Margo Lion, Tony-Winning Lead Producer of Hairspray, Dies at 75
Margo Lion, a prolific producer who helped shepherd more than two dozen works to Broadway and off-Broadway, passed away on January 24, according to The New York Times. Her son, Matthew Nemeth, said that the cause of death was a brain aneurysm. Lion was 75. Lion was born in Baltimore, Maryland, beginning her producing career with Lyn Austin at The Music-Theatre Group. Her early New York producing projects inclu…