Paul G. Gleason

Currently Artistic Producer/Director of the Paul G. Gleason Theater in Hollywood, California, Paul G. Gleason has an extraordinary record of achievement in film, television, and theater. He was fortunate enough to be involved in the golden age of Broadway and television and work alongside Judy Garland, Shirley Temple, Danny Kaye, Jack Benny, Yul Brynner, Jerry Lewis, Carol Burnett, Jackie Gleason, and Ed Sullivan. He also coached and directed Richard Chamberlain, Mary Tyler Moore, John Raitt, Constance Towers, Ed Asner and Academy Award Winners George Chakiris, and Shirley Jones as well as working with Angelica Huston in her father, John Houston’s last film the James Joyce novel, The Dead.

Paul G. Gleason was on the selection committee for the United States top artistic grant-giving agency the National Endowment for the Arts, giving grants to some of the most recognized artists in the world. He was selected by the California Arts Council as artist-in-residence for the State of California. He also coached an acting workshop attended by Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Bruno.

He has run master classes in theater, opera, musical theater, and dance at UCLA, USC, International Artists Center – Tokyo , Japan and London, England. Paul narrated Peter and the Wolf with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He directed the first concert of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music at the Hollywood Bowl.

He has been working alongside the Stella Adler Studio. Paul G. Gleason is currently mentoring artists and is engaged in new and original works for film, television, and theatre. He is available for workshops throughout the US and abroad. Paul Gleason and Gavin Levy are currently working on their next book together. He is excited about the future.