Prolific producer Craig Zadan, who along with producing partner Neil Meron was largely responsible for the re-birth of musicals on TV and film in the 1990s and beyond, has died at the age of 69. With a career that includes NBC's recent live musicals and earlier TV adaptations of Gypsy, Cinderella, and Annie, as well as big screen movie musicals such as Chicago and Hairspray, Zadan is synonymous with musicals on film in the modern era.
With Meron, Zadan’s various productions earned six Academy Awards, five Golden Globes, 17 Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, a Grammy Award, six GLAAD Awards, four NAACP Image Awards and two Tony Awards.
Up in One
Sing!
Gypsy
Cinderella
Annie
Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Broderick in "The Music Man."
Sean Combs and Audra McDonald star in "A Raisin in the Sun"
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Liza's at the Palace: 2009
Promises Promises Playbill - Opening Night
Footloose: 2011
How to Succeed Playbill - Opening Night, Feb 2011
Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty in "Smash"
Steel Magnolias: 2012
Carrie Underwood in Sound of Music Live!
"Peter Pan Live!" star Allison Williams
Photo by Nino Munoz/NBC
The company of The Wiz Live!
Photo by Paul Gilmore/NBC
Ariana Grande, Garrett Clayton, Maddie Baillio, Ephraim Sykes, and cast
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Sara Bareilles and John Legend
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Craig Zadan
