Richard Winkler (producer)

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Richard Winkler
Born (1948-05-20) May 20, 1948 (age 76)
Website www.redhangerproductions.com

Richard Winkler, born on May 20, 1948, is a distinguished American theatre producer with a prolific career, having produced numerous productions both on and off Broadway. Often taking on roles as a co-producer or investor, Winkler notably served as the enhancing producer for 42nd Street at the Goodspeed Opera House. [1] Currently, he is in the process of developing an exciting new musical titled 3 Summers of Lincoln. Over the course of his career, Winkler has garnered an impressive ten Tony Awards and six Olivier Awards. For more information, his professional work can be explored at www.redhangerproductions.com.

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Early life

Richard was raised in Detroit, Michigan, where his early exposure to the performing arts was fostered by his mother, with whom he frequently attended theater productions. It was after seeing My Fair Lady that his passion for theater truly ignited, prompting him to actively participate in various theatrical endeavors. His commitment to the craft deepened during his time at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, where he honed his skills and developed a deeper appreciation for the art form. Afterward, Richard pursued his studies at the University of Michigan, ultimately building a career as a lighting designer that spanned over 35 years.

Career

Richard Winkler enjoyed an illustrious career as a lighting designer spanning 35 years, during which he collaborated extensively with the renowned Tharon Musser. [2] [3] His impressive portfolio encompasses a diverse range of theatrical genres, including plays, musicals, opera, concerts, and dance, with credits on Broadway, Off-Broadway, the West End, as well as in Australia, and through national and international tours. [4] [5] Notably, he has also contributed his expertise to Theatre Under The Stars (Houston). [6] Today, Winkler applies his extensive experience in the industry as a producer for Broadway, West End, and other international productions, [7] having helped produced over 80 Broadway and West End productions.

Winkler's lighting designer credits include:The Play's The Thing, Scapino (play), The Wiz, Same Time, Next Year (play), A Chorus Line, [8] Evita (musical), [9] It's a Wonderful Life [10]

Winkler's Broadway producing credits include: [11] The Roommate 2024, Once Upon A Mattress 2024, Sunset Boulevard 2024, Stereophonic 2024, Merrily We Roll Along 2024, Patriots 2024, The Who's Tommy 2024, Life of Pi 2023, Leopoldstadt 2022, Thoughts of a Colored Man 2021, The Lehman Trilogy 2021, Diana 2021, The Inheritance 2019, Betrayal 2019, Ain't Too Proud 2019, Be More Chill 2018, The Ferryman 2018, Three Tall Women 2018 , The Glass Menagerie 2017, The Cher Show (musical) 2017, 1984 2017, Sweat 2017, Come From Away 2017, Sunday in the Park With George 2017, Long Day's Journey into Night 2016, An Act of God 2016, China Doll 2015, King Charles III 2015, Something Rotten! 2015, Hand to God 2015, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill 2014, Disgraced 2014, You Can't Take it With You 2014,A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 2013, A Night with Janis Joplin 2013, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 2013, Cinderella 2013, Nice Work If You Can Get It 2012, Catch Me If You Can 2011, Colin Quinn: Long Story Short 2010, La Bête 2010, La Cage Aux Folles 2010, Lend Me A Tenor 2010, All About Me 2010, A Little Night Music 2009, Memphis 2009, The Norman Conquests 2009

Winkler's West End producing credits include: Leopoldstadt, [12] Patriots, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), Standing at the Sky's Edge, The Artist, Macbeth, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!, The Hills of California, An Enemy of the People, A Mirror, Dear England, The Doctor, Betrayal, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Hamlet, The Lehman Trilogy, The Ferryman, Mother Goose, Urinetown, Come From Away, Starlight Express, Stranger Things, Juno and the Paycock, Oedipus, Barcelona, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Dr. Strangelove, War Horse, Elektra, The Inheritance, Home, I'm Darling, Memphis

Awards and nominations

Winkler was nominated in 2019 for Broadway Global's Producer of the Year Award. [13]

Tony Awards: [14]


Laurence Olivier Awards:

