André Bishop (born November 9, 1948)Acting Now: Conversations on Craft and Career, by Edward Vilga, Rutgers Univ. Press, 1997, pp. 38. is an American theatrical producer, and artistic director and producing artistic director, of Lincoln Center Theater. He has produced over 80 Broadway plays and musicals and has won numerous Tony Awards.
Life and career
Bishop was born André Bishop Smolianinoff, and changed his name to Andre S. Bishop after the death of his father. He graduated from Harvard University in 1970 where he was a pupil of dramatist Robert Chapman. He was the artistic director of Playwrights Horizons from 1981 to 1991. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an inductee in the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Awards
Tony Awards 1994 Best Revival of a Musical: Carousel – Producer 1995 Best Revival of a Play: The Heiress – Producer 1996 Best Revival of Play: A Delicate Balance – Producer 2000 Best Musical: Contact – Producer 2004 Best Revival of a Play: Henry IV – Producer 2006 Best Revival of a Play: Awake and Sing! – Producer 2007 Best Play: The Coast of Utopia – Producer 2008 Best Revival of a Musical: Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific – Producer 2011 Best Play: War Horse – Producer 2015 Best Revival of a Musical: The King and I – Producer 2017 Best Play: Oslo – Producer Tony Awards.com
American Theater Hall of Fame Inducted in 2012
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