Broadway Press Agent, Robert Fennell, dies at 48

Robert Fennell, a Broadway press agent who represented more than 100 shows including ‘Wicked’ died this past Sunday at his family’s home in Yonkers. Mr. Fennell was 48. His family reported that the cause of death was liver cancer.

Mr. Fennell began his career in publicity at Boneau/Bryan Brown as an original staff member, putting his earlier work as a carpenter to use to build the company’s first shelves. He left the company in 1996 to for the Publicity Office and worked for a decade on and off Broadway and in regional theater.

Robert Fennell

Fennell worked with many notable stage and screen performers including Sir Ian McKellan, Ralph Fiennes, Carol Burnett, Patrick Stewart, Frank Langella, Nigel Hawthorne, Christopher Walken, Alan Bates, Cherry Jones, Sean Combs and Julia Roberts.

Mr. Fennell graduated from Brooklyn College and is survived by his companion, Stacy Shane and his five sisters.

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