Christopher Ashley

Christopher Ashley (b. July 6, 1964) is a stage director. Since 2007, he has been the artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse.[1]

Biography

Ashley graduated from Yale University in 1984, where he studied Math and English.[2][3] In 1997, he completed The Drama League program for directors.[4] He was appointed artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse, California, in 2007.[3]

Ashley directed the musical Memphis, which opened on Broadway in October 2009, receiving the Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Director[5]and Tony Award nomination, Best Direction of a Musical.[6][2] He previously directed the musical Xanadu (2007) on Broadway, receiving a Drama Desk Award nomination, for direction, as well as several other plays and musicals.

He has directed many stage works Off-Broadway, including at the Manhattan Theatre Club. He directed Jeffrey by Paul Rudnick Off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in 1993,[7] for which he received the Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director. He also directed the film version, which was released in 1995.[8]

He directed the Sondheim Kennedy Center Celebration productions of Sweeney Todd and Merrily We Roll Along in 2002.[9]

He directed the new musical Come from Away, which premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in June 2015,[10] and will open on Broadway in February 2017 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.[11][12]

He is directing the new musical stage version of Freaky Friday, which premiered at the Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia in October 2016.[13]

Work

Broadway
Off-Broadway (select)
Regional

References

  1. ↑ "Christopher Ashley Named Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse" broadway.com, April 10, 2007
  2. 1 2 "Christopher Ashley — Nominee for Best Director of a Musical" broadway.com, accessed October 9, 2016
  3. 1 2 Boehm, Mike. "La Jolla Playhouse names artistic director" Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2007
  4. ↑ BiographyVariety, accessed June 22, 2009
  5. ↑ Gans, Andrew."Memphis, La Cage, Zeta-Jones, Finneran and More Are Outer Critics Circle Award Winners" playbill.com, May 17, 2010
  6. ↑ "Nominations, 2009-10" tonyawards.com, retrieved May 18, 2010
  7. ↑ Holden, Stephen. "Review/Theater; Laughs That Mask the Fears of Gay Manhattan" The New York Times, January 21, 1993
  8. ↑ James, Caryn. "Film Review; Comic Side of Sex in Age of AIDS" The New York Times, August 4, 1995
  9. ↑ "The Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration" sondheimguide.com, retrieved May 18, 2010
  10. ↑ McNulty, Charles. "Generosity overcomes terrorism in unpretentious 'Come From Away'" Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2015
  11. ↑ " Come from Away Broadway" Playbill (vault), accessed October 9, 2016
  12. ↑ Viagas, Robert. 9/11 Musical 'Come From Away' Books a Broadway Theatre" Playbill, September 15, 2016
  13. ↑ Rothstein, Mervyn. "What To Expect from 'Freaky Friday 'the Musical" Playbill, October 4, 2016
  14. ↑ "List of 2001 Tony Award Winners" The New York Times, May 15, 2001
  15. ↑ " 'Blown Sideways Through Life' Film Overview" tcm.com, accessed October 9, 2016
  16. 1 2 Internet Movie Database listing imdb.com
  17. ↑ " 'Jeffrey' Film, 1995" tcm.com, accessed October 9, 2016
  18. ↑ Sommer, Elyse. "A CurtainUp Review 'Valhalla'" CurtainUp, February 4, 2004

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