Kevin McCollum
Kevin McCollum has received the Tony Award for Best Musical for "In the Heights" (2008), "Avenue Q" (2004), and "Rent" (1996), which also won the Pulitzer Prize. He is currently represented on Broadway with the Olivier Award-winning "The Play That Goes Wrong.
Date of Birth: March 01, 1962 (64)
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BIO
Kevin McCollum has received the Tony Award for Best Musical for "In the Heights" (2008), "Avenue Q" (2004), and "Rent" (1996), which also won the Pulitzer Prize. He is currently represented on Broadway with the Olivier Award-winning "The Play That Goes Wrong." He produced "Something Rotten!" (Broadway, National Tour), "Hand to God" ( Broadway, West End), "Motown: The Musical" (Broadway, West End, and National Tour), "The Drowsy Chaperone" in 2006, which won five Tony Awards, Baz Luhrmann's production of "Puccini's La Boheme" in 2002, [title of show] in 2008, the touring and Broadway productions of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," the off Broadway hit "De La Guarda," the recent hit revival of "West Side Story," and "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo." In 1995 Mr. McCollum co-founded The Producing Office, and has since created Alchemation, a theatrical and media producing company committed to new work.
Mr. McCollum was trained at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and earned his Master's degree in film producing from the Peter Stark Program at the University of Southern California. In 1995, he received the Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Commercial Theatre Producing.
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Productions
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Awards and Nominations
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Kevin McCollum, Hand to God
Kevin McCollum, Ragtime
Kevin McCollum, West Side Story
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Kevin McCollum, In The Heights
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Kevin McCollum, Private Lives
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Kevin McCollum, Rent
Kevin McCollum, Damn Yankees
Videos
Exclusive: Watch Sneak Peek of NINE YEARS IN NEW YORK WITH THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Podcast
by Nicole Rosky - 2026-05-13 11:54:42
Video: John Cameron Mitchell Discusses His Take on Mary Todd Lincoln in OH, MARY!
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-03-05 10:38:01
Video: Jane Krakowski Recalls Seeing OH, MARY! for the First Time
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-11-18 10:35:36
Video: Jinkx Monsoon, Kumail Nanjiani & Michael Urie Take Final OH, MARY! Bows
by Michael Major - 2025-09-29 09:16:31
Video: The Cast of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Performs 'Dress Your Way Up' In New Music Video
by A.A. Cristi - 2025-09-23 23:29:05
Video: Jinkx Monsoon on Inspiring Young Performers and Starring in OH, MARY!
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-09-19 11:13:05
Video: Michael Urie Shares How He Manifested OH, MARY! Role on THE VIEW
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-09-15 14:42:53
Video: Watch THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Cast Record the Title Song For Cast Album
by Michael Major - 2025-09-11 13:53:14
Video: Kumail Nanjiani Talks Forgetting Lines as Mary's Husband in OH, MARY!
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-09-03 12:17:19
Video: Jinkx Monsoon Talks Broadway Success, Teases Holiday Show on GOOD MORNING AMERICA
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-08-18 11:31:03
Video: Watch Krystal Hernandez Perform 'Get Down' in SIX on Broadway
by Michael Major - 2025-06-20 13:32:08
Video: 42 BALLOONS North American Premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Joshua Wright - 2025-06-04 15:53:29
Video: Conrad Ricamora Reflects on Art’s Impact in HOW ART CHANGED ME
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-05-20 12:24:14
Tituss Burgess Originally Turned Down OH, MARY!: 'It's Quite the Herculean Task'
by Michael Major - 2025-02-19 16:46:22
News
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026
Trevor Braun departs THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG after his final performance September 3 at New World Stages; Adam Langdon takes over as Dennis beginning September 14.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026
Julie Atherton, Ann Harada, Siôn Lloyd, Jon Robyns and Giles Terera will join the current company for a one-night reunion ahead of AVENUE Q's final West End performance.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 31, 2026
New casting has been announced for the second year of the North American Tour of THE NOTEBOOK, including John Rubinstein, Angela Birchett, Makena Jackson, and more.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 27, 2026
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: THE MUSICAL will extend its London engagement at the Dominion Theatre, with Matt Henry continuing in the role of Nigel through next winter.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 27, 2026
SIX will end its Broadway run on January 3, 2027, after 2,178 performances. The Tony Award-winning musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss opened in October 2021 as the first new musical to arrive on Broadway following the COVID shutdown.
