Scott Schwartz is an internationally known artist whose work has been seen on and off Broadway, across the United States, in Great Britain, Europe and Asia. Currently, his production of Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame is running in both Japan and Germany. He is the Artistic Director of Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY. For over twenty years, he has built a reputation for pursuing and embracing a wide range of works for the stage, from new plays to classics to musicals and opera.
Schwartz directed the hit off-Broadway musicals Bat Boy: The Musical at the Union Square Theatre (2001 Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical, 2001 Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award - Best Off-B'way Musical), Jonathan Larson's tick, tick... Boom! at the Jane Street Theatre (2002 Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical), Murder For Two at Second Stage Uptown and subsequently at New World Stages, and Rooms: A Rock Romance also at New World Stages.
Listen in to this in-the-trenches podcast to hear . . .
- The difference between directing in regional theater versus directing on Broadway
- How being the son of Stephen Schwartz helped influence Scott’s choice in being a director
- The mysteries of the Tony Nominating process and why he had to recuse himself this year
- What makes a great tryout city
- What it’s like working for Disney on a developing project like The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- And oodles more.
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