Patricia Crown
PATRICIA CROWN is Of Counsel to Coblence & Associates. Prior to joining the predecessor to that firm in 1992, she spent five years as a partner in the New York office of Morrison & Foerster. She began her legal career as a corporate attorney at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. Ms. Crown has a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law where she was elected to Order of the Coif, an M.A. from the University of Rochester in Paris and a B.A. from the University of Rochester. Before becoming a lawyer, Ms. Crown lived for 10 years in Paris, France where she worked as a translator, interpreter and production assistant in the motion picture industry. For the last 25 years, Ms. Crown has practiced exclusively in the field of entertainment law, with a particular focus in theatre, film, publishing and copyright. She represents theatrical producers both in the U.S., France, England and China, French motion picture production companies, U.S. independent film producers, dance companies, cable television companies and authors. Her theatrical representations take projects, both musicals and straight plays, from the initial "idea" or acquisition-of-rights stage, through financing (including all securities law matters) to the mounting and running of productions on and off Broadway, across the United States, and overseas, in both sit-down and touring venues. Recent representations include A Little Night Music, The Norman Conquests, Company, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd and Hairspray (in New York, London and on tour), and many others In other entertainment fields, Ms. Crown has represented the motion pictures Paranoid Park directed by Gus Van Sant, The Spanish Prisoner, written and directed by David Mamet and Signs and Wonders by Jonathan Nossiter, and the books Babar's World Tour and Babar's Museum of Art, both by Laurent de Brunhoff. Ms. Crown is a frequent speaker on entertainment matters, particularly those concerning live-stage productions. Bio as of August, 2009. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) Production: Precious Sons - April, 1986 - Watch now. Member of the American Theatre Wing Advisory Committee