André Bishop
André Bishop (born November 9, 1948)[1] is an American theatrical producer, and Artistic Director and Producing Artistic Director, of Lincoln Center Theater.[2] He has produced over 80 Broadway plays and musicals and has won numerous Tony Awards.[3]
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Early life
Bishop was born André Bishop Smolianinoff, and changed his name to Andre S. Bishop after the death of this father.[4] He graduated from Harvard University in 1970 where he was a pupil of dramatist Robert Chapman.[4][5] He was the Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons from 1981 to 1991. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[6] and an inductee in the American Theater Hall of Fame.[7][8]
Awards
Tony Awards
- 1994 Best Revival of a Musical: Carousel - Producer
- 1995 Best Revival of a Play: The Heiress - Producer
- 1996 Best Revival of Play: A Delicate Balance - Producer
- 2000 Best Musical: Contact - Producer
- 2004 Best Revival of a Play: Henry IV - Producer
- 2006 Best Revival of a Play: Awake and Sing! - Producer
- 2007 Best Play: The Coast of Utopia - Producer
- 2008 Best Revival of a Musical: Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific - Producer
- 2011 Best Play: War Horse- Producer
- 2015 Best Revival of a Musical: The King and I - Producer
- 2017 Best Play: Oslo - Producer
American Theater Hall of Fame
- Inducted in 2012 [8]
References
- ↑ Acting Now: Conversations on Craft and Career, by Edward Vilga, Rutgers Univ. Press, 1997, pp. 38.
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- ↑ Tony Awards.com
External links
- André Bishop at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- André Bishop at the Internet Movie Database
- André Bishop at Playbill VaultLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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