Lonny Price directed Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway and at the English National Opera, Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel at the ENO and Lincoln Center, and Carousel at the ENO. His Broadway credits include Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill starring Audra McDonald (also for HBO and currently on the West End stage), 110 in the Shade, 'Master Harold' ... and the Boys, Sally Marr and Her Escorts (co-written with Joan Rivers and Erin Sanders), Urban Cowboy, and A Class Act (Tony nomination, Best Book, with Linda Kline). His work with the NY Philharmonic includes Company, Sondheim: The Birthday Concert (Emmy Award), and Passion. He directed television captures of his Sweeney Todd (Emmy Award), Company, Camelot, and Candide. His documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened premiered at the New York Film Festival and was named one of New York Times' Top 10 Films of 2016.
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Biography from IMDb.
- March 9, 1959 (67)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Director and actor, also producer and writer
- 15 on Motif · 34 credits in all
What are Lonny Price's films like?
Across their 10 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2
Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heraldas Ronnie Crawford in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
- Shapeshifteras Geoffrey in Flodder in Amerika! (1992)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lonny Price's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 15 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Lonny Price's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
34 credits, 15 with a Motif page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Walking with Ghosts (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)
Show of Titles (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
John Cullum: An Accidental Star (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
Harold Prince: The Director's Life (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)
2 Broke Girls(2011)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Company (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)
Company: A Musical Comedy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)
Passion (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)
Candide (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)
Desperate Housewives(2004)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
A Little Night Music: Ravinia Festival Concert (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
O. Henry's Christmas (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)
The World of Jim Henson (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1994)
Flodder in Amerika!(1992)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Jacob Have I Loved(1989)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Hot to Trot(1988)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Dirty Dancing(1987)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Golden Girls(1985)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)
The Chosen(1981)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Headin' for Broadway (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)
Live from Lincoln Center (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)
Career shape
A full career of 33 titles from 1976 to 2022.
Biggest box office
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Highest rated
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001)
Most popular right now
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Film career
- 1981Screen debut· The Chosen
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Lonny Price's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Lonny Price work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lonny Price's Motif titles; Gary Bradley shares the most, 2.
- Gary BradleyShared titles: Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre (2015), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Gary Bradley
- Ellen M. KrassShared titles: Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre (2015), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Ellen M. Krass