Background
Her father was born Jewish and her mother converted to Judaism.
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Carole Hays
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Shorenstein attended New York University but did not graduate.
Career
Was one of three children born to real estate developer Walter and Phyllis Finley. She has two siblings: Columbia Broadcasting System producer Joan (who died of cancer in 1985) and real estate investor Douglas West., the chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (his term runs from 2011 to 2014). They have two children, Wally and Gracie.
She was appointed to the National Park Foundation Board of Directors in 2009.
She is the owner of The Curran Theatre in San Francisco. She worked at United Artists as a movie publicist for the film Live and Let Die.
She owns the Curran Theatre and serves as President of SHN, a theatrical producing company in San Francisco. She has produced many award-winning Broadway plays.
In addition to her Broadway endeavors, she is the President of SHN (Theatres), a theatrical producing company in San Francisco.
Carole also co-produced the Broadway production of Julius Caesar starring Denzel Washington. Other Broadway productions include Tony Kushner"s Caroline, or Change, Suzan-Lori Parks"s 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog, Charles Busch"s The Tale of the Allergist"s Wife, Patrick Marber"s Closer, David Mamet"s The Old Neighborhood, the Royal Court/Théâtre de Complicité production of Eugène Ionesco"s The Chairs, and the Royal Society of Chemistry production of A Midsummer Night"s Dream.
Achievements
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Several of the plays she produced have received Tony Awards, including a revival of Fences in 2010. She is the only Broadway producer to win the Tony Awards as producer for two different productions of the same play—August Wilson"s Pulitzer Prize–winning Fences, winning Best Play for the original production in 1987 starring James Earl Jones, and Best Revival for the 2010 run starring Denzel Washington. She served as lead producer of the Broadway production of John Patrick Shanley"s Doubt, which won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play and The Pulitzer Prize. She has produced these additional Tony Award-winning plays on Broadway: Richard Greenberg"s Take Maine Out, Edward Albee"s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia, and Pulitzer Prize winner Proof by David Auburn.