by Rachel Stone - Aug 26, 2026
Art House Productions has announced the cast for its upcoming staging of RENT, featuring Ned Way, Jake Smerechniak, Branden Mangan, Sanju Ebanks, Deanna Thomas, Jordi Viscarri, Oriana Nash and Courtney Lauster.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 26, 2026
Henry Shields and Allie Dart will join the original UK cast of CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES WRONG for runs in Manchester (Nov. 17-21) and Portsmouth (Nov. 24-28) before the show opens at LA's Ahmanson Theatre Dec. 12, 2026.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 20, 2026
The first national tour of OH, MARY! will open at The Bushnell in Hartford, Conn., from September 19-23, 2026, with Alaska Thunderf*ck, J. Harrison Ghee, Wesley Taylor, Pooya Mohseni and Michael Lepore.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2026
The National Tour of Oh, Mary! will be presented at the Ahmanson Theatre. The cast features Alaska Thunderf*ck as “Mary Todd Lincoln” and Tony Award winner J. Harrison Ghee as “Mary’s Husband.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2026
The national tour of Oh, Mary! is coming to ATG San Francisco’s Curran Theatre this fall. The cast features Alaska Thunderf*ck as “Mary Todd Lincoln” and Tony Award winner J. Harrison Ghee as “Mary’s Husband”.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2026
The full cast has been revealed for the 2026–27 National Tour of Oh, Mary!, including Wesley Taylor, Pooya Mohseni and Michael Lepore joining Alaska Thunderf*ck as “Mary Todd Lincoln” and Tony Award winner J. Harrison Ghee as “Mary’s Husband”.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 13, 2026
SIX will celebrate its 2,000th Broadway performance on August 17, with Chloe Tucker Caine, Natalie Paris, Aimie Atkinson and Stephanie Jae Park joining the cast at the Lena Horne Theatre.
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 5, 2026
Mix & Match Productions presented Andrew Lippa: New Songs, New Stories, an intimate evening with one of musical theater's most celebrated writers, at Greenwich House Theater. He was joined by special guests Kate Baldwin and Jordan Fisher, who performed songs spanning Lippa’s career, sharing the stories, inspirations, and moments behind the music along the way. New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik joined in for a conversation about his creative process and a preview of his newest musical, Fairy Tale. BroadwayWorld is very excited to bring you exclusive photos from inside the big night!
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 4, 2026
Single tickets for THE NOTEBOOK, the musical based on the Nicholas Sparks novel and film, will go on sale as part of Proctors' KeyBank Broadway Series in Schenectady.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 30, 2026
Tickets are now available for THE NOTEBOOK, the musical based on the Nicholas Sparks novel, as part of the Broadway Grand Rapids season lineup.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 30, 2026
Drag performer Alaska Thunderf*ck and Tony winner J. Harrison Ghee will star in the touring production of Oh, Mary! coming to The Paramount Theatre in Seattle, with tickets now available.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2026
Natalie Paris and Aimie Atkinson, the Olivier Award nominated original Jane Seymour and Katherine Howard in the UK production of SIX, will make their Broadway debuts as they join the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning musical this August.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 13, 2026
Jamie Wilson Productions announced additional venues for the JUST FOR ONE DAY UK tour, which opens at Curve in Leicester before visiting cities including Belfast, Newcastle, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton.
by Bruce Glikas - Jul 8, 2026
Meg Stalter, Barrett Foa, and Ryo Kamibayashi have joined the company of Oh, Mary! on Broadway. Check out photos from their first performance and first bows here!
by Stephi Wild - Jul 7, 2026
Vanessa Williams will conclude her run as Miranda Priestly in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA THE MUSICAL at London's Dominion Theatre, with Matt Henry also set to depart his role as Nigel.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Something Rotten!, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Hand to God, Best Revival of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Ragtime, Best Revival of a Musical (Tony Awards) for West Side Story, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for In The Heights, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for The Drowsy Chaperone, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Avenue Q, Best Revival of a Musical (Tony Awards) for La Bohème, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for Private Lives, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Rent and Best Revival of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Damn Yankees.
Best Musical (Tony Awards) for In The Heights, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Avenue Q, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for Private Lives, and Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Rent.
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