Alex Timbers is a two-time Tony-nominated writer and director and the recipient of Golden Globe, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and London Evening Standard Awards, as well as two OBIE and Lucille Lortel Awards. He is the recipient of the 2016 Jerome Robbins Award. His Broadway directing credits include Oh Hello! On Broadway, Rocky, Peter and the Starcatcher (2012 Tony Award nomination for Best Director), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2011 Tony Award nomination for Best Book), and The Pee-wee Herman Show. His Off-Broadway credits include Here Lies Love, and The Robber Bridegroom. He is a co-creator of the Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle which won the 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy. Oh Hello! on Broadway was filmed for Netflix and The Pee-wee Herman Show was filmed for HBO and received a 2011 Emmy nomination.
Tune into this, our 98th podcast, to hear talk about his experimental beginnings and . . .
- Why most new theater companies never make it past the first year, and how he made sure his did.
- How a log line of a project helps him decide to do it . . . or not.
- What a right-wing Christian preacher has to do with his success.
- What’s going to become of the “immersive” movement.
- How he matches up the people he wants to work with, with the projects he’s working on (or how The Robber Bridegroom came to be).
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