Ellen Botwin
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{{Short description|American Producer}}
Ellen Botwin is a Broadway producer.{{cite news |url=https://playbill.com/person/ellen-botwin|title=Ellen Botwin|publisher=Playbill|access-date=8 January 2025}} She was formerly a teacher.{{cite news |url=https://www.nextavenue.org/what-its-like-to-be-a-broadway-producer/|title=What It’s Like to Be a Broadway Producer|publisher=Next Avenue|access-date=8 January 2025}}
Career
Botwin got her start in producing with an investment in Sweeney Todd{{cite news |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/guilford-producer-broadway-tony-awards-ct-19512579.php|title=Retired CT teacher went on to produce three Tony-nominated musicals|publisher=CT Insider|access-date=8 January 2025}} which came about via a connection at Guilford High School in Connecticut, where she was a special education teacher.{{cite news |url=https://www.nextavenue.org/what-its-like-to-be-a-broadway-producer/|title=What It’s Like to Be a Broadway Producer|publisher=Next Avenue|access-date=8 January 2025}}
Botwin produces Broadway musicals with her husband Howard Ignal.{{cite news |url=https://www.nextavenue.org/what-its-like-to-be-a-broadway-producer/|title=What It’s Like to Be a Broadway Producer|publisher=Next Avenue|access-date=8 January 2025}}
They have produced musicals and plays on Broadway such as Tommy, Cabaret, Merrily We Roll Along, and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window.{{cite news |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/guilford-producer-broadway-tony-awards-ct-19512579.php|title=Retired CT teacher went on to produce three Tony-nominated musicals|publisher=CT Insider|access-date=8 January 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://playbill.com/playbillpagegallery/inside-playbill?asset=624adadc-9684-4c39-a795-16a7538b1382#carousel-cell19848006|title=Inside the Playbill: Botwin Ignal Dawson|publisher=Playbill|access-date=8 January 2025}}
Awards
Botwin was nominated for a Tony Award when her production of Tommy was nominated for Best Revival of a Musical.{{cite news |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2024-tony-award-nominations/|title=2024 Tony award nominations|publisher=Tony Awards|access-date=8 January 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-organization/botwin-ignal-dawson-538837#Awards|title=Botwin Ignal Dawson|publisher=IBDB|access-date=8 January 2025}}
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