Joan Marcus is a theatrical photographer based in Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

, New York

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, USA.

Marcus was educated at George Washington University

George Washington University

The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...

 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

She has been active as a theatrical photographer in Washington, D.C. and New York City for most of her career. Starting in 1986, she has been a photographer on Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 productions, covering over a hundred shows including Wicked

Wicked (musical)

Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...

. She is considered to be "one of the preeminent Broadway photographers."

Joan Marcus is married to the theatrical press agent Adrian Bryan-Brown

Adrian Bryan-Brown

Adrian Bryan-Brown is a press agent and theatrical promoter based in Manhattan, New York.Bryan-Brown was born in Oxford and grew up in London and New York. He was educated in England at the Dragon School in Oxford, Marlborough College in Wiltshire, and Royal Holloway College . He received a BSc...

 of Boneau/Bryan-Brown

Boneau/Bryan-Brown

Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Inc. is a public relations company based in Manhattan, New York, whose primary clients are Broadway and off-Broadway productions.The company was formed by the partnership of Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown in 1991...

, a leading Broadway press agency.