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Kim Poster | |
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| Born | 19 April 1957 |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Theatre producer, attorney |
Kim Poster (born 19 April 1957) is a London-based theatre producer [1] from New York City.
Kim Poster was educated in middle and high school at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic school for girls on East 91st Street, New York. [2] Poster returned to Convent of the Sacred Heart to give a talk about the first time she saw the play Amadeus, which she produced on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre. She was banned for five days from the concert hall at the Convent of the Sacred Heart for her views on Amadeus, the play. Poster said the issue arose as a result of "the musical scandal of it; well, the musical controversy, which the very same people who now come to opening night accept as truth." [3]
Kim Poster trained in acting and classical music in New York City, performing in off Broadway productions and singing as part of an ensemble with the New York Philharmonic musicians and L’Ensemble. She majored in Theatre and English at Northwestern University. She also earned a J.D. degree in New York City and became a member of the bars of New York in 1987 and California in 1989.
Poster acted as associate producer in on the original Broadway production of Grand Hotel: The Musical, having secured Paramount Picture's investment in the production. As Vice President of Productions at IRS Media, Poster oversaw various films including Tom & Viv, which received 2 Academy Award nominations. Poster relocated to London to produce theatre in 1993. In 2001 Poster established Stanhope Productions which produces projects in the London West End and on Broadway. [4] Poster’s productions have been nominated for Olivier, Evening Standard, Critic Circle Awards and Tony Awards, and received the 2002 Best Play Olivier Award for Jitney and the Best Revival Olivier Award for Long Day's Journey Into Night. [5]
On roles for leading actors, Poster, who produced Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke in London's West End in 2006, said that “one of the reasons producers revive Williams’ plays time and again is because he wrote brilliant roles that leading actresses want to play. Just as Lear is almost mandatory for a great actor, so Blanche du Bois in Streetcar and Amanda in The Glass Menagerie are iconic female roles.” [6]
| Year | Title | Cast |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Importance of Being Earnest | David Suchet |
| 2014 | Lights Out: WWI Centenary Commemorations (Theatre Consultant) | |
| 2014 | Encounters: Performers on Performance | Ruby Wax, Tim Minchin |
| 2014 | Carousel at the Arcola Theatre | Gemma Sutton, Tim Rogers |
| 2012 | Uncle Vanya | Ken Stott, Anna Friel, Samuel West, Laura Carmichael Broadway Buzz |
| 2012 | Long Days Journey Into Night | David Suchet, Laurie Metcalf, Trevor White, Kyle Soller Tatler |
| 2010 | An Ideal Husband | Samantha Bond, Alexander Hanson, Elliot Cowan The Stage |
| 2010 | All My Sons | David Suchet, Zoe Wanamaker Playbill |
| 2010 | Wet Weather Cover | Michael Brandon London Theatre Land |
| 2009 | Prick Up Your Ears | Matt Lucas |
| 2009 | A View From The Bridge | Ken Stott, Mary Elizabeth Masterantonio, Hayley Atwell Playbill |
| 2009 | Carousel | Lesley Garrett, Alexandra Silber |
| 2009 | The Black and White Ball | Katherine Kingsley |
| 2007 | Fiddler on the Roof | Henry Goodman The Stage |
| 2007 | Summer and Smoke | Rosamund Pike |
| 2006 | Tom and Viv | Will Keen, Frances O'Connor |
| 2005 | Epitaph for George Dillon | Joseph Fiennes |
| 2005 | The Rubenstein Kiss | Samantha Bond, Will Keen |
| 2005 | Telstar | Con O'Neill |
| 2004 | Beckett | Dougray Scott |
| 2004 | Singular Sensations | Michael Ball, Barbara Cook, Michael Fienstein |
| 2003 | Brand | Ralph Fiennes |
| 2003 | Through the Leaves | Simon Callow, Ann Mitchell |
| 2003 | A Woman of No Importance | Rupert Graves |
| 2003 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Whoopi Goldberg, Charles Dutton |
| 2002 | Mrs Warren's Profession | Rebecca Hall, Brenda Bleythn |
| 2002 | The York Realist | Lloyd Owen, Richard Coyle, Anne Reid |
| 2002 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson |
| 2002 | Jitney | Anthony Chisholm, Paul Butler, Willis Burks, Stephen McKinley Henderson |
| 2001 | An Inspector Calls | Edward Peel |
| 2001 | The Royal Family | Dame Judi Dench. Harriet Walter, Julia McKenzie, Toby Stephens, Emily Blunt |
| 1999 | Lenny | Eddie Izzard |
| 1998 | Amadeus | David Suchet, Michael Sheen |
| 1996 | Tolstoy | F. Murray Abraham |
| Year | Title | Cast |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST | David Suchet |
| 2001 | A Woman’s a Helluva Thing | Angus Macfadyen |
| 1994 | Tom & Viv | Miranda Richardson, Willem Dafoe |
| 1992 | One False Move | Billy Bob Thornton |
| 1986 | Man Facing South East | Lorenzo Quinteros |
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