Bartlett Sher
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Bartlett Sher is the Resident Director of Lincoln Center Theater, where his productions include Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady, J.T. Rogers' Oslo (Tony nomination), Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I (Tony nomination), Golden Boy (Tony nomination), Blood & Gifts, Women on the Verge of a Nervous ...
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Bartlett Sher Biography
Bartlett Sher is the Resident Director of Lincoln Center Theater, where his productions include Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady, J.T. Rogers' Oslo (Tony nomination), Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I (Tony nomination), Golden Boy (Tony nomination), Blood & Gifts, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Tony nomination), South Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards), Awake and Sing! (Tony nomination), and The Light in the Piazza (Tony nomination).He directed the recent Broadway productions of Fiddler on the Roof and The Bridges of Madison County (also Williamstown Theatre Festival), as well as New York productions of Prayer for My Enemy and The Butterfly Collection (Playwrights Horizons); Cymbeline (Callaway Award, co-produced with the RSC); Waste (Best Play Obie Award); and Don Juan and Pericles (Theatre for a New Audience).
While Artistic Director of Seattle's Intiman Theatre from 2000-2009, he directed 20 productions including works by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen, Shaw, Wilder, Goldoni, and Kushner, among others.
His work in the opera world include Romeo et Juliet, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Le Comte Ory, L'Elisir d'Amore, Two Boys, Otello (Metropolitan Opera); Faust (Baden Baden); Romeo et Juliette (Salzburg Festival and La Scala); Mourning Becomes Electra (Seattle Opera and New York City Opera), Two Boys (ENO).
He currently serves on the board of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
Bartlett Sher Awards and Nominations
Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Director of a Musical | ||
Bartlett Sher, Intimate Apparel | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Director of a Play | ||
Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird | ||
Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Direction of a Play | ||
Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird | ||
Drama Desk Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Director of a Musical | ||
Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Director of a Musical ![]() |
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Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady | ||
Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Direction of a Musical | ||
Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady | ||
Obie Awards - 2017 - Ensemble ![]() |
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The Lortels - 2017 - Outstanding Director ![]() |
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Bartlett Sher, Oslo | ||
Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Direction of a Play | ||
Bartlett Sher, Oslo | ||
Drama Desk Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Director of a Musical ![]() |
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Bartlett Sher, Fiddler on the Roof | ||
Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Direction of a Musical | ||
Bartlett Sher, The King and I | ||
Drama Desk Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Director of a Musical | ||
Bartlett Sher, The Bridges of Madison County | ||
Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Direction of a Play | ||
Bartlett Sher, Golden Boy | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Director of a Play | ||
Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone | ||
Tony Awards - 2009 - Best Direction of a Play | ||
Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner's Come and Gone | ||
Drama Desk Awards - 2008 - Outstanding Director of a Musical ![]() |
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Bartlett Sher, South Pacific | ||
Drama League Awards - 2008 - Founders Award for Excellence in Directing ![]() |
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Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2008 - Outstanding Director of a Musical ![]() |
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Bartlett Sher , South Pacific | ||
Tony Awards - 2008 - Best Direction of a Musical ![]() |
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Bartlett Sher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2006 - Outstanding Director of a Play | ||
Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing ! | ||
Tony Awards - 2006 - Best Direction of a Play | ||
Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing! | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2005 - Outstanding Director of a Musical | ||
Bartlett Sher, The Light in the Piazza | ||
Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Direction of a Musical | ||
Bartlett Sher, The Light in the Piazza | ||
The Lortels - 2002 - Outstanding Director | ||
Bartlett Sher, Cymbeline |
Bartlett Sher News

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 20, 2022
The Shubert Theatre has announced the lineup of the 2022-2023 Broadway Series shows for the theatre’s 108th Anniversary Season.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 20, 2022
Popejoy Hall will present two musicals still running on Broadway as well as a couple of well-known stars as part of its 2022-2023 season. The season includes 21 shows overall with a total of 50 performances from October 6, 2022 through June 11, 2023.

by Jim Munson - Jun 20, 2022
BroadwayWorld talks to Broadway musical star Laura Benanti about her show at the Lesher Center for the Arts on June 25th. Effortlessly engaging and chatty, Benanti also talks about her amazingly varied career, having worked with everyone from Patti LuPone to Chita Rivera, Steve Martin, Richard Chamberlain and the late Rebecca Luker.

