Daryl Roth
Daryl Roth is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer who has been a driving force in the theater industry for over 30 years. She is known for her innovative productions, which often tackle challenging and thought-provoking subject matter.
Latest News on Daryl Roth:
BIO
Daryl Roth is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer who has been a driving force in the theater industry for over 30 years. She is known for her innovative productions, which often tackle challenging and thought-provoking subject matter.
Born in 1945 in Lakewood, New Jersey, Roth grew up in a family that was deeply involved in the arts. Her father was a musician and her mother was a painter, and they encouraged their daughter to pursue her own creative interests. Roth attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied history and literature.
After college, Roth moved to New York City and began working in theater production. She quickly made a name for herself as a savvy and determined producer, and in 1983 she co-founded the off-Broadway theater company Second Stage Theatre. The company quickly gained a reputation for producing edgy and socially relevant plays, and Roth's leadership helped it to become a major force in the New York theater scene.
In 1996, Roth produced her first Broadway show, the musical "Three Tall Women" by Edward Albee. The production was a critical and commercial success, and it earned Roth her first Tony Award. Since then, she has produced over 100 Broadway shows, including such hits as "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?" by Edward Albee, "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts, and "Kinky Boots" by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper.
Roth is known for her willingness to take risks and produce challenging material. She has produced several shows that deal with difficult social issues, including "Wit" by Margaret Edson, which explores the experience of a woman with terminal cancer, and "The Normal Heart" by Larry Kramer, which deals with the early years of the AIDS epidemic. Roth has also produced several shows that deal with mental illness, including "Next to Normal" by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2010.
In addition to her work in theater, Roth is also involved in several philanthropic organizations. She is a board member of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which provides support and advocacy for LGBTQ youth, and she is also a board member of the New York City Police Foundation, which supports the NYPD in its efforts to keep the city safe.
Roth's work has been recognized with numerous awards and honors. In addition to her Tony Award, she has received the Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Theatre Producing, the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work, and the Drama League's Founders Award for Excellence in Directing and Producing.
Roth's impact on the theater industry is undeniable. Her willingness to take risks and produce challenging material has helped to push the boundaries of what is possible on stage, and her dedication to supporting emerging artists has helped to ensure that the theater remains a vibrant and vital art form. As she continues to produce shows and support new talent, Roth's influence on the theater world is sure to endure for years to come.
Photos
.jpg?format=auto&width=600)
.jpg?format=auto&width=600)
.jpg?format=auto&width=600)
.jpg?format=auto&width=600)
.jpg?format=auto&width=600)
.jpg?format=auto&width=600)
.jpg?format=auto&width=600)
.jpg?format=auto&width=600)
.jpg?format=auto&width=600)
.jpg?format=auto&width=600)
Matthew Bourne, Kyle Selig, Maria Wirrie, Paige Faure, Daniel Yearwood, Kevin Earley, Jasmine Forsberg, Jeremy Secomb, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Bonnie Langford, Gavin Lee, Bernadette Peters, Jacob Dickey, Lea Salonga, Peter Neureuther, Jason Pennycooke, Jason Pennycooke, Daryl Roth, Beth Leavel,Alexa Lopez, David Harris, Kate Jennings Grant, Stephen Mear, Joanna Riding, Lynne Meadow and Chris Jennings
From: Photos: Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, & Stephen Sondheim's OLD FRIENDS Meets the Press
Productions
Movies
[ 2013 ] Daryl Roth
[ 2019 ] producer
[ 2025 ] co-producer
[ 2025 ] executive producer
Awards and Nominations
winner
Daryl Roth, The Humans
winner
Daryl Roth, Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge
Daryl Roth, Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Daryl Roth, You Can't Take it with You
Daryl Roth, This is Our Youth
winner
Daryl Roth, A Raisin in the Sun
winner
Daryl Roth
winner
Daryl Roth, Kinky Boots
Daryl Roth, The Testament of Mary
Daryl Roth, Lucky Guy
Daryl Roth, Annie
Daryl Roth, Leap of Faith
winner
Daryl Roth, The Normal Heart
winner
Daryl Roth
winner
Daryl Roth, August: Osage County
Daryl Roth, Curtains
Daryl Roth, Inherit the Wind
Daryl Roth, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Daryl Roth, Caroline, or Change
Daryl Roth, Anna in the Topics
Daryl Roth, Our Lady of 121st Street
winner
Daryl Roth, Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?
Daryl Roth, Bea Arthur on Broadway, Just Between Friends
Daryl Roth, The Play About the Baby
winner
Daryl Roth, Proof
Daryl Roth, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
winner
Daryl Roth, Wit
winner
Daryl Roth, How I Learned to Drive
winner
Daryl Roth, Camping with Henry & Tom
Daryl Roth, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Videos
Video: Watch the Cast of MIDNIGHT Sing 'Forever' in Rehearsals
by Nicole Rosky - 2026-09-14 09:19:19
Rosie O'Donnell on Discovering Ireland's Drinking Culture at the Doctor's Office
by Joshua Wright - 2026-07-24 16:54:38
Video: Rosie O'Donnell Talks COMMON KNOWLEDGE and Her Return to the Stage on Late Night
by A.A. Cristi - 2026-07-24 12:36:40
Video: Rosie O'Donnell Opens Up About the Deeply Personal Journey Behind COMMON KNOWLEDGE
by Nicole Rosky - 2026-07-20 11:13:44
Video: Watch 'The Flood' from MEXODUS THE MUSICAL Off-Broadway
by Michael Major - 2026-06-11 12:03:17
Video: Daryl Roth, Eva Price and Rachel Sussman React to Tony Win- 'Change Can Happen!'
by Talking Tonys - 2026-06-07 22:53:28
MEXODUS Gets Four-Week Extension at Daryl Roth Theatre; Audible Release Set for April
by A.A. Cristi - 2026-03-10 09:30:40
Video: Joshua Henry, Shaina Taub, & Ben Levi Ross Record 'He Wanted to Say' From RAGTIME
by Michael Major - 2026-02-06 12:30:02
Video: KINKY BOOTS Tour Stars Perform Acoustic 'Not My Father's Son'
by Michael Major - 2026-01-09 10:00:20
Video: Tommy Bracco Takes Viewers Backstage at TITANIQUE in BROADWAY SANDWICH
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-05-15 16:46:45
Video: Watch Highlights from STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS on Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - 2025-03-31 15:20:31
News
by - Oct 8, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 8, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 7, 2026
DancinDan Productions and Daryl Roth in Partnership with The School of Drama at The New School and the Ali Forney Center have just announced the NYC screening of BEA ARTHUR: The Documentary - “I’VE DONE EVERYTHING EXCEPT PORN,” a new feature documentary offering an intimate and revealing portrait of the Emmy and Tony Award-winning performer Bea Arthur on Sunday, October 25th at 3pm at John L. Tishman Auditorium at The New School.
by Jenna Pastuszek - Oct 10, 2026
Heading to a musical theatre audition? In the first of a two-part series, a Broadway voice teacher explains what to bring and how to prepare. If you've never been to a professional musical theatre audition, it can feel like a mysterious black box. What really happens in the room where it happens? What do I bring in with me? Will they really count my bars and yell at me for having 35? Why is everyone in the hallway holding a binder? Who do I talk to if I have questions?
by Bruce Glikas - Oct 6, 2026
Earlier this week, the company of Todrick Hall's new musical MIDNIGHT welcomed a special guest at the Daryl Roth Theatre. Check out photos as Tony winner Billy Porter paid the show a visit and posed with the cast after the curtain came down.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2026
The five leading cast members have been announced for the Broadway production of DOLLY: A True Original Musical, who were hand-picked by Dolly Parton herself.
by James Lindhorst - Sep 30, 2026
Treks to New York for this self-proclaimed theater nerd always includes two things: Seeing as many shows as possible and daily visits to Schmackerys for their delicious cookies. Packing a four day weekend with seven shows doesn't allow a lot of time for dining, so grabbing a slice of pie or a hot dog from a street vendor become dining staples. Now that some producers have moved their matinees to Thursday, it makes seven shows possible: Matinee and evening performances on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, with a single show on Friday evening. Planning is essential to know what shows have matinees on Thursday and what show are not dark on Sunday evenings.
by Marissa Faith Curley - Sep 27, 2026
Scenic and costume designer Alexander Woodward has joined the faculty of Dartmouth College as Associate Professor of Theater, beginning a new chapter that brings together his professional design practice, teaching, and ongoing work in performance design.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 25, 2026
Todrick Hall's new musical MIDNIGHT begins performances Off-Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theatre in New York. You can now get a first look at production photos.
by Michael Major - Sep 22, 2026
Todrick Hall's Midnight has delayed its first week of performances. In a new video, he opened up about the 'unforeseen circumstances' that have led to the postponement and shared that the scale of the production is 'unprecedented' Daryl Roth Theatre.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 22, 2026
The Chicago premiere of Mexodus, written and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, choreographed by Tony Thomas, and directed by David Mendizábal, will play a limited three-week run at Chicago's historic Studebaker Theater.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 17, 2026
TITANIQUE will conclude its West End run on January 3, 2027, before embarking on its first UK tour starting at Theatre Royal Newcastle on September 17, 2027, with Myra DuBois starring as Ruth.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2026
Rosie O'Donnell will take on the role of Narrator in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW for a two-week limited run while Rachel Dratch takes a leave from the production.
by Sidney Paterra - Sep 16, 2026
BroadwayWorld has your official fall 2026 Off-Broadway preview, a complete guide to everything opening Off-Broadway! See West End transfers, stars in play revivals, multiple world premieres and more.
by Jenna Pastuszek - Sep 20, 2026
Ahh, September: falling leaves, pumpkin spice EVERYTHING, and back-to-school sales around every corner of the internet. It also marks the beginning of “fall audition season” — aka the time when regional theatres start booking their final shows of the year (i.e. holiday); Broadway is casting shows opening later in the ‘26-’27 season; and cruise ships are starting up their next nine-month contracts.
by - Sep 15, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 15, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Sidney Paterra - Sep 20, 2026
Broadway says goodbye to Titaníque, which concludes its run at the St. James Theatre, following 20 previews and 185 regular performances. The theatre will soon be home to Dolly: A True Original Musical, which begins performances on December 7, 2026.
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 14, 2026
Ahead of the first preview this week, Todrick Hall’s MIDNIGHT has released a sneak peek of the song “Forever.” MIDNIGHT, produced by Caryn Sterling, will officially open at the Daryl Roth Theatre on Sunday, September 27, following two sold-out engagements in London.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2026
Comedian Myra DuBois will continue playing Ruth in the West End production of TITANIQUE, extending her engagement at the Criterion Theatre by four additional weeks.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2026
Owen Campbell and Harry Richardson will star in the New York premiere of A GHOST IN YOUR EAR, an immersive horror play set inside an audiobook recording session at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Humans, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for You Can't Take it with You, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for This is Our Youth, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for A Raisin in the Sun, Legend of Off Broadway Honoree () for , Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Kinky Boots, Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Testament of Mary, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Lucky Guy, Best Revival of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Annie, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Leap of Faith, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Normal Heart, Lifetime Achievement Award (The Lortels), Best Play (Tony Awards) for August: Osage County, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Curtains, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for Inherit the Wind, Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Anna in the Topics, Outstanding Play (The Lortels) for Our Lady of 121st Street, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Best Special Theatrical Event (Tony Awards) for Bea Arthur on Broadway, Just Between Friends, Outstanding Play (The Lortels) for The Play About the Baby, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Proof, Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Outstanding Play (The Lortels) for Wit, Outstanding Play (The Lortels) for How I Learned to Drive, Outstanding Play (The Lortels) for Camping with Henry & Tom and Best Play (Tony Awards) for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
Daryl Roth has won numerous awards, including Best Play at the Tony Awards for The Humans, Best Revival of a Play at the Tony Awards for Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, and Best Revival of a Play at the Tony Awards for A Raisin in the Sun. Additionally, she received the Legend of Off Broadway Honoree award, Best Musical at the Tony Awards for Kinky Boots, and Best Revival of a Play at the Tony Awards for The Normal Heart. Roth has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Lortels, as well as Best Play at the Tony Awards for August: Osage County, Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, and Proof. She also received Outstanding Play awards from The Lortels for Wit, How I Learned to Drive, and Camping with Henry & Tom.
