Don Stephenson

Off-Broadway, Stephenson originated the role of Fidele in Death Takes a Holiday in 2011,^[15] and played Vissi D'Amore Boy/Thurio in Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Delacorte Theater in 2005,^[16] Sid Davis in Take Me Along at The Irish Repertory Theatre in 2008,^[17] Anatoly in Chess, and Zach in The Tavern at Equity Library Theatre in 2007.^[18]

Other roles include Tom Stoppard's Travesties at the Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut in 2005,^[19] and the 2014 Encores! staged concert of The Band Wagon as "Hal".^[20] He appeared in the 2018 Encores! production of Me and My Girl.

Stephenson appeared as himself during his run on The Producers on

In September 2021 it was announced that Stephenson would play the role of Bill O’Wray in the upcoming Broadway production of the play Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress. From May 25th until June 26th, 2022, Stephenson starred as Coleman in Trading Places at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, a musical inspired by the original film of the same name. Stephenson received a Suzi Bass Award for Outstanding Featured Performer nomination for his performance.

Directing

In 2010, Stephenson directed a production of Titanic at The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri).^[22] Two years later he developed and directed a scaled-down chamber version,^[23] which used 20 actors playing all of the roles, an abstract set design, projections, and new orchestrations.^[24] Stephenson restored previously cut material from the original Broadway production and reassigned and reordered the existing material. This new intimate version opened in July 2012 at The Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York,^[25] and was nominated for eleven BroadwayWorld Awards including Best Director. The production was subsequently remounted at Westchester Broadway Theatre in January 2014. He also directed the staged concert of Titanic at the Lincoln Center in 2014.^[26][27]

He has also directed productions of The Other Place at the Alley Theatre, Houston in 2015,^[28] The 39 Steps at the Flat Rock Playhouse, North Carolina in 2010^[29] Noises Off at the Pittsburgh Public Theater in 2014,^[30] Lend Me a Tenor (BroadwayWorld Nomination for Best Director) at the Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey in 2013,^[31] Deathtrap in 2013 at the Flat Rock Playhouse, North Carolina,^[32] Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Oleanna, The Cottage at Theatre Aspen, Colorado in 2014,^[33] Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 2015,^[34] Buyer & Cellar at TheaterWorks, Hartford, Connecticut in 2016,^[35] I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers in 2015 at Theater Works, Hartford, Connecticut^[36] and The Great Unknown in 2010 at the Theater at St. Clement's, as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival.^[37] He directed a reading of a new play, What Women Do, by William Youmans in 2015 in New York City.^[38]

In 2015 he directed a new production of

During the summer of 2017, Stephenson directed the Off-Broadway production of the new musical Attack of the Elvis Impersonators, with a book, music, and lyrics by Lory Lazarus. It opened at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row on June 15, 2017. The show closed on July 30 of the same year after 49 performances. ^[40]

In 2018 he directed Broadway Classics in concert at Carnegie Hall and a new production of The Will Rogers Follies for Goodspeed Musicals.

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