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BIO

Broadway credits include this season’s An Enemy of the People with Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, Macbeth with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, King Lear with Glenda Jackson, A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Tony Award Nomination), The Glass Menagerie, Fun Home (Tony Award), The Real Thing, The Realistic Joneses, Seminar. Recent credits: Hamlet (The Public Theatre), Othello (New York Theatre Workshop), The Flick (Playwrights Horizons, Barrow Street Theatre, National Theatre; Lucille Lortel Award nomination), The Glass Menagerie (Toneelgroep, Amsterdam), John (Signature Theatre; Obie Award, Lortel and Drama Desk Award nomination), The Village Bike (MCC Theatre), and Uncle Vanya (Soho Repertory Theatre; Drama Desk nomination), among others.

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Movies

White Noise
[ 2022 ] Alfonse

Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Direction of a Play

Sam Gold, A Doll's House, Part 2

Drama Desk Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Director of a Play

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BroadwayWorld Awards - 2015 - Best Direction of a Musical

Sam Gold, Fun Home


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Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Direction of a Musical

Sam Gold, Fun Home

Drama Desk Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Director of a Musical

Sam Gold, Fun Home

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Director of a Musical

Sam Gold, Fun Home

The Lortels - 2014 - Outstanding Director

Sam Gold, Fun Home

Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Director of a Play

Sam GoldUncle Vanya

The Lortels - 2013 - Outstanding Director

Sam Gold, The Flick


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The Lortels - 2012 - Outstanding Director

Sam GoldThe Big Meal

The Lortels - 2012 - Outstanding Director

Sam Gold, Look Back in Anger


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Obie Awards - 2010 - Directing

Sam Gold, Circle Mirror Transformation


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Obie Awards - 2010 - Directing

Sam Gold, The Aliens

Drama Desk Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Director of a Play

Sam Gold, Circle Mirror Transformation

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News


Broadway Buying Guide: November 4, 2024- SWEPT AWAY Arrives on Broadway

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, November 4, 2024.
Photos: Rachel Zegler Dresses as Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond for Halloween

Last night at the stage door for the revival of ROMEO + JULIET, Rachel Zegler, who plays Juliet in the Sam Gold directed production, greeted the Halloween audience and fans seeking her autograph not as herself but as Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond. See photos here! 
Video: Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor Talk ROMEO + JULIET While Playing With Puppies

Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Romeo + Juliet is now open on Broadway in a modern new production from Tony Award-winner Sam Gold, starring Kit Connor as 'Romeo' and Rachel Zegler as 'Juliet'. Watch here as the stars discuss the show, while playing with puppies!
Broadway Buying Guide: October 28, 2024- Fall in Love with ROMEO + JULIET

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, October 28, 2024.
Rachel Zegler and Jack Antonoff to Perform on THE LATE SHOW Tomorrow

Tune into The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, October 29 for a special performance by the cast of Broadway's Romeo + Juliet! Rachel Zegler, composer Jack Antonoff, and the cast of the production are scheduled to perform at least one piece of new music from the show.
Photos: ROMEO + JULIET Company Celebrates Opening Night

Just last week, Broadway's best came out to celebrate opening night of ROMEO + JULIET, which is now running at the Circle in the Square Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out photos of the cast and creative team on the red carpet below!
Video: ROMEO + JULIET Celebrates Opening Night

50th Street was feeling the love last night, where Romeo + Juliet officially opened on Broadway. Go inside the big opening night with the cast and creative team, including Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor, in this video.
Rachel Zegler Sings 'Man of the House' from ROMEO + JULIET

Jack Antono and Rachel Zegler have released “Man of the House,” from Romeo + Juliet on Broadway. Get a first listen to the song performed by Zegler and written alongside Ryan Beatty.
Photos: Rachel Zegler, Kit Connor, and the ROMEO + JULIET Cast Take Opening Night Bows

ROMEO + JULIET officially opened on Broadway on October 24. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos of the cast taking their opening night bows in the photos here!
Meet the Cast of SWEPT AWAY, Beginning Previews Tonight on Broadway

The Avett Brothers new musical Swept Away begins previews tonight, Tuesday, October 29. The official opening will be on Tuesday, November 19 at the Longacre Theatre. Meet the cast of Swept Away here!
Review Roundup: ROMEO + JULIET Starring Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor

Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Romeo + Juliet is now open on Broadway in a modern new production from Tony Award-winner Sam Gold! Did critics fall in love with the new staging of the world's most famous love story? Read the reviews below!
Broadway Stage and Screen- A Fall 2024 Watch Guide

A new Broadway season has arrived at last, full of exciting new shows and revivals of beloved classics. While many of them are original concepts or based on plays, 7 are already films that you can watch from home.
ROMEO + JULIET Single by Rachel Zegler Coming Tomorrow

Just in time for the official opening of Romeo + Juliet, producer Jack Antonoff will be sharing a new single from the production sung by Rachel Zegler. Titled Man of the House, the song will be released tomorrow, October 25. Listen to a preview of it here!
Video: ROMEO + JULIET Meets & JULIET As Shakespeare & Anne Hathaway Stop By For A Notes Session

For perhaps the first time ever, midtown is playing host to not one, but two Juliets as Sam Gold's new take on the classic love story Romeo & Juliet joins the pop spectacle & Juliet on Broadway! Watch below as Betsy Wolfe's Tony-nominated 'Anne Hathaway' and Drew Gehling's Shakespeare stop by for a visit with Broadway's newest Juliet, Rachel Zegler, for some notes on the new production! 
Photos: Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler in ROMEO + JULIET on Broadway

Get a first look at production photos of ROMEO + JULