She graduated from Manhattanville College in 1952, and earned a master's degree in English literature from Columbia University in 1954.
[3][4] She and her producing partner Nelle Nugent[5][6] won Tony Awards in 1978 for Dracula (best revival), in 1979 for The Elephant Man (best play), in 1980 for Morning's at Seven (best revival), in 1981 for Amadeus, and in 1982 for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (best play).
She also produced off-Broadway runs of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women and The Play About the Baby,[1] and was general manager of the Big Apple Circus.
[10] Her last show, Hangmen starring Dan Stevens, was in previews in March 2020, when Broadway closed for the COVID-19 pandemic.
[1][7] The records of McCann & Nugent Productions are in the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library.