friends, 1991
Lips Together, Teeth Apart (later at Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, then City Center Stage I, New York City), 1991-1992
Mad Forest (later at City Center Stage I), 1992
The Extra Man, 1992
Boesman and Lena, 1992
The Years, 1992-1993
Putting It Together, 1993
Four Dogs and a Bone, 1993
A Perfect Ganesh, 1993
Day Standing on Its Head, 1993-1994
The Loman Family Picnic, 1993-1994
Kindertransport, 1994
Three Birds Alighting on a Field, 1994
Love! Valour! Compassion! (later at Walter Kerr Theatre, New YorkCity), 1994-1995
After-Play, 1995
Holiday Heart, 1995
Sylvia, 1995
Boy Gets Girl, 2001
Also worked as managing director on The Radial Mystique, ThreeViewings, Night and Her Stars, The Arabian Nights, Playland, Pretty Fire, Jenny Keeps Talking, The Last Yankee, Joined at the Head, Innocent's Crusade, Radical Mystique, The Stick Wife, Life during Wartime, The Wash, Mi Vida Loca, Wolf-Man, The Debutant Ball, April Snow, and The Miss Firecracker Contest, all New York City.
Stage Work
Other
Worked as executive director, Newyorkers, Manhattan Theatre Club.

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