Robb Nanus

Robb is an award-winning theater, live event and digital producer. His projects have won Tony Awards, Grammy Awards, Drama Desk Awards, Obie Awards and more.

Recent projects include the tour of the Grammy Award winning Charlie Rosen’s 8-Bit Big Band and the world premiere of NUBIA, the first ever all-black drag extravaganza featuring RuPaul’s Drag Race favorites Bob the Drag Queen, BeBe Zahara Benet, Monique Heart, Peppermint, Shea Coulee, and The Vixen. He has also recently been working with the skin care brand Olay on their viral musical campaigns - featuring Tony Award-winner Ali Stroker, Broadway favorites Alysha Umphress and Kristolyn Lloyd and beloved SNL cast member Ana Gasteyer - which have been viewed over 15 million times on YouTube.

Other recent projects include the ACLU/NYCLU’s 17th annual Broadway Stands Up for Freedom concert featuring Tony award-winner Kelli O'Hara; and the live marathon listening session of John Cameron Mitchell’s musical podcast ANTHEM: Homunculus in partnership with Luminary Podcasts.

Robb is also the Executive Director of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, a Tony Award winnning arts-based non profit focused on integrating arts and social justice. Through his work there he has partnered with organizations ranging from Columbia Law School to the Center for Popular Democracy and artists including Tony winner Jeanine Tesori and acclaimed playwright David Henry Hwang. Through a partnership with Waterwell, the organization recently launched THE FLORES EXHIBITS featuring testimonies from young people detained at the US/Mexico border read by artists, politicians, activists and immigrants including David Schwimmer, Talib Kweli, and more.

Other projects include the six time award-winning musical Newton's Cradle, the Obie Award-winning theatrical experience of James Ortiz and Edward W. Hardy's The Woodsman at New World Stages, the Drama Desk Award-winning musical Benjamin Scheuer's The Lion and the sold out, New York premiere of Andrew Lippa's I Am Harvey Milk starring Kristin Chenoweth at Lincoln Center. He has produced other projects across the country including Town Hall in New York City, Walt Disney Music Hall in Los Angeles, the BB&T Center in Florida and more.

He has worked in various capacities with March for our Lives, Hillary for America, Foossa, The Social Edge, Ars Nova, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in DC, Story Pirates and Turbovote. In his spare time, he volunteers with the Covenant House and is a trustee emeritus of the Awesome Foundation.