Richard Winkler | |
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| Born | May 20, 1948 |
| Website | www.redhangerproductions.com |
Richard Winkler (born May 20, 1948) is an American theatre producer who has produced dozens of productions on and off Broadway. Usually serving as a co-producer or investor, Winkler is the enhancing Producer of 42nd Street at the Goodspeed Opera House.[1] He has won eight Tony Awards and five Olivier Awards.[2]
Early life
Richard grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He grew up attending the theater with his mother. After his mother brought him to a production of My Fair Lady, he began to partake in the theater.[3] Attending Interlochen Center for the Arts, Richard became further involved in theater.[4] He worked as a lighting designer for over 35 years after attending the University of Michigan.[5]
Career
Winkler worked as a lighting designer for 35 years. He worked for years with Tharon Musser.[6][7] His credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway, West End, Australia, national and international tours and regional theaters, working on plays, musicals, opera, concerts, and dance.[8][9] He has worked with Theatre Under The Stars (Houston).[10] Richard currently acts as a producer for Broadway, West End, and other international productions.[11] He has produced over 34 Broadway productions.
Winkler's lighting designer credits include:
- The Play's The Thing
- Scapino (play)
- The Wiz
- Same Time, Next Year (play)
- A Chorus Line[12]
- Evita (musical)[13]
- It's a Wonderful Life[14]
Winkler's Broadway producing credits include:[15]
- Merrily We Roll Along
- Leopoldstadt
- Life of Pi
- Come From Away
- The Lehman Trilogy
- The 39 Steps
- Gentleman's Guide
- An Act of God (play)
- La Cage aux Folles (musical)
- The Norman Conquests
- The 39 Steps (play)
- Betrayal (play)
- The Cher Show (musical)
- The Glass Menagerie
- La Bête (play)
- Three Tall Women
- Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
- Thoughts of a Colored Man
- Ain't Too Proud
Winkler's West End producing credits include:
- Macbeth
- Ocean At The End of the Lane
- Dear England
- Patriots
- Leopoldstadt[16]
Awards and nominations
Winkler was nominated in 2019 for Broadway Global's Producer of the Year Award.[17]
Tony Awards:[18]
- Leopoldstadt[19]
- The Lehman Trilogy[20]
- The Inheritance (play)
- The Ferryman (play)
- Memphis (musical)
- Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike[21]
- La Cage aux Folles (musical)
- The Norman Conquests
Laurence Olivier Awards:
- Leopoldstadt (play)
- The Inheritance (play)
- Come from Away
- Home, I'm Darling
- Long Day's Journey into Night
| Year | Production | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Leopoldstadt | Tony Award | Best Play | Won |
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Play | Won | ||
| Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Play | Won | ||
| Outer Critics Circle | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Won | ||
| Life of Pi | Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Play | Nominated | |
| Outer Critics Circle | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | The Lehman Trilogy | Tony Award | Best Play | Won |
| Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Won | ||
| Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Play | Won | ||
| 2020 | The Inheritance | Tony Award | Best Play | Won |
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Play | Won | ||
| Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Play | Won | ||
| New York Drama Critics' Circle Award | Best Play | Finalist | ||
| Outer Critics' Circle Award | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Honoree | ||
| Leopoldstadt (play) | Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Play | Won | |
| 2019 | The Ferryman (play) | Tony Award[22] | Best Play | Won |
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Play | Won | ||
| Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Won | ||
| New York Drama Critics' Circle Award | Best Play | Won | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Won | ||
| Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Play | Won | ||
| Critics’ Circle Theatre Award | Best New Play | Won | ||
| Evening Standard Theatre Award | Best Play | Won | ||
| The Ferryman | Tony Award | Best Play | Won | |
| Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Play | Won | ||
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Play | Won | ||
| Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Won | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Won | ||
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Won | ||
| Ain't Too Proud | Grammy Awards | Best Musical Theater Album | Nominated | |
| Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Three Tall Women | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Nominated |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Nominated | ||
| Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Nominated | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Come From Away | Tony Award | Best Musical | Nominated |
| Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album | Nominated | ||
| Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Musical | Won | ||
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Won | ||
| Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production | Nominated | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Won | ||
| Sweat | Pulitzer Prize | Drama | Won | |
| Tony Award | Best Play | Nominated | ||
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Nominated | ||
| Evening Standard Awards | Play of the Year | Won | ||
| 2015 | King Charles III | Tony Award | Best Play | Nominated |
| Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Play | Won | ||
