LINDA BERNSTEIN RUBIN (Manager) is a Broadway Producer and social activist.
Her love for theatre blossomed at NYU’s Gallatin School, where she studied acting under Larry Moss and the late Stella Adler. Linda’s storied acting career includes appearances in Joel Zwick’s Broadway production of Dance With Me and many off-off-Broadway productions. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Linda co-starred in The Magician of Lublin (starring Alan Arkin) and Dirty Dancing among others.
As a founding member of Los Angeles Theatre Unit (LATU), Linda appeared in numerous productions for them.
Linda was a producer for Appian Way Productions until 2005, producing West Coast theatrical premieres. During her time there, she co-produced more than six professional productions, earning five Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, ten LADCC nominations, two LA Weekly Awards and 31 Drama-Logue Awards.
She has been on the Geffen Playhouse’s Board of Directors for 15 years & Is currently on the Geffen’s Executive Board. She is now entering her 10th year as co-chair of Backstage at the Geffen, honoring such artists as Linn Manuel Miranda, Dick Van Dyke, Elton John, Billy Crystal, Mel Brooks, securing funds for the theater’s Educational and Outreach Programs. This year, the program will honor Greg Berlanti.
Aside from her passion for theatre, Linda is a strong advocate and Chairman of the Board of VIP-USC and a Board member of H.E.A.R.T, a support group of Violence Intervention Program-USC, the first Family Advocacy Center in the U.S. to protect and treat all victims of rape and violence. She is on the USC School of Dramatic Arts Board of Counsellors.
Linda is a founding member of The Everychild Foundation and has been a longtime member of the Board of Overseers of the L.A.PHIL. For many years, she and her husband Tony have been supporters of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC, sponsoring a speaker’s series in Los Angeles on the organization’s behalf. They were recently honored by the USHMM at their 2019 Los Angeles Dinner. They are committed to many organizations - most of all, Friends of the Israel Defense Force, the Maccabiah Games, and The Washington Institute. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C., focused on the foreign policy of the United States as it pertains to the countries in the Near East.
Linda B. Rubin Productions is the formal amalgamation of her philanthropic and theatrical efforts.
Linda is married to businessman Tony Rubin; they have two children Jacob , married to Alexandra, and Gena.