Catherine Adler

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Catherine Adler
Occupation Broadway producer
Awards5 Tony Awards 1 Olivier Award
Website www.adlerproductionsnyc.com

Catherine Adler is an American Broadway producer who has won 5 Tony Awards and 1 Olivier Award.

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Biography

She began producing Broadway plays and musicals in 2013. [1] Her first production credit was on Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike , which won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2013. [2] That year, she also began producing A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder [3] and remained on as producer during its first national tour. [4] The original production won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2014. [1]

Also that year, she was a producer on the revival of The Elephant Man which starred Bradley Cooper and Patricia Clarkson and had productions on both Broadway and the West End. [5] The Elephant Man was one of three Adler-produced revivals to be nominated for a Tony in 2015 alongside This Is Our Youth and Skylight , [6] the latter of which ultimately won the award. [7] Throughout 2016 and 2017, she produced several Off-Broadway plays including, The Flick , [8] Small Mouth Sounds, [9] and Baghdaddy . [10] She returned to Broadway later in 2017, producing Steve Martin's Meteor Shower (among others). [11]

In 2018, she produced the Broadway revival of Angels in America which would go on to win the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play that year. [1] As part of CatWenJam Productions, [12] she produced Network , which starred Bryan Cranston. [13] In addition to the aforementioned The Ferryman, Adler produced the Broadway runs for both Tootsie and Be More Chill in 2019. [14]

In 2019 Adler won the Tony Award for Best Play for producing The Ferryman [15] and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival for producing Marianne Elliott's West End production of Company. [16]

In 2020 Adler produced the Tony Award for Best Musical nominee Tina: The Tina Turner Musical [17] as well as Marianne Elliott's Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company . [18]

Production credits

YearTitle
[19] 		DatesVenueNotes
2013 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike March 14 – August 25, 2013 John Golden Theatre Tony Award for Best Play [2]
After Midnight November 3, 2013 – June 29, 2014 Brooks Atkinson Theatre
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder November 17, 2013 – January 17, 2016 Walter Kerr Theatre (and national tour) Tony Award for Best Musical [1]
2014The Velocity of AutumnApril 21, 2014 – May 4, 2014 Booth Theatre
This Is Our Youth September 11, 2014 – January 4, 2015 Cort Theatre
Wiesenthal [20] October 24, 2014 – February 1, 2015 [21] Acorn Theatre Off-Broadway
Side Show November 17, 2014 – January 4, 2015 St. James Theatre
A Delicate Balance November 20, 2014 – February 22, 2015John Golden Theatre
The Elephant Man December 7, 2014 – February 21, 2015Booth Theatre Broadway
May 19 – August 8, 2015 [22] Theatre Royal Haymarket West End
2015 Fish in the Dark March 5 – August 1, 2015Cort Theatre
Skylight April 2 – June 21, 2015John Golden Theatre Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play [7]
The Flick May 18, 2015 [8] – January 10, 2016 [23] Barrow Street Theatre Off-Broadway
On Your Feet! November 5, 2015 – August 20, 2017 Marquis Theatre (and national tour)
2016 Bright Star March 24 – June 26, 2016Cort Theatre
Exit Strategy [24] April 13 – May 6, 2016 Cherry Lane Theatre Off-Broadway
The Forgotten Woman [25] May 31 – June 19, 2019Bay Street Theater (Sag Harbor, NY)Regional
Small Mouth Sounds [9] July 13 [26] – October 9, 2016 [9] Pershing Square Signature Center Off-Broadway
Butler [27] July 27 – August 28, 2016 59E59 Theaters Off-Broadway
The Roads to Home [28] October 5 – November 27, 2016Cherry Lane TheatreOff-Broadway
2017 Baghdaddy [10] May 1 – June 25, 2017 St. Luke's Theatre Off-Broadway
1984 June 22 – October 8, 2017 Hudson Theatre
Meteor Shower November 29, 2017 – January 21, 2018Booth Theatre
2018 Angels in America March 25 – July 15, 2018 Neil Simon Theatre Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play [1]
The Ferryman October 21, 2018 – July 7, 2019 Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Tony Award for Best Play [15]
Network December 6, 2018 – June 8, 2019 Belasco Theatre
2019 Be More Chill March 10 – August 11, 2019 Lyceum Theatre
Tootsie April 23, 2019 – January 5, 2020Marquis Theatre
2020 Tina: The Tina Turner Musical November 7, 2019 – Present Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Company Opening Postponed due to Covid-19 Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Nominations and awards

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2013 Tony Award Best Play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Won [2]
2014 Best Musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Won [1]
After Midnight Nominated [29]
2015 Best Revival of a Play This Is Our Youth Nominated [6] [7]
The Elephant Man Nominated [6] [7]
Skylight Won [6] [7]
2016 Best Musical Bright Star Nominated [30]
2018 Best Revival of a Play Angels in America Won [1]
2019 Best Play The Ferryman Won [15]
Best Musical Tootsie Nominated [15]
Olivier Award Best Musical Revival Company Won [16]
2020 Tony Award Best Musical Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Nominated [17]

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