CURRENTPROJECTS
IS THIS A ROOM takes place on June 3, 2017 when former Air Force intelligence specialist Reality Winner was surprised at her home by the FBI. Every word, cough, and breath you hear on stage is taken straight from their actual conversation. This theatrical thriller stars EMILY DAVIS as Winner in a performance “of heart-wrenching rawness and lucidity.”
“One of the thrillingest thrillers ever to hit Broadway. Is This A Room is astonishing — and astonishingly emotional — theater.”
Jesse Green, The New York Times (Critic’s Pick)
“A scintillating, gut-grabbing 70-minute production. Is This A Room casts an irresistible spell.”
Peter Marks, The Washington Post
“Taut, daring and pulse-prickling — a ripped-from-the-headlines tale that pries beneath the ink.”
Naveen Kumar, Variety
Dana Higginbotham was held hostage for five months in a series of Florida motels. Her son, playwright LUCAS HNATH, turned her harrowing and courageous words into the riveting new play DANA H. These words are brought to life on stage by DEIRDRE O’CONNELL in a “singular, truly mesmerizing performance.”
“UNMISSABLE! THE SMASH OF THE SEASON.”
New York Magazine
“An astonishing feat. Deirdre O’Connell brilliantly pulls off one of the most difficult challenges ever asked of an actor.”
The New York Times, Critic’s Pick
“A riveting, expertly crafted piece of theater that will have audiences leaning forward and transfixed throughout the show’s 75 minutes.”
Variety
★★★★★
“Deirdre O’Connell gives a stunning performance in this unforgettable true-crime tale. It’s a taut, resonant production.”
Time Out New York
CURRENTINVESTMENTS
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Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway, U.S. Tour, London)
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Hamilton (Broadway, West End, & US Tours)
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Book of Mormon (Broadway, West End, & US Tours)
UPCOMINGPROJECTS
Crazy For You
The first Broadway revival of CRAZY FOR YOU, the 1992 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, book by Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo), and Direction and Choreography by 5-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (Crazy For You, The Producers, Contact.)
The Secret Life of Bees
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES is a world premiere musical based on the best-selling novel by Sue Monk Kidd, which is currently on stage in a pre-Broadway run at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York. Written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat), with music by Tony and Grammy Award winner Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening), lyrics by two-time Tony nominee and Drama Desk winner Susan Birkenhead (Jelly’s Last Jam).
PASTPROJECTS
Tootsie
Winner of two Tony Awards, including Best Actor (Santino Fontana) and Best Book (Robert Horn), TOOTSIE is “Broadway's Funniest New Musical” (Rolling Stone, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Daily News, Hollywood Reporter.) This New York Times Critic’s Pick tells the story of Michael Dorsey (originally depicted by Dustin Hoffman in the award-winning 1982 movie), a difficult and out-of-work actor who makes an audacious, desperate stunt that lands him the role of a lifetime. TOOTSIE received rave reviews when it opened on April 23, 2019 and is on a U.S. tour.
Annie
The 35th Anniversary revival of Annie, the classic and beloved musical was directed by James Lapine, and began performances on Broadway at the Palace Theater in October of 2012. It closed in January of 2014, after 38 previews and 487 regular performances, garnering a Tony nomination for Best Revival of a Musical.
Meteor Shower
METEOR SHOWER is a comedy by Steve Martin that had a critically-acclaimed limited run on Broadway from November 1, 2017 until January 21, 2018. Set during a meteor shower in Ojai, California in 1993, the Jerry Zaks-directed play starred comedian Amy Schumer, in her Broadway debut, as well as Keegan-Michael Key, Laura Benanti, and Jeremy Shamos.
Gloria: A Life
GLORIA: A LIFE, a play about and in collaboration with Gloria Steinem, had a critically-acclaimed off-Broadway run at the Daryl Roth Theatre in the Winter/Spring of 2019. Five decades after Steinem began raising her voice for equality and championing those of others, her vision was and is as urgent as ever. Starring Christine Lahti, and featuring a diverse cast under the direction of Tony Award® winning director Diane Paulus, GLORIA: A LIFE, was produced by an all-female team of which Sally was thrilled to be a part, and the show will live on in licensing and on tour.
The Heidi Chronicles
The first Broadway revival of Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning comedy, The Heidi Chronicles, ran to critical acclaim at Music Box Theater on Broadway in the spring of 2015. It was a bold reimagining led by Tony Award-winning director Pam MacKinnon (Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), and Golden Globe® winner Elisabeth Moss ("Mad Men," "Top of the Lake") in the title role, along with Emmy® nominee Jason Biggs ("Orange is the New Black," American Pie) and Tony nominee Bryce Pinkham ("A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder.")
Small Mouth Sounds
SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS is an uplifting and uproarious play about six runaways from city life who embark on a silent retreat. After two sold-out, critically acclaimed runs in New York in 2017, SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS had a successful tour of select U.S. cities. Written by Drama Desk Award winner BESS WOHL (Pretty Filthy) and directed by Obie Award winner RACHEL CHAVKIN (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS is, according to The Huffington Post, "a play unlike any other." And Variety calls it "flawless.”
PASTINVESTMENTS
MUSICALS - Mean Girls, Curtains (West End), Hello, Dolly; Phantom of the Opera; Les Miserables (Original & 2015 revival); Crazy for You
PLAYS - Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime; Fish in the Dark; Lucky Guy; One Man, Two Guvnors; Driving Miss Daisy; and Twelfth Night & Richard III.