He has been in the acting world for fifty years and will be a producer for a quarter of a century next year. Hans Cornelissen (69), who currently produces both Hairspray and West Side Story in theaters with De Graaf & Cornelissen Entertainment, is an indispensable part of the entertainment industry. He doesn’t really have any problems with growing older, but he does have problems with the transience of life. “I still miss my mother and my best friend Kitty Courbois almost every day.”
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Hans Cornelissen (69) about cutthroat competition and loss of sick mother due to medical error: ‘I still feel powerless’
Bytaketonews
Nov 8, 2025