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BIO

Ellis is the Associate Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company. His Broadway credits include She Loves Me (Tony Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle nomination), You Can’t Take It With You (Tony Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle nomination), On the Twentieth Century (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Elephant Man (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (Tony nomination), Harvey, Curtains (Tony nomination), The Little Dog Laughed (Lortel nomination), Twelve Angry Men (Tony nomination), The Man Who Had All The Luck, The Rainmaker, 1776 (Drama Desk, Tony nomination), Company, Steel Pier (Tony nomination), She Loves Me (First Revival, Tony nomination), A Month In The Country, Picnic.


Off-Broadway he worked on Amy and the Orphans, Dada Woof, Papa Hot (LCT), Tom Durnin, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Streamers, Good Boys And True, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, The Waverly Gallery, Flora, The Red Menace (Drama Desk nom), and The World Goes 'Round (Drama Desk Award).
His television work includes "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," HBO's "Divorce," "A Christmas Story Live" (Fox), "Weeds" (EP), "30 Rock" (Emmy nomination, Best Director), "Modern Family."

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STAGE CREDITS

80 Days
[Regional (US)]
World Premiere, 1988
Performer
The Rink
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1984
Suitor
Sugar
Lucky
Arnie
Punk
Bobby Perillo
Danny
Mrs. Antonelli [Replacement]
[Replacement]
Suitor
Sugar
Punk
Danny
Bobby Perillo
Arnie
Lucky
110 in the Shade
[Off-Off-Broadway]
Showcase, 1982
Performer
Hijinks!
[Off-Broadway]
1980
Gussie/Tribune Reporter
Musical Chairs
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1980
Sally's Boyfriend

Productions

Fallen Angels
 
[Broadway, 2026]
Director
Art
 
[Broadway, 2025]
Director
Pirates! The Penzance MusicalPirates! The Penzance Musical
 
[Broadway, 2025]
Director
DoubtDoubt
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Director
Take Me OutTake Me Out
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Director
Take Me OutTake Me Out
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Director
TootsieTootsie
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Director
Kiss Me, KateKiss Me, Kate
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Director
TootsieTootsie
 
[Chicago, 2018]
Director
Amy and the OrphansAmy and the Orphans
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Director
A Christmas Story Live!A Christmas Story Live!
 
[Motion Picture, 2017]
Director
What's New Pussycat?
 
[London, 2017]
Director
Kiss Me, KateKiss Me, Kate
 
[New York, 2016]
Director
She Loves MeShe Loves Me
 
[Broadway, 2016]
Director
The Elephant ManThe Elephant Man
 
[West End, 2015] [Replacement]
Director[Replacement]
On the Twentieth CenturyOn the Twentieth Century
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Director
The Elephant ManThe Elephant Man
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Director
You Can't Take It with YouYou Can't Take It with You
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Director
The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom DurninThe Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin
 
[Off-Broadway, 2013]
Director
The Mystery of Edwin DroodThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Director
HarveyHarvey
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Director
Man and BoyMan and Boy
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Death Takes a HolidayDeath Takes a Holiday
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Associate Artistic Director
The People in the PictureThe People in the Picture
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Anything GoesAnything Goes
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Gruesome Playground InjuriesGruesome Playground Injuries
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Director
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here AnymoreThe Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Associate Artistic Director
The Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being Earnest
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Mrs. Warren's ProfessionMrs. Warren's Profession
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Brief EncounterBrief Encounter
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Everyday RaptureEveryday Rapture
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Sondheim on SondheimSondheim on Sondheim
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Mr. & Mrs. FitchMr. & Mrs. Fitch
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Director
Present LaughterPresent Laughter
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
The UnderstudyThe Understudy
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Director
After Miss JulieAfter Miss Julie
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Bye Bye BirdieBye Bye Birdie
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Wishful DrinkingWishful Drinking
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Waiting for GodotWaiting for Godot
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
The PhilanthropistThe Philanthropist
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Distracted
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Associate Artistic Director
Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
StreamersStreamers
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Director
Streamers
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Associate Artistic Director
Director
The Marriage of Bette and Boo
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Associate Artistic Director
Good Boys and True
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Director
Les Liaisons DangereusesLes Liaisons Dangereuses
 
