Kristoffer Diaz
Latest News on Kristoffer Diaz:
Video: Yolanda Adams and More in HELL'S KITCHEN'S A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS (Dec 23, 2025)
Video: Yolanda Adams Recalls First Meeting with HELL'S KITCHEN Creator Alicia Keys (Dec 23, 2025)
Photos: Yolanda Adams as 'Miss Liza Jane' in HELL’S KITCHEN (Dec 19, 2025)
Video: Yolanda Adams and More in HELL'S KITCHEN'S A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS (Dec 23, 2025)
Video: Yolanda Adams Recalls First Meeting with HELL'S KITCHEN Creator Alicia Keys (Dec 23, 2025)
Photos: Yolanda Adams as 'Miss Liza Jane' in HELL’S KITCHEN (Dec 19, 2025)
BIO
Kristoffer Diaz is a playwright and educator living and working in Brooklyn. Full-length titles include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Welcome to Arroyo's, The Upstairs Concierge, and The Unfortunates. Awards: 2011 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award; finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; winner, 2011 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play; winner, 2011 OBIE Award, Best New American Play; and the inaugural Gail Merrifield Papp Fellowship from The Public Theater (2011). He is a recipient of the Jerome Fellowship, the Future Aesthetics Artist Regrant and the Van Lier Fellowship (New Dramatists). Kristoffer holds a BA from New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, an MFA from NYU's Department of Dramatic Writing, and an MFA from Brooklyn College's Performing Arts Management program.
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Director Michael Greif, Brandon Victor Dixon, Chris Lee, Kecia Lewis, Shoshana Bean, Composer/Producer Alicia Keys, Maleah Joi Moon, Choreographer Camille A. Brown, Book Writer Kristoffer Diaz and Musical Supervisor Adam Blackstone
Date:
03/06/2024
From: Photos: Alicia Keys & HELLS KITCHEN Company Get Ready for Broadway
Writing
Book
Playwright
Awards and Nominations
Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Book of a Musical
Kristoffer Diaz, Hell's Kitchen
winner
Obie Awards - 2011 - Best New American Play
Kristoffer Diaz, The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity
winner
The Lortels - 2011 - Outstanding Play
Kristoffer Diaz, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
The Pulitzer Prize - 2010 - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Kristoffer Diaz, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
The Pulitzer Prize - 2010 - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Kristoffer Diaz, The Elaborate Entrance
Videos
Video: Ne-Yo Takes His First Bow in HELL'S KITCHEN on Broadway
by Michael Major - 2025-12-05 11:59:01
Video: Jessica Vosk Departs HELL'S KITCHEN With An Explosive 'Pawn It All'
by A.A. Cristi - 2025-12-01 21:34:50
Video: Yolanda Adams Says HELL'S KITCHEN Broadway Debut is a 'Bucket List' Moment
by Backstage Live with Richard Ridge - 2025-11-20 15:30:27
Video: Durrell 'Tank' Babbs and Amanda Reid Perform 'If I Ain’t Got You' From HELL'S KITCHEN
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-11-17 14:17:29
Video: Watch HELL'S KITCHEN Perform 'Girl on Fire' & 'No One' on GOOD MORNING AMERICA
by Michael Major - 2025-06-13 14:09:08
Video: Tank and Amanda Reid Perform 'If I Ain't Got You' From HELL'S KITCHEN; Deluxe Album Out Next Week
by Stephi Wild - 2025-05-16 05:37:09
Video: Watch Jessica Vosk Sing 'Love Looks Better' From HELL'S KITCHEN
by Michael Major - 2025-05-14 12:23:44
Video: Tank Discusses Broadway Debut in HELL's KITCHEN with Sherri Shepherd
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-03-11 16:47:03
Video: Behind The Scenes of the 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade with Broadway’s HELL’S KITCHEN
by Blair Ingenthron - 2025-01-05 15:38:00
Video: Alicia Keys Visits Former School, Reunites with Teacher Who Shaped Her Music
by Josh Sharpe - 2024-12-19 13:38:12
Video: Kecia Lewis Performs 'Perfect Way To Die' from HELL'S KITCHEN at The Root 100 Gala
by Stephi Wild - 2024-12-16 08:05:56
Video: Shoshana Bean and Jakeim Hart of HELL'S KITCHEN Cover ‘Lesson Learned’ by Alicia Keys
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-12-01 10:05:45
Video: Shoshana Bean Sings 'Pawn It All' from HELL'S KITCHEN at the Spring Road Conference
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-06-15 16:13:08
Video: Kecia Lewis Performs 'Authors Of Forever' From HELL'S KITCHEN at the Spring Road Conference
by Stephi Wild - 2024-06-14 06:41:56
Video: Shoshana Bean and Maleah Joi Moon in the Official Music Video For 'No One' From HELL'S KITCHEN
by Stephi Wild - 2024-05-31 05:39:24
Video: HELL'S KITCHEN Cast and Crew Celebrates Mother's Day with Tribute Video
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-05-12 14:28:51
Video: Go Inside Opening Night of Alicia Keys' New Musical, HELL'S KITCHEN
by Nicole Rosky - 2023-11-21 13:53:25
Video: Watch Alicia Keys Talk HELL'S KITCHEN on CBS SUNDAY MORNING
by Blair Ingenthron - 2023-11-12 11:22:58
Video: Shoshana Bean and Brandon Victor Dixon Perform 'Not Even The King' From Alicia Keys' HELL'S KITCHEN
by Stephi Wild - 2023-10-24 07:07:53
News
Jaime Castaneda Named Artistic Director at Dallas Theater Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 17, 2025
Dallas Theater Center has appointed Jaime Castañeda as its Enloe/Rose Artistic Director. Castañeda is the sixth artistic director in the theater's more than sixty-year history and will present his inaugural season at DTC in 2026-27.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 17, 2025
Dallas Theater Center has appointed Jaime Castañeda as its Enloe/Rose Artistic Director. Castañeda is the sixth artistic director in the theater's more than sixty-year history and will present his inaugural season at DTC in 2026-27.