YearShowAwardCategoryResult
2024 Merrily We Roll Along Drama League Awards Outstanding Revival of a MusicalWon
Tony Awards Best Revival of a MusicalWon
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Honored
Patriots Drama League Awards Outstanding Production of a PlayNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway PlayNominated
The Who's Tommy Tony Awards Best Revival of a MusicalNominated
Drama League Awards Outstanding Revival of a MusicalNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Revival of a MusicalNominated
2023 Merrily We Roll Along Drama Desk Outstanding Revival of a Musical Nominated
Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding RevivalNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards [18] Outstanding Revival of a Musical (On or Off-Broadway)Nominated
Off-Broadway Alliance Awards Outstanding Revival of a MusicalWon
Leopoldstadt Tony Awards Best PlayWon
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding PlayWon
Drama League Awards Outstanding Production of a PlayWon
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway PlayWon
Life of Pi Drama League Awards Outstanding Production of a PlayNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway PlayNominated
2022 The Lehman Trilogy Tony Award Best PlayWon
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway PlayWon
Drama League Awards Outstanding Production of a PlayWon
Cinderella (Lloyd Webber Musical) WhatsOnStage Awards Best New MusicalNominated
Grammy Awards Best Musical Theatre AlbumNominated
2020 The Inheritance Tony Awards Best PlayWon
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding PlayWon
Drama League Awards Outstanding Production of a PlayWon
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Best PlayFinalist
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway PlayHonored
Leopoldstadt Laurence Olivier Award Best New PlayWon
Betrayal Tony Awards Best Revival of a PlayNominated
Drama League Awards Outstanding Revival of a PlayNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Revival of a PlayNominated
2019 The Ferryman Tony Awards [19] Best PlayWon
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding PlayWon
Drama League Awards Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway PlayWon
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Best Play Won
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding New Broadway PlayWon
Laurence Olivier Award Best New PlayWon
Critics’ Circle Theatre Award Best New Play Won
Evening Standard Theatre Award Best PlayWon
Ain't Too Proud Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater AlbumNominated
Drama League Awards Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway MusicalNominated
Three Tall Women Tony Awards Best Revival of a PlayNominated
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Revival of a PlayNominated
Drama League Awards Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway PlayNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)Nominated
Be More Chill Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding MusicalNominated
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding MusicalNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway MusicalNominated
2017 Come From Away Tony Awards Best MusicalNominated
Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater AlbumNominated
Laurence Olivier Awards Best New MusicalWon
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding MusicalWon
Drama League Awards Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway ProductionNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway MusicalWon
Sweat Pulitzer Prize DramaWon
Tony Awards Best PlayNominated
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding PlayNominated
Evening Standard Awards Play of the YearWon
The Cher Show Drama League Awards Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway MusicalNominated
2016 Long Day's Journey Into Night Tony Awards Best Revival of a PlayNominated
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Revival of a PlayNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Revival of a PlayWon
Drama League Awards Distinguished Revival of a PlayNominated
2015 King Charles III Tony Awards Best PlayNominated
Laurence Olivier Awards Best New PlayWon
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding PlayNominated
Something Rotten! Tony Award Best MusicalNominated
Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater AlbumNominated
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding MusicalNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway MusicalNominated
Drama League Awards Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway MusicalNominated
Memphis Laurence Olivier Awards Best New MusicalNominated
Disgraced [20] Tony Awards Best PlayNominated
Hand to God Tony Awards Best PlayNominated
Drama League Awards Distinguished Production of a PlayNominated
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Grammy Awards Best Musical Theatre AlbumNominated
2014 You Can't Take it With You Tony Awards Best Revival of a PlayNominated
Drama League Awards Distinguished Revival of a PlayWon
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Revival of a MusicalNominated
The Glass Menagerie Tony Awards Best Revival of a PlayNominated
Drama League Awards Distinguished Revival of a PlayWon
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Revival of a PlayWon
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Tony Awards Best MusicalWon
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding MusicalWon
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway MusicalWon
Drama League Awards Best Musical Theatre AlbumWon
2013 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Tony Awards Best PlayWon
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding PlayWon
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway PlayWon
Drama League Awards Distinguished Production of a PlayWon
New York Drama Critics Circle Best PlayWon
Cinderella Tony Awards Best Revival of a MusicalNominated
Drama League Awards Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway MusicalNominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)Nominated
2012 Nice Work If You Can Get It Tony Awards Best MusicalNominated
Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater AlbumNominated
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding MusicalNominated
Drama League Awards Distinguished Production of a MusicalWon
2011 Catch Me If You Can Tony Awards Best MusicalNominated
2010 La Cage Aux Folles Tony AwardBest Revival of a MusicalWon
Laurence Olivier AwardBest Musical RevivalWon
Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a MusicalWon
Lend Me a Tenor Tony AwardBest RevivalNominated
Outer Critics Circle AwardOutstanding RevivalNominated
2009 A Little Night Music [21] Tony AwardBest Revival of a MusicalNominated
Grammy AwardsBest Musical Theatre AlbumNominated
Olivier AwardsBest Revival of a MusicalNominated
Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a MusicalNominated
Outer Critics Circle AwardOutstanding Revival of a MusicaNominated
Memphis Tony AwardBest MusicalWon
Drama Desk AwardOutstanding MusicalWon
Laurence Olivier AwardBest New MusicalNominated
The Norman Conquests [22] [23] Tony AwardBest Revival of a PlayWon
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Revival of a PlayWon
Outer Critics Circle AwardsOutstanding Revival of a PlayWon

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