[Broadway, 2008]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Sunday in the Park with GeorgeSunday in the Park with George
 
[Broadway, 2008]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Crimes of the HeartCrimes of the Heart
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Associate Artistic Director
The 39 StepsThe 39 Steps
 
[Broadway, 2008]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Speech & Debate
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Associate Artistic Director
PygmalionPygmalion
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
The RitzThe Ritz
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Old AcquaintanceOld Acquaintance
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
110 in the Shade110 in the Shade
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
CurtainsCurtains
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Director
Prelude to a KissPrelude to a Kiss
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
The Apple TreeThe Apple Tree
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Suddenly Last Summer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Associate Artistic Director
The Little Dog LaughedThe Little Dog Laughed
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Director
Heartbreak HouseHeartbreak House
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Curtains
 
[Los Angeles, 2006]
Director
Pig Farm
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Associate Artistic Director
The Threepenny OperaThe Threepenny Opera
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Associate Artistic Director
Director
The Pajama GameThe Pajama Game
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
The Little Dog Laughed
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Director
A Touch of the PoetA Touch of the Poet
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Mr. Marmalade
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Associate Artistic Director
Curtains
 
[New York, 2005]
Director
A Naked Girl on the Appian WayA Naked Girl on the Appian Way
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Curtains
 
[New York, 2005]
Director
The Constant WifeThe Constant Wife
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
The Paris Letter
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Associate Artistic Director
A Streetcar Named DesireA Streetcar Named Desire
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
McReele
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Associate Artistic Director
Pacific OverturesPacific Overtures
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Associate Artistic Director
The Foreigner
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Associate Artistic Director
Twelve Angry MenTwelve Angry Men
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Director
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
After The FallAfter The Fall
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Fiction
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Associate Artistic Director
AssassinsAssassins
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Intimate Apparel
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Associate Artistic Director
Twentieth CenturyTwentieth Century
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
The CaretakerThe Caretaker
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Big RiverBig River
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
"MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
The Look of LoveThe Look of Love
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Director
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
NineNine
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
A Day in the Death of Joe EggA Day in the Death of Joe Egg
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
A Little Night Music
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Director
Tartuffe
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Curtains
 
[New York, 2003]
Director
The Boys from Syracuse
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Director
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
All Over
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Associate Artistic Director
The Man Who Had All The Luck
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Director
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
An Almost Holy Picture
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Speaking in Tongues
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Producer
The Women
 
[Broadway, 2001]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Major Barbara
 
[Broadway, 2001]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Blue
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Associate Artistic Director
The Dog Problem
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Director
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
 
[Broadway, 2001]
Director
Follies
 
[Broadway, 2001]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Design For Living
 
[Broadway, 2001]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Curtains
 
[New York, 2001]
Director
Betrayal
 
[Broadway, 2000]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Juno and the Paycock
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Associate Artistic Director
The Man Who Came to Dinner
 
[Broadway, 2000]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Uncle Vanya
 
[Broadway, 2000]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
The Waverly Gallery
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Director
Arms and the Man
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Associate Artistic Director
The Rainmaker
 
[Broadway, 1999]
Director
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Give Me Your Answer, Do!
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Associate Artistic Director
That Championship Season
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Director
The Lion in Winter
 
[Broadway, 1999]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
The Mineola Twins
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Associate Artistic Director
Ashes to Ashes
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Associate Artistic Director
Little Me
 
[Broadway, 1998]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Impossible Marriage
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Associate Artistic Director
Dear World
 
[New York, 1998]
Director
1776
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Director
Steel Pier
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Director
A Thousand Clowns
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Director
Dark Rapture
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Director
Company
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Director
A Month in the Country
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Director
She Loves Me
 
[West End, 1994]
Director
Picnic
 
[Broadway, 1994]
Director
She Loves Me
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Director
A Little Night Music
 