by Stephi Wild - Jun 15, 2022
With the production currently playing to critical acclaim and capacity houses, To Kill a Mockingbird is continuing to implement a series of education and outreach initiatives to run alongside the production.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 15, 2022
The American Theatre Guild, the largest not-for-profit touring Broadway presenter in the nation, unveils its highly anticipated 2022–2023 BROADWAY AT THE FOX IN RIVERSIDE SERIES. The series will include the following touring productions: INLAND PACIFIC BALLET’S THE NUTCRACKER, R.E.S.P.E.C.T., FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, ANASTASIA, and ON YOUR FEET! THE MUSICAL–The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan.

by A.A. Cristi - Jun 9, 2022
The American Theatre Guild, the largest not-for-profit touring Broadway presenter in the nation, unveils its highly anticipated 2022–2023 BROADWAY AT THE KING CENTER SERIES.

by Roy Berko - Jun 9, 2022
What did our critic think of My Fair Lady at Connor Palace? What do Rogers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Frank Loesser and Cole Porter all have in common? Yes, they are all composers of American musicals, but they are also just some of those who attempted, and failed, to make George Bernard Shaw's classical PYGMALION into a musical.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 8, 2022
Winners for the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today. See the full list here! This year’s Drama Desk Awards will take place at Sardi’s Restaurant on June 14th. See who was honored from Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway.

by Stephi Wild - Jun 7, 2022
Birmingham Hippodrome have today announced that New York's Lincoln Center Theater's critically acclaimed and multi award-winning production of Lerner & Loewe's much loved MY FAIR LADY will play at the theatre from Wednesday 8 March – Sunday 26 March 2023 as part of a UK and Ireland tour which begins in September 2022 following a limited engagement at the London Coliseum this summer.

by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jun 6, 2022
Get exclusive prices for tickets for the West End revival of the 'loverly' My Fair Lady. The Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning production of My Fair Lady comes to London in Summer 2022, the first major West End revival of Lerner & Loewe’s much-loved musical for 21 years.
Bartlett Sher Videos

by BroadwayWorld TV - May 18, 2022
New production footage has been released today of the company of My Fair Lady. The company features Harry Hadden-Paton as Henry Higgins, Amara Okereke as Eliza Doolittle, Stephen K Amos as Alfred P Doolittle, Dame Vanessa Redgrave as Mrs Higgins, Malcolm Sinclair as Colonel Pickering, Maureen Beattie as Mrs Pearce, and Sharif Afifi as Freddy Eynsford-Hill.

by BroadwayWorld TV - May 5, 2022
My Fair Lady is on its way to the London stage. Bartlett Sher's glorious multi award-winning production of Lerner & Loewe's much loved My Fair Lady will transfer to the London Coliseum for a limited summer engagement in what will be the first major West End revival of the show for 21 years.

by Backstage With Richard Ridge - Mar 26, 2022
Watch as Richard Ridge catches up with two of the stars of the To Kill a Mockingbird national tour, Richard Thomas and Jacqueline Williams.

by Stage Tube - Feb 24, 2022
Richard Thomas will play the role of Atticus Finch in the National Tour of To Kill A Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Bartlett Sher, and based on Harper Lee's classic novel. The tour will begin performances next month at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo.

by BroadwayWorld TV - Jan 12, 2022
Lincoln Center Theater’s INTIMATE APPAREL, a new opera with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Lynn Nottage, based off of her play of the same name, and direction by Bartlett Sher begins previews tomorrow, January 13 ahead of a Monday, January 31 opening at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The opera was in previews at the Newhouse when theaters shutdown in 2020.

by Stage Tube - Jan 11, 2022
Get a first look at The Met's production of Rigoletto, now on stage through June 11th.

by Stephi Wild - Jan 7, 2022
Baritone Quinn Kelsey, a commanding artist at the height of his powers, brings his searing portrayal of the title role to the Met for the first time, starring alongside soprano Rosa Feola as Gilda and tenor Piotr Beczała as the Duke of Mantua, with leading maestro Daniele Rustioni on the podium. A second run of performances in the spring features soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan, and tenor Stephen Costello, conducted by Karel Mark Chichon.

by BroadwayWorld TV - Jan 6, 2022
Last night, To Kill a Mockingbird welcomed Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Greg Kinnear as he made his Broadway debut as “Atticus Finch.” Written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin with direction by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird also stars Baize Buzan as “Scout Finch.”

by Stage Tube - Jan 3, 2022
Get a first look at The Met's production of Rigoletto, now on stage through June 11th.

by Backstage With Richard Ridge - Dec 3, 2021
Watch as Richard Ridge chats with Broadway favorite Jose Llana, who will soon join Seth Rudetsky for Seth's Concert Series, airing Sunday, December 5 at 8pm ET.