Shirley Herz is a Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 production press representative.

She has publicized Broadway, Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...

 and Off-Off Broadway productions, ballet companies, circuses, Worlds Fairs, films and television since 1954, when she was the press assistant for the Truman Capote

Truman Capote

Truman Streckfus Persons , known as Truman Capote , was an American author, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and the true crime novel In Cold Blood , which he labeled a "nonfiction novel." At...

 and Howard Arlen musical, House of Flowers

House of Flowers

House of Flowers may refer to:* Tito's mausoleum, whose Serbian name Kuća Cveća means "House of Flowers"* A short novella by Truman Capote, usually published along with his longer novella Breakfast at Tiffany's...

. She has worked with such notables as Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell was an American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as the role of Mame Dennis in the film Auntie Mame...

, Eva Le Gallienne

Eva Le Gallienne

Eva Le Gallienne was a well-known actress, producer, and director, during the first half of the 20th century.-Early life and early career:...

, Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage...

, and Tallulah Bankhead

Tallulah Bankhead

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was an award-winning American actress of the stage and screen, talk-show host, and bonne vivante...

, and with prestigious Off-Broadway companies such as the Manhattan Theatre Club

Manhattan Theatre Club

Manhattan Theatre Club is a theater company located in New York City. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, Manhattan Theatre Club has grown since its founding in 1970 from an Off-Off Broadway showcase into one of the country’s most acclaimed...

.

Herz is a member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM), Local 18032 IATSE AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL–CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers...

, CLC.

The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing

American Theatre Wing

The American Theatre Wing is a New York City-based organization "dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre," according to its mission statement...

 presented Herz with a special Tony Award

Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...

 for Excellence in the Theatre at the 63rd annual Tony Awards ceremony on June 7, 2009.

Productions

Broadway productions for which she acted as Press Agent or Representative include:

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962. The original cast featured Uta Hagen as Martha, Arthur Hill as George, Melinda Dillon as Honey and George Grizzard as Nick. It was directed by Alan Schneider...

2005
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? 2002
Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Angela Brigid Lansbury CBE is an English actress and singer in theatre, television and motion pictures, whose career has spanned eight decades and earned her more performance Tony Awards than any other individual , with five wins...

 - A Celebration 1996
Translations 1995
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a 1992 play written by English dramatist Jim Cartwright. Sam Mendes directed stars Jane Horrocks and Alison Steadman at the Royal National Theatre before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End....

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 - 1993
Peter Pan 1991 - 1992
Park Your Car in Harvard Yard 1991 - 1992
Peter Pan 1990 - 1991
Shogun, The Musical 1990 - 1991
Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...

[Revival] 1990 - 1991
A Change in the Heir 1990
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's best-known works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955...

[Revival] 1990
Gypsy [Revival] 1989 - 1991
Prince of Central Park 1989
The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera is a musical by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann and set designer Caspar Neher. It was adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, and offers a Marxist critique...

[Revival] 1989
Dangerous Games 1989
Starmites 1989
Chu Chem 1989
Cafe Crown [Revival] 1989
Legs Diamond

Legs Diamond

Legs Diamond can refer to:*Jack Diamond , the alias of Philadelphia/New York gangster Jack Moran*Legs Diamond , an American rock and roll band*Legs Diamond , a musical written by Peter Allen...

1988 - 1989
Paul Robeson [Revival] 1988
Burn This

Burn This

Burn This is a play by Lanford Wilson.-Plot:It begins shortly after the funeral of Robbie, a young gay dancer who drowned in a boating accident. In attendance were his roommates: choreographer Anna and ad man Larry...

1988
All My Sons

All My Sons

All My Sons is a 1947 play by Arthur Miller. The play was twice adapted for film; in 1948, and again in 1987.The play opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1947 and ran for 328 performances...

1987
Raggedy Ann 1986
Jerry's Girls 1986
Singin' in the Rain 1985 - 1986
Home Front 1985
Quilters 1984
Open Admissions 1984
Marilyn 1983
La Cage aux Folles 1983 - 1987
The Ritz

The Ritz (play)

The Ritz is a play by Terrence McNally. Actress Rita Moreno won a Tony Award for her performance as Googie Gomez in the 1975 Broadway production, which she and many others of the original cast reprised in a 1976 film version directed by Richard Lester....

[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

The Lady From Dubuque

The Lady from Dubuque, a play by Edward Albee, opened on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre on January 31, 1980. It closed there after a mere 12 performances...

1980

King of Schnorrers 1979 - 1980

Strider 1979 - 1980

The Madwoman of Central Park West

The Madwoman of Central Park West

The Madwoman of Central Park West is a semi-autobiographical one-woman musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and Phyllis Newman and songs by various composers and lyricists...

1979

My Old Friends 1979

Platinum 1978

The November People 1978

An Almost Perfect Person 1977 - 1978

The Night of the Tribades 1977

The Royal Family (play) [Revival] 1976

Summer Brave 1975

Ride the Winds 1974

Holiday [Revival] 1973 - 1974

Chemin de Fer

Chemin de Fer

Chemin de fer is the French term for railway. It may refer to:*Musée Français du Chemin de Fer, the French National Railway Museum* Baccarat Chemin de Fer, a variation of the card game, Baccarat.* one of several railway companies in Europe...

[Revival] 1973 - 1974

The Visit

The Visit

The Visit is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt.-Plot summary:...

[Revival] 1973 - 1974

The Women

The Women

The Women is a comedy of manners by Clare Boothe Luce.The play is an acidic commentary on the pampered lives and power struggles of various wealthy Manhattan socialites and up-and-comers and the gossip that propels and damages their relationships...

[Revival] 1973

Look Away 1973

Ring Around the Bathtub 1972

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...

[Revival] 1971

A Doll's House

A Doll's House

A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premièred at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month....

[Revival] 1971

The Rothschilds 1970 - 1972

Oh! Calcutta!

Oh! Calcutta!

Oh! Calcutta! is an avant-garde theatrical revue, created by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan. The show, consisting of sketches on sex-related topics, debuted Off-Broadway in 1969 and then in London in 1970. It ran in London for over 3,900 performances, and in New York initially for 1,314...

1969 - 1972

Forty Carats

Forty Carats

Forty Carats is a play by Jay Allen.Adapted from the French original by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, the comedy revolves around a 40-year-old American divorcee who is assisted by a 22-year-old when her car breaks down during a vacation in Greece...

1968 - 1970

The Family Way 1965

Zizi 1964 - 1965

Conversation at Midnight 1964

A Girl Could Get Lucky 1964

Marathon '33 1963 - 1964

Romulus 1962

Everybody Loves Opal 1961

Mary, Mary 1961 - 1964

Happy Town 1959

The Cold Wind and the Warm 1958 - 1959

Miss Isobel 1957 - 1958

Rumple 1957

Compulsion 1957 - 1958

The Cave Dwellers 1957 - 1958

Romanoff and Juliet 1957 - 1958

House of Flowers

House of Flowers

House of Flowers may refer to:* Tito's mausoleum, whose Serbian name Kuća Cveća means "House of Flowers"* A short novella by Truman Capote, usually published along with his longer novella Breakfast at Tiffany's...

1954 - 1955