[Off-Broadway, 1991]
Director
And the World Goes 'Round
 
[Off-Broadway, 1991]
Director
Director
A Little Night Music
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Director
Flora, the Red Menace
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Director
Big River
 
[Broadway, 1985]
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director

Writing

And the World Goes 'Round
Conceiver
Conceiver
Steel Pier
Conceiver

Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Director of a Play

Scott Ellis, Take Me Out

Drama Desk Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Director of a Musical

Scott Ellis, Tootsie

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Director of a Musical

Scott Ellis, Tootsie

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Direction of a Musical

Scott Ellis, Tootsie

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Director of a Musical

Scott Ellis, She Loves Me

Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Direction of a Musical

Scott Ellis, She Loves Me

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Director of a Musical

Scott Ellis, On the Twentieth Century

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Director of a Play

Scott Ellis, You Can't Take it with You

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Director of a Play

Scott Ellis, The Elephant Man

Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Direction of a Play

Scott Ellis, You Can't Take it with You

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Direction of a Musical

Scott Ellis, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Tony Awards - 2007 - Best Direction of a Musical

Scott Ellis, Curtains

The Lortels - 2006 - Outstanding Director

Scott Ellis, The Little Dog Laughed

Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Direction of a Play

Scott Ellis, Twelve Angry Men


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1999 - Outstanding Director - Musical

Scott Ellis, 1776

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1998 - Best Director - Musical

Scott Ellis, 1776

Tony Awards - 1998 - Best Direction of a Musical

Scott Ellis, 1776

Drama Desk Awards - 1997 - Outstanding Director - Musical

Scott Ellis, Steel Pier

Drama Desk Awards - 1997 - Outstanding Director - Musical

Scott Ellis, 1776

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1997 - Best Director - Musical

Scott Ellis, Steel Pier

Tony Awards - 1997 - Best Direction of a Musical

Scott Ellis, Steel Pier


winner
Olivier Awards - 1995 - Best Director of a Musical

Scott Ellis, She Loves Me

Drama Desk Awards - 1994 - Outstanding Director - Musical

Scott Ellis, She Loves Me

Helen Hayes Awards - 1994 - Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Play or Musical

Scott EllisWorld Goes 'Round


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1994 - Best Director - Musical

Scott Ellis - , She Loves Me

Tony Awards - 1994 - Best Direction of a Musical

Scott Ellis, She Loves Me


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1991 - Outstanding Director - Musical

Scott Ellis, A Little Night Music / The World Goes Round

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Scott Ellis been in?

Scott Ellis has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.

How many West End shows has Scott Ellis been in?

Scott Ellis has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Scott Ellis been nominated for?

Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Take Me Out, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Tootsie, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Tootsie, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Tootsie, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for She Loves Me, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for She Loves Me, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for On the Twentieth Century, Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for You Can't Take it with You, Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Elephant Man, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for You Can't Take it with You, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Curtains, Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for The Little Dog Laughed, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for Twelve Angry Men, Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for 1776, Best Director - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for 1776 , Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for 1776, Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Steel Pier, Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for 1776, Best Director - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Steel Pier , Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Steel Pier, Best Director of a Musical (Olivier Awards) for She Loves Me, Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for She Loves Me, Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Play or Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for World Goes 'Round, Best Director - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for She Loves Me, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for She Loves Me and Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for A Little Night Music / The World Goes Round.

What awards has Scott Ellis won?

Scott Ellis has won several prestigious awards for his directing work. He received the Outstanding Director - Musical award from the Drama Desk Awards for 1776. He also won the Best Director of a Musical award at the Olivier Awards for She Loves Me. Additionally, he earned the Best Director - Musical award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for She Loves Me. Furthermore, he was honored with the Outstanding Director - Musical award at the Drama Desk Awards for A Little Night Music / The World Goes Round.

How many shows has Scott Ellis written?

Scott Ellis has written 3 shows including And the World Goes 'Round (Conceiver), Steel Pier (Conceiver), The Look of Love (Conceiver).

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