Recent work includes: Chess (Kennedy Center), WarholCapote (ART), Michael Moore's The Terms of My Surrender (Belasco), and the world premiere of Nico Muhly's opera Marnie at London's ENO. Broadway Credits include: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Award, best musical revival, also National Tour), Spring Awakening (Tony Award/Best Musical and Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Director; also London, National Tour, Vienna, Tokyo, and Seoul productions); American Idiot (also co-author, Drama Desk Award for Best Director; also US, UK and Asia tours); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award/Best Musical also London and National Tour), Side Man (Tony Award/Best Play also London and Kennedy Center Productions), A View from the Bridge (Tony Award/Best Revival), Everyday Rapture, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Triumph of Love. Off-Broadway credits include: Love, Love, Love (Roundabout), Brooklynite (Also co-author, Vineyard), Whorl Inside A Loop (with Dick Scanlan, Second Stage), 10 Million Miles (Atlantic). National Tour: Angels in America. London: a record-breaking West End run of Funny Girl and UK tour. Tokyo: As You Like It (Toho Theatre). Film: The Seagull, A Home at the End of the World, and Flicka. Television: Smash (Director/Producer, Season One) and two seasons of Alpha House for Amazon. Opera: a celebrated production of Rigoletto (Met). He serves on the Board of New York Stage and Film. @MichaelMayerDIR. This one is for Beatrice Terry.
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Michael Mayer, Funny Girl
Michael Mayer, Little Shop of Horrors
Michael Mayer, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Michael Mayer, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Michael Mayer, American Idiot
Michael Mayer, American Idiot
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
Michael Mayer
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
Michael Mayer, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Michael Mayer, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Michael Mayer, Uncle Vanya
Michael Mayer, A View from the Bridge
Michael Mayer, You're a Good Man
Michael Mayer, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Michael Mayer, A View from the Bridge / Side Man
Michael Mayer, A View From the Bridge
Michael Mayer, A View from the Bridge
Michael Mayer, America Dreaming
The producing team behind A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, has raised $750,000 in honor of singer, songwriter, and performer Neil Diamond and the one million people in the U.S. living with Parkinson's disease.
Broadway Dallas and Broadway Across America (BAA) have announced that FUNNY GIRL, the sensational musical comedy revival, is coming to Dallas’ Music Hall at Fair Park for a limited two-week engagement from August 6 to August 18.
PNC Broadway in Kansas City has announced that new Season Ticket Packages for the 24–25 Broadway season are available now.
Purchase tickets in May for the national tour of Funny Girl at Atlanta's Fox Theatre.
Rehearsals are underway for the new musical Galileo, starring Raul Esparza, at Berkeley Rep. Check out an all new video of the song 'Heaven's Changing'!
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has unveiled the 2024-2025 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh season. Learn about the shows and see how to purchase tickets.
Watch Stephen Mark Lukas, who plays Nick Arnstein in the National Tour of Funny Girl, discuss the production on CBS Los Angeles in the video here!
Join ThinkTank Theatre and freeFall Theatre for a performance of YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN.
Broadway at The Paramount's new season subscription packages are availalbe for the 2024-2025 season. Learn more about the shows and see how to purchase tickets.
San Francisco / Bay Area is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for April 2024 include A Strange Loop and more!
Los Angeles is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for April 2024 include Funny Girl and more!
The Heart of Rock and Roll, the new musical inspired by the iconic songs written and performed by Huey Lewis and The News, officially begins previews tonight, March 29. The musical will open at The James Earl Jones Theatre on Monday, April 22. Meet the cast of The Heart of Rock and Roll here!
The North American tour of Funny Girl lands in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson April 2, 2024, and later at Segerstrom May 28. 2024. Tony Award winner Michael Mayer directs the cast of Melissa Manchester, Katerina McCrimmon, Stephen Mark Lukas, Izaiah Montaque Harris, Walter Coppage. Leah Platt, Cindy Chang, Eileen T’Kaye, David Foley Jr., Vinny Andaloro, Lamont Brown, Kate E. Cook, Julia Grondin, Jackson Grove, Alex Hartman, Dot Kelly, Ryan Lambert, Kathy Liu, Meghan Manning, Bryan Charles Moore, Sami Murphy, Emily Anne Nester, Hannah Shankman, Jordon Taylor, Rodney Thompson, Sean Thompson and Annaliese Wilbur. I had the chance to chat with Stephen (Nick Arnstein to Katerina’s Fanny Brice) over the phone during his stint at the Connor Palace Playhouse Square in Cleveland.
Broadway In Boston has revealed its 2024-2025 Broadway In Boston Season at the Citizens Opera House and the Emerson Colonial Theatre. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
Berkeley Rep’s 2024 Ovation Gala will be held on Saturday, April 13 at The Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, March 25, 2024.
FUNNY GIRL, the sensational musical comedy revival, is coming to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles for a limited four-week engagement from Tuesday, April 2 to Sunday, April 28, 2024. The press opening is Wednesday, April 3.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has revealed the full cast and creative team for the world-premiere musical Galileo: A Rock Musical. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
FUNNY GIRL, the sensational musical comedy revival, is coming to Houston's Hobby Center for the Performing Arts for a limited one-week engagement. Learn how to purchase tickets.
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Michael Mayer has written 2 shows including The Flamingo Kid (Bookwriter), American Idiot (Bookwriter).
Michael Mayer has been nominated for various awards throughout his career, including Outstanding Direction of a Musical at the Drama League Awards for "Funny Girl," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Little Shop of Horrors," and Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." He has also received nominations for his work on productions such as "American Idiot," "Spring Awakening," "Thoroughly Modern Millie," "Uncle Vanya," "A View from the Bridge," "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," and "America Dreaming," among others. Mayer's accolades include wins for Best Direction of a Musical at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "American Idiot" and "Spring Awakening," as well as a Founders Award for Excellence in Directing at the Drama League Awards.
Michael Mayer has won several awards for his work in the theater industry. These include Outstanding Director of a Musical from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Little Shop of Horrors," Best Direction of a Musical from the BroadwayWorld Awards for "American Idiot," Outstanding Director of a Musical from the Drama Desk Awards for "American Idiot," and Best Direction of a Musical from the BroadwayWorld Awards for "Spring Awakening." He also received the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing from the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Director of a Musical from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Spring Awakening," Best Direction of a Musical from the Tony Awards for "Spring Awakening," Outstanding Director of a Play from the Drama Desk Awards for "Spring Awakening," Outstanding Director - Play from the Drama Desk Awards for "Uncle Vanya," and Outstanding Director - Play from the Drama Desk Awards for "A View from the Bridge." Additionally, he won Best Director - Play from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "A View from the Bridge" and "Side Man" and Outstanding Director - Play from the Drama Desk Awards for "A View from the Bridge."
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