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Nominated | ||
| Something Rotten! | Tony Award | Best Musical | Nominated | |
| Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album | Nominated | ||
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Nominated | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Nominated | ||
| Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Nominated | ||
| Memphis | Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Musical | Nominated | |
| Disgraced[23] | Tony Award | Best Play | Nominated | |
| Hand to God | Tony Award | Best Play | Nominated | |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Production of a Play | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | You Can't Take it With You | Tony Award | Best Revival of a Play | Nomination |
| Drama League Award | Distinguished Revival of a Play | Won | ||
| 2013 | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Tony Award | Best Play | Won |
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Play | Won | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Won | ||
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Production of a Play | Won | ||
| New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards | Best Play | Won | ||
| Cinderella | Tony Award | Best Revival of a Musical | Nominated | |
| Drama League Award | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Nominated | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Tony Award | Best Musical | Nominated |
| Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album | Nominated | ||
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Musical | Nominated | ||
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Production of a Musical | Won | ||
| 2011 | Catch Me If You Can | Tony Award | Best Musical | Nominated |
| 2010 | La Cage Aux Folles | Tony Award | Best Revival of a Musical | Won |
| Laurence Olivier Award | Best Musical Revival | Won | ||
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Won | ||
| Lend Me a Tenor | Tony Award | Best Revival | Nominated | |
| Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstaning Revival | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | A Little Night Music[24] | Tony Award | Best Revival of a Musical | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | Best Musical Theatre Album | Nominated | ||
| Olivier Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Revival of a Musica | Nominated | ||
| Memphis | Tony Award | Best Musical | Won | |
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Musical | Won | ||
| Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Musical | Nominated | ||
| The Norman Conquests[25][26] | Tony Award | Best Revival of a Play | Won | |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Won | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Won |
References
- ↑ "Casting Announced for Goodspeed's '42nd Street'". The Haddams-Killingworth, CT Patch. 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ↑ "Richard Winkler – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB".
- ↑ "Lighting Designer Richard Winkler Switches on a New Career as a Producer". Playbill. January 27, 2016.
- ↑ "High-Performing Alumni". www.interlochen.org. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ↑ "U-M at the Tony Awards". University of Michigan News. 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ↑ "More Tributes To The Legendary Tharon Musser". Live Design Online. 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ↑ "Shining the spotlight on women lighting designers". UCLA. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ↑ "Richard Winkler, Producer, Designer". www.playbill.com.
- ↑ "Richard Winkler | Ovrtur". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ↑ Blank, Matthew (March 28, 2012). "PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage at Theatre Under The Stars' Annie, Starring George Dvorsky and Michele Ragusa". Playbill.
- ↑ CULWELL-BLOCK, LOGAN (September 18, 2023). "The Broadway Shark Tank Reveals 2nd Annual Pitch Class". Playbill.
- ↑ Drake, Sylvie (1992-02-07). "STAGE REVIEW : Latest 'Chorus Line' Goes by the Book". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ↑ ACMN. "Evita The Musical". Evita The Musical. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ↑ "Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Paper Mill's A Wonderful Life | TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ↑ "Richard Winkler – Broadway Cast & Staff". www.ibdb.com.
- ↑ Benedict, David (2020-02-13). "Tom Stoppard's 'Leopoldstat': Theater Review". Variety. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ↑ Meyer, Dan (September 17, 2019). "Gloria Estefan, John Legend, Among 2019 Nominees for Broadway Global's Producer of the Year Award". Playbill.
- ↑ "Tony Awards All Winners". www.tonyawards.com.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (2023-06-12). "Tony Awards Winners: 'Kimberly Akimbo' Takes Best Musical; 'Leopoldstadt' Named Best Play – Complete List". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ↑ "Richard Winkler/Alan Shorr/Dawn Smalberg". www.playbill.com.
- ↑ "Richard Winkler Producer". www.theatricalindex.com.
- ↑ "The Ferryman". www.tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ↑ BackStage Pass - Richard Winkler, retrieved 2022-12-13
- ↑ Brantley, Ben (2009-12-13). "A Weekend in the Country With Eros and Thanatos". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ↑ Haagensen, Erik (August 29, 2019). "The Norman Conquests".
- ↑ BackStage Pass - Richard Winkler, retrieved 2022-12-15
External links
- Richard Winkler at Internet Broadway Database
- Richard Winkler at Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Richard Winkler at The Theatrical Index
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