Tina Landau

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Tina Landau
Landau in 2018
Born (1962-05-21) May 21, 1962 (age 61)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA)
Harvard University (MFA)

Tina Landau (born May 21, 1962) is an American playwright and theatre director. Known for her large-scale, musical, and ensemble-driven work, Landau's productions have appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally, most extensively at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago where she is an ensemble member.

Early life

Born in New York City to film and television producers

Jewish background.[1][2]

Career

Landau's early work included site specific productions with New York City's En Garde Arts, including Orestes and The Trojan Women: A Love Story, both by

Old Globe Theater, The Goodman Theater in Chicago, and The Prince Music Theater
in Philadelphia (where it was originally commissioned and produced.)

In 1997, she became a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where she has directed numerous productions including The Wheel, The Hot L Baltimore, Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brother/Sister Plays and Head of Passes, The Tempest, The Time of Your Life (which later moved to Seattle Rep and A.C.T.), The Diary of Anne Frank, The Cherry Orchard, Theatrical Essays, Time to Burn, Berlin Circle, and The Ballad of Little Jo.

She made her

Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the production won for Best Musical in both awards as well.[5][6]

Landau's other New York City directing credits include Old Hats (with

the Vineyard Theater, as well as In the Red and Brown Water, Space, and Saturn Returns all at The Public Theater
.

Landau's many other regional credits include Antony and Cleopatra at Hartford Stage, A Midsummer Night's Dream at the McCarter Theater and Paper Mill Playhouse, Of Thee I Sing at Papermill, The Cure at Troy at Seattle Rep, Zack Zadek's Deathless at Goodspeed Musicals,[7][8] and the musical Dave at Arena Stage.

In addition to Floyd Collins, Landau's writing includes book and lyrics for Dream True and States of Independence, both with scores by Ricky Ian Gordon, the plays Beauty at La Jolla Playhouse (San Diego Critics Best Play), Space at Steppenwolf, the Public, and the Mark Taper Forum (TIME magazine Top Ten), Stonewall: Night Variations, and 1969 (or Howie Takes a Trip). With Anne Bogart, Landau has co-authored The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition.[9]

Landau has taught at Yale University and the

Yale School of Drama, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University,[10]
University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and Columbia University.

Awards and recognition

Landau was named one of the "Out 100 of 2009" by

Drama League Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards as well.[citation needed
]

In 2022, Landau was featured in the book 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre, with a profile written by theatre scholar David Román.[14]

Notes

  • Peterson, Jane T., and Bennett, Suzanne. Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook, Greenwood Press, 1997.
    ISBN 978-0-313-29179-1
  • Dominus, Susan. The 9 Habits of Highly Creative Directors, New York Times, September 4, 2005.
  • Bogart, Anne and Landau, Tina. The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Compositions . Theater Communications Group, 2005.
    ISBN 978-1-55936-241-2
  • Hausam, Wiley, ed., The New American Musical: An Anthology from the End of the 20th Century. Theatre Communications Group, 2001.
    ISBN 978-1-55936-200-9

References

  1. ^ Postal, Bernard; Silver, Jesse; Silver, Roy (1965). "Harry Rudolph". Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. New York: Bloch Publishing Co.
  2. JewishJournal.com
    . Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  3. ^ "SpongeBob musical has eye on Broadway". Entertainment Weekly. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  4. ^ SpongeBob Squarepants The New York Times, November 22, 2017
  5. ^ "68th Annual Awards Outer Critics Circle Announce 2017-18 Award Winners! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" Tops Win List with 6 Awards!". outercritics.org. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved Apr 27, 2019.
  6. ^ Staff, Playbill (Jun 3, 2018). "SpongeBob SquarePants Leads 2018 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved Apr 27, 2019.
  7. ^ Hetrick, Adam. "Jennifer Damiano and Jessica Phillips to Lead Goodspeed's Deathless | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  8. ^ Rickwald, Bethany. "Tina Landau Dives Into a 'Deathless' Future in Zack Zadek's New Musical" theatermania.com, June 2, 2017
  9. ISBN 978-1-55936-677-9
    .
  10. ^ "Tina Landau information Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine artscapemedia.com, accessed February 20, 2009
  11. ^ Listings for USA Ford Fellow Archived 2008-03-28 at the Wayback Machine unitedstatesartists.org
  12. ^ "28th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards Winners June 17, 2019 | NAACP Theatre Awards". NAACP Theatre Awards. June 25, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  13. ^ Fierberg, Ruthie. "25 Days Of Tonys How Does Director Tina Landau Describe 'Spongebobsquarepants'" Playbill, May 23, 2018
  14. ISBN 978-1032067964
    .

External links
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