David Binder

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David Binder
BornOctober 28, 1967 (1967-10-28) (age 56)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation Theater producer, artistic director
NationalityAmerican

David Binder (born October 28, 1967, in Los Angeles, California) is a Broadway, off-Broadway, and West End theater producer and artistic director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. [1]

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Career

In 1998 Binder presented the off-Broadway play De La Guarda , [2] and in 2007 produced Fuerzabruta , the show from the creators of De La Guarda.

Binder produced the first Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun , starring Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad and Sanaa Lathan. The 2004 production won two Tony Awards for Best Actress [3] and Best Featured Actress in a Play. [4] He is an Executive Producer of the ABC television movie based on the Broadway production.

In 2006 he produced The Public Sings: A 50th Anniversary Celebration for the Public Theater with Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Ben Stiller and Mike Nichols, among others.

In 2011, Binder produced Short Ride in a Fast Machine, IBM’s Centennial Celebration at Lincoln Center. [5]

In March 2012, Binder produced Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth at the Sydney Opera House starring Michael Cera and Kieran Culkin. [6]

Binder taught at Princeton University where he was the Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies in 2012/2013. [7]

Binder was guest artistic director of LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre) which took place in June 2018. [8]

Binder produced Burn This [9] in 2019, with stars Adam Driver and Keri Russell, the 2018 production [10] of Network [11] starring Bryan Cranston, and the 2014 productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris [12] and Of Mice and Men starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd. [13] Hedwig and the Angry Inch won four Tony Awards including Best Revival, [14] and Of Mice and Men became the first Broadway show to be filmed by the National Theatre of Great Britain’s NT Live and shown in cinemas around the world. [15]

Awards

He is the recipient of the Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Producing, [16] and has been honored by Performance Space 122. [17]

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  2. ↑ "De La Guarda Closes September 12, 2004" . Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "2004 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play: Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun" . Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "2004 Tony Award for Featured Actress in Play: Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun" . Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "WorldStage Provides AV Support for IBM Centennial Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center". Archived from the original on 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  6. ↑ "2012 Media release - This is Our Youth - Sydney Opera House". Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
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  8. ↑ Cox, Gordon (2017-04-05). "Broadway's David Binder Takes the Reins at 2018 London Theater Festival". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
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  10. ↑ Itzkoff, Dave (2018-08-08). "Stage Version of Network, Starring Bryan Cranston, Sets Broadway Opening". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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  13. ↑ Healy, Patrick (2013-11-26). "Franco and O'Dowd Confirmed for 'Of Mice and Men' on Broadway - The New York Times". Artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
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