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Tom Kirdahy | |
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 Kirdahy in 2020 | |
| Born | Thomas Joseph Kirdahy June 18, 1963 Hauppauge, New York, U.S. |
| Education | New York University (BA, JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Theatre producer, lawyer |
| Organization | Tom Kirdahy Productions |
| Spouse |
Terrence McNally
(m. 2003; died 2020) |
| Website | www |
Thomas Joseph Kirdahy (born June 18, 1963) is an American Tony and Olivier Award-winning theatrical producer, film producer, lawyer, and activist.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Kirdahy's upcoming projects include the 2024 Broadway revival of Gypsy, starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and directed by five-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe,[8] and the film adaptation of Terrence McNally, John Kander, and Fred Ebb's musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, written and directed by Bill Condon and starring Jennifer Lopez.[9]
His current productions include the Broadway musical Hadestown, winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical,[10][7] and the off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors originally starring Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard, and Christian Borle, which won the Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical.[11][12][13][14]
Kirdahy produced the New York Times Critic’s Pick Here We Are,[15] the final musical from Stephen Sondheim. Here We Are was written by Sondheim with a book by David Ives and direction by Joe Mantello. Described by the New York Times as “hands down, the most anticipated event of the fall season,”[16] the production opened at The Shed in Hudson Yards on October 22, 2023, and was immediately heralded as “cool and impossibly chic” by Jesse Green in his New York Times review.[15]
Kirdahy is also known for the Broadway production of the epic two-part play The Inheritance, winner of four Tony Awards including Best Play,[17][18][19] and the Tony-nominated 2022 Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Piano Lesson, starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, and Danielle Brooks, which became the highest-grossing August Wilson play in Broadway history.[20][21][22][23]
His other notable Broadway credits include the 2019 revival of Terrence McNally’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon, which received two Tony Award nominations including Best Revival of a Play,[3][18] the musical Anastasia, the 2014 revival of It's Only a Play starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, and The Visit starring Chita Rivera, which received five Tony Award nominations.[24] He has received additional Tony nominations for Broadway productions of Mothers and Sons, After Midnight, Ragtime, and Master Class.[3][25] His West End credits include the West End production of The Inheritance, which won four Olivier Awards including Best New Play, and Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?.[26] Off-Broadway, Kirdahy has produced The White Chip, The Jungle, and White Rabbit Red Rabbit, among other shows.[27][28]
- ^ "Weddings/Celebrations; Terrence McNally, Thomas Kirdahy". The New York Times. December 21, 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ Kirdahy, Tom (March 20, 2014). "The Definitions of Family". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ a b c Thomas Kirdahy at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ "Year of the Producer: Tom Kirdahy's Eureka Moment for Master Class". What's On Stage. February 7, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ Strauss, Alix (November 15, 2017). "Tom Kirdahy and Terrence McNally: An Immediate, and Lasting, Need". New York Times. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ "Robert Whitehead Award | Commercial Theater Institute". Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ a b "Best Musical - Tony Awards: 'Hadestown' Wins Best Musical, Tops With 8 Wins". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ Paulson, Michael (2024-05-29). "Audra McDonald to Star in 'Gypsy' Revival on Broadway This Fall". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ Vary, Adam B. (2023-12-07). "Jennifer Lopez Attached to Star in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' Musical Film From 'Dreamgirls' Director Bill Condon (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Tonys: 'Hadestown' Wins Best Musical". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ Clement, Olivia (September 4, 2019). "Off-Broadway Return of Little Shop of Horrors Extends". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ "Drama League". dramaleague.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "The Inheritance, A Strange Loop & More Win 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Moulin Rouge! Tops 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award Honors". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ a b Green, Jesse (October 22, 2023). "'Here We Are' Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic". New York Times.
- ^ Herrington, Nicole (September 27, 2023). "Theater Update: Sondheim's final musical". Gale Academic Onefile.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (September 27, 2019). "The Inheritance, Matthew Lopez's Olivier Award-Winning Drama, Arrives on Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ a b McPhee, Ryan (October 15, 2020). "2020 Tony Award Nominations: Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge!, Slave Play Lead the Pack". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "'Moulin Rouge!' 'The Inheritance,' 'A Soldier's Play' big winners in emotional Tony Awards". NBC News. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ Masseron, Meg (March 19, 2024). "2022 Broadway Revival of The Piano Lesson Announces Recoupment". Playbill.
- ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "THE PIANO LESSON Becomes Highest Grossing August Wilson Play on Broadway in History". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ Wild, Stephi. "August Wilson's THE PIANO LESSON Will Now Open at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre Rather Than the St. James". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ White, Abbey (2022-11-17). "'The Piano Lesson' Extends Broadway Run Through January". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ "The Visit". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ "The Producers". Long Island Pulse. January 26, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ Dalton, Stephen (April 6, 2017). "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?: Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ Clement, Olivia (October 4, 2019). "Joe Tapper Stars in Off-Broadway Premiere of The White Chip". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Clement, Olivia (December 2, 2016). "White Rabbit Red Rabbit Sets Off-Broadway Closing Date". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-01-07.