Christopher Burney is the Artistic Director of New York Stage and Film. Previously he was Artistic Producer of Second Stage Theatre where he worked since 1996. Among the many notable productions at Second Stage, selected productions he has shepherded include Dear Evan Hansen (book by Steven Levenson, music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul); Bachelorette (Leslye Headland, playwright); Murder for Two (book and music by Joe Kinosian, book and lyrics by Kellen Blair); Animals Out of Paper (Rajiv Joseph, playwright); Lonely, I?m Not (Paul Weitz, playwright); the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal (music by ... read more
Donald Holder has worked extensively in Theatre, Opera, Dance, Architectural and Television lighting in the US and abroad for over 30 years. He has designed 58 Broadway productions and has been nominated for 13 Tony Awards, winning the Tony for Best Lighting Design for The Lion King in 1998, and for the 2008 revival of South Pacific. Recent Broadway productions include: Tootsie, Kiss Me Kate, Anastasia, Oslo, Straight White Men, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, On the Twentieth Century, The Bridges of Madison County, Bullets Over Broadway and many others. Projects at the NY ... read more
Mark Lamos is a celebrated American director, actor, and writer with an illustrious career spanning over four decades. Born in 1946 in Illinois, Lamos grew up in Connecticut and went on to study at Northwestern University, where he earned a degree in theatre. After completing his education, he moved to New York City to pursue a career in the arts.
Lamos began his career as an actor, performing in numerous stage productions throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He made his Broadway debut in 1974 in the play "The National Health" and went on to appear in several other productions, including "The ... read more
Broadway: The Music Man (Mayor Shinn), On the Twentieth Century, You Can't Take it With You, Relatively Speaking, Losing Louie, "Toad" in A Year With Frog and Toad, "Hysterium" in Forum (Drama League Honor, FANY Award), Neil Simon's Laughter On The 23rd Floor, David Henry Hwang's Face Value, Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury. Encores!: "Heinzie" in The Pajama Game. Joseph Papp's NYSF: All's Well That Ends Well, Othello, Von Richthofen, The Laundry Hour, Alice in Concert (with Meryl Streep). Off-Broadway: Almost An Evening, Chesapeake (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), A Flea in Her Ear (Drama League Honor), Beth Henley's The ... read more
Rothman co-founded Second Stage in 1979 with the goal to create an open, creative space that served to introduce the community to new, emerging talent and to produce new plays by living American Playwrights. Over the past 45 years, Rothman has produced more than 250 inspiring plays and musicals, introducing the world to bold and diverse voices. Her taste as an artistic director, which the New York Times once called, “eclectic and unpredictable,” has resulted in a wide range of premieres and new interpretations of some of America’s best contemporary theater, as well as catapulted shows to hundreds of productions ... read more