HELL'S KITCHEN National Tour is Coming to The Fabulous Fox
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 16, 2025
Hell's Kitchen, the Broadway musical from 17-time Grammy Award winner, Alicia Keys, will bring its North American tour to The Fabulous Fox. Hell's Kitchen is directed by five-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 16, 2025
Hell's Kitchen, the Broadway musical from 17-time Grammy Award winner, Alicia Keys, will bring its North American tour to The Fabulous Fox. Hell's Kitchen is directed by five-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif.
Video: Ne-Yo Takes His First Bow in HELL'S KITCHEN on Broadway
by Michael Major - Dec 5, 2025
Ne-Yo officially made his Broadway debut last night in Hell's Kitchen on Broadway. Watch a video of him taking his first bow in the production now! The cast also includes Amanda Reid, Kecia Lewis, Yolanda Adams, and more.
by Michael Major - Dec 5, 2025
Ne-Yo officially made his Broadway debut last night in Hell's Kitchen on Broadway. Watch a video of him taking his first bow in the production now! The cast also includes Amanda Reid, Kecia Lewis, Yolanda Adams, and more.
Submissions For ATC's National Latine Playwrights Award Are Open Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 3, 2025
Arizona Theatre Company has launched a call for submissions for the 2026 National Latine PlaywrightsAward. Now in the 29th year of the award, submissions will be accepted through January late January.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 3, 2025
Arizona Theatre Company has launched a call for submissions for the 2026 National Latine PlaywrightsAward. Now in the 29th year of the award, submissions will be accepted through January late January.
Listen: HELL'S KITCHEN Release Holiday Song 'Hell’s Kitchen’s A Merry Little Christmas”
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 21, 2025
Broadway’s Hell’s Kitchen has dropped a new holiday song, “Hell’s Kitchen’s A Merry Little Christmas,' an original mash-up of the holiday classic “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” and Alicia Keys’ “The Gospel.” Check it out now!
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 21, 2025
Broadway’s Hell’s Kitchen has dropped a new holiday song, “Hell’s Kitchen’s A Merry Little Christmas,' an original mash-up of the holiday classic “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” and Alicia Keys’ “The Gospel.” Check it out now!
Review: HELL'S KITCHEN National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago
by Rachel Weinberg - Nov 13, 2025
HELL’S KITCHEN, the Alicia Keys jukebox musical now making its Chicago premiere as part of the first national tour, has a messy storyline wrapped in slick packaging. While the show is loosely based on Keys’s childhood in Manhattan, the storytelling is generic, and the songs are often awkwardly incorporated into the book. Admittedly, Kristoffer Diaz’s book is weak. It’s a flimsy vehicle for Keys’s song catalog. Huge Alicia Keys fans might enjoy hearing her biggest hits performed by musical theater actors, but the plot around them doesn’t hang together.
by Rachel Weinberg - Nov 13, 2025
HELL’S KITCHEN, the Alicia Keys jukebox musical now making its Chicago premiere as part of the first national tour, has a messy storyline wrapped in slick packaging. While the show is loosely based on Keys’s childhood in Manhattan, the storytelling is generic, and the songs are often awkwardly incorporated into the book. Admittedly, Kristoffer Diaz’s book is weak. It’s a flimsy vehicle for Keys’s song catalog. Huge Alicia Keys fans might enjoy hearing her biggest hits performed by musical theater actors, but the plot around them doesn’t hang together.
HELL’S KITCHEN Opens At The James M. Nederlander Theatre For Three-Week Chicago Engagement
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 11, 2025
HELL’S KITCHEN, the 13-time Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical featuring the songs of Alicia Keys, is now playing at the James M. Nederlander Theatre in Chicago through November 30, 2025.
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 11, 2025
HELL’S KITCHEN, the 13-time Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical featuring the songs of Alicia Keys, is now playing at the James M. Nederlander Theatre in Chicago through November 30, 2025.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many shows has Kristoffer Diaz written?
Kristoffer Diaz has written 2 shows including The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Playwright), Hell's Kitchen (Book).
What awards has Kristoffer Diaz been nominated for?
Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Hell's Kitchen, Best New American Play (Obie Awards) for The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity, Outstanding Play (The Lortels) for The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity and The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for The Elaborate Entrance.
What awards has Kristoffer Diaz won?
Kristoffer Diaz has won the Best New American Play Obie Award for The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity and the Outstanding Play award from The Lortels for The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity.
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