Scott Schwartz News
Fathers and Sons
We have created this special news section for those Schwartz fans interested in following the career of director Scott Schwartz (Son of Stephen Schwartz, both pictured above).
Update from Scott Schwartz, May 2011
“I’ve just finished directing “Seance on a Wet Afternoon” at New York City Opera. I’m thrilled with how it turned out. Everyone at NYCO was wonderful to work with, and I think the production looked beautiful in the Koch Theatre.
I’m workshopping a couple of new projects in the next month or so. First up is a new musical called “The Underclassman” by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel about F. Scott Fitzgerald when he was a student at Princeton. Then I will be developing a new opera by Thomas Pasatieri called “The Family Room” starring Lauren Flanigan and the brilliant Catherine Malfitano. “The Family Room” workshop is sponsored by Opera New Jersey and American Opera Projects.
And then it’s on to my next production of “My Fairytale” at PCPA. I’m excited to bring this wonderful musical about Hans Christian Andersen to Santa Maria and Solvang, CA in August.
BIOGRAPHY:
Scott Schwartz, a graduate of Harvard University, is best known for his direction of Golda’s Balcony, the one-woman show about Golda Meir starring Tovah Feldshuh (Best Actress, Lucille Lortel Award, Best Solo Performance, Drama Desk Award), that became the longest running one-woman show in Broadway history. He also directed Los Angeles and San Francisco productions of the play, and a national tour starring Valerie Harper (2006 Touring Broadway Award, Best Play.)
Other Broadway credits include the musical Jane Eyre, and The Foreigner starring Matthew Broderick for Roundabout Theater Company in New York. Off-Broadway, Scott directed the musical tick, tick…BOOM! by Jonathan Larson (RENT) for which he received the 2002 Outer Critics Award, Best Off-B’way Musical, Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical. He also helmed Batboy: The Musical (2001 Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award - Best Off-B’way Musical, Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical). He also directed the off-Broadway production of Franz Kafka’s The Castle starring William Atherton for Manhattan Ensemble Theatre (2002 Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination, Best Director of a Play).
His recent regional credits include London and Los Angeles productions of Tick, Tick… Boom! (2006 Independent Theatre Award, Best Director of a musical), Me And My Girl for Goodspeed Opera House (Connecticut Critics Circle Award, Best Direction of a Musical), the national and British touring productions of Godspell, and the musical No Way to Treat a Lady for the York Theatre in Manhattan and the Signature Theatre in Washingon, DC. Other major regional theaters for which Schwartz has directed include the Alley Theater in Houston, the Ahmanson in Los Angeles, the Berkshire Theater Festival, the La Jolla Playhouse, the Prince Theater in Philadelphia, the Pasadena Playhouse, the Studio Arena in Buffalo, TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, and the Virginia Stage Company.
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