Toby Simkin
International Producer and Industry Pioneer Toby Simkin Passes Away at 59 (Apr 9, 2024)
SACRIFICE Musical Creative Team Expands For West End Run (Jan 25, 2011)
Ima Castro Returns to the Recording Studio wutg Miguel Diaz for More SACRIFICE (Jul 25, 2010)
BIO
TOBY SIMKIN is a prolific theatrical impresario worldwide – The Female of the Species (West End); Tony® Award winning I Am My Own Wife (West End, Broadway and USA tour); Tony® Award winning Death of a Salesman (West End and Broadway); Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Dennehy in Tony® Award winning Long Day’s Journey into Night (Broadway); Liam Neeson and Laura Linney in Tony® Award nominated The Crucible (Broadway) and Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria (Broadway). In Asia, his credits include the national tours of 42nd Street (China); Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA (China), LUMA (China), FAME (China), Jekyll & Hyde (Taiwan) and The Rocky Horror Show (Korea, New Zealand, Singapore). Other production credits worldwide include Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti in The 3 Tenors; Forever Plaid; Blood Brothers (UK, Canada and Broadway); Temptation (West End); Jerry Lewis in Damn Yankees (West End); The Shanghai Ballet’s White Haired Girl; Savion Glover; Arsenic and Old Lace; Driving Miss Daisy; Victor Garber in Love Letters; plus marketing over 120 Broadway/Off-Broadway/West End shows and tours from Annie to W;t. An award-winning internet pioneer, Toby is credited with leading the Broadway theatre industry into cyberspace in the early 1990s. Toby is a consultant to various theatrical corporations and is currently living in Shanghai. Next major West End/Broadway project - a new musical telling one of China's most beloved stories. Online at www.TobySimkin.com.
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by Sidney Paterra - Apr 9, 2024
Simkin is perhaps best known for his work in ushering the theatre industry into the internet age in the 1990s, creating the first online ticketing system.
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 25, 2011
In an unusual move for a major musical, lead producer Toby Simkin has announced that various core creative team positions are now open for applications and consideration.
by Lauren Wolman - Jul 25, 2010
Following the successful recording session in May 2010, Ima Castro joined with Miguel Diaz to record some new songs from the Sacrifice creative team.
by Lauren Wolman - Jun 6, 2010
The SACRIFICE creative team has emerged from a London recording studio with a series of new demo mixes starring Ima Castro. These recordings are used to assist in the development of the musical.
by Samantha Jacobsen - Apr 30, 2010
Coinciding with the opening night of the Expo 2010 Shanghai, the Sacrifice partners (producers Toby Simkin, William Ong and authors Kenneth Clarke, Richard Daniels and Mark Troop) are pleased to announce the attachment of internationally renowned stage director, Bobby Garcia to direct the musical of Sacrifice. In addition to the feature film version, the musical is in development now to open in London's West End after an Asian workshop production.
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