Jim Kierstead is a Tony Award, Olivier Award, Drama Desk, and Daytime Emmy Award-winning American theatre producer, film producer, and writer. He is best known for his work on Broadway.

Film and television Kierstead served as co-executive producer for Wakefield (2016), starring Bryan Cranston, and based on the short story of the same name by E. L. Doctorow. For the series The Bay, Kierstead and his co-producers were awarded the 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series.

Productions 2023, The Gospel According to Heather (Off-Broadway), dir. Rachel Klein https://playbill.com/article/the-gospel-according-to-heather-opens-off-broadway-june-22 2023, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway), dir. Thomas Kail 2022, The Minutes (Broadway), dir. Anna D. Shapiro 2021, Mrs. Doubtfire (Broadway), dir. Jerry Zaks 2019 The Inheritance (Broadway), dir. Stephen Daldry 2019 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Broadway), dir. Arin Arbus 2019 Ain't Too Proud (Broadway), dir. Des McAnuffHetrick, Adam; McPhee, Ryan. "Read the Reviews for Broadway’s 'Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations'" playbill, March 21, 2019 2019 Be More Chill (Broadway), dir. Stephen Brackett 2018 American Son (Broadway), dir. Kenny Leon 2018 Pretty Woman (Broadway), dir. Jerry Mitchell 2017 M. Butterfly (Broadway), dir. Julie Taymor 2017 Indecent (Broadway), dir. Rebecca Taichman 2016 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway), dir. Rachel ChavkinGans, Andrew. "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Will Play the Imperial", Playbill, March 7, 2016. accessed March 7, 2016. 2016 The Encounter (Broadway), dir. Simon McBurney 2015 It Shoulda Been You (Broadway), dir. David Hyde Pierce 2015 Kinky Boots (West End), dir. Jerry Mitchell 2014 Side Show (Broadway), dir. Bill Condon 2014 You Can't Take It with You (Broadway), dir. Scott Ellis 2014 Rocky the Musical (Broadway), dir. Alex Timbers 2013 Pippin (Broadway), dir. Diane Paulus 2013 Kinky Boots (Broadway), dir. Jerry Mitchell

Awards and nominations YearShowAwardCategoryResultRef.2022The MinutesTony AwardBest Play2020The InheritanceTony AwardBest Play2020The InheritanceDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Play2020Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de LuneTony AwardBest Revival of a Play2019Ain't Too ProudTony AwardBest Musical2019Be More ChillDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Musical2017Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812Tony AwardBest Musical2017IndecentTony AwardBest Play2017IndecentDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Play2016Kinky BootsOlivier AwardBest New Musical2015You Can't Take It With YouTony AwardBest Revival of a PlayGans, Andrew. Playbill.com, April 28, 20152015Side ShowDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a Musical or Revue2014Rocky the MusicalDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Musical2013Kinky BootsTony AwardBest Musical2013PippinTony AwardBest Revival of a Musical2013PippinDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a Musical or RevueHetrick, Adam and Gans, Andrew. Billy Porter, Andrea Martin, Pippin, Matilda, Vanya and Sonia Win Drama Desk Awards" Playbill, May 19, 2013

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