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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 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, Camelot
Bartlett Sher, Intimate Apparel
Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird
Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird
Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady
Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady
Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady
Bartlett SherOslo
Bartlett Sher, Oslo
Bartlett Sher, Oslo
Bartlett Sher, Fiddler on the Roof
Bartlett Sher, The King and I
Bartlett Sher, The Bridges of Madison County
Bartlett Sher, Golden Boy
Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
Bartlett Sher , South Pacific
Bartlett Sher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing !
Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing!
Bartlett Sher, The Light in the Piazza
Bartlett Sher, The Light in the Piazza
Bartlett Sher, Cymbeline
Bartlett Sher has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. Some of his notable nominations include Outstanding Direction of a Musical at the Drama League Awards for "Camelot," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Intimate Apparel," Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "To Kill a Mockingbird," Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "To Kill a Mockingbird," and Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "My Fair Lady." He has also been nominated for Ensemble at the Obie Awards for "Oslo," Outstanding Director at The Lortels for "Oslo," Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Oslo," and Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Fiddler on the Roof." Additionally, he received nominations for Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "The King and I," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Bridges of Madison County," Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Golden Boy," and Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Joe Turner’s Come and Gone." Other nominations include Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "South Pacific," Founders Award for Excellence in Directing at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "South Pacific," Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific," Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Awake and Sing!," Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Awake and Sing!," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Light in the Piazza," Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "The Light in the Piazza," and Outstanding Director at The Lortels for "Cymbeline."
Bartlett Sher has won several awards for his work in Broadway. He received the Outstanding Director of a Musical award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "My Fair Lady." He also won the Ensemble award from the Obie Awards and the Outstanding Director award from The Lortels for "Oslo." Additionally, Sher was awarded the Outstanding Director of a Musical from the Drama Desk Awards for both "Fiddler on the Roof" and "South Pacific." He also received the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing from the Drama League Awards. Furthermore, Sher won the Outstanding Director of a Musical award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "South Pacific" and the Best Direction of a Musical award from the Tony Awards for "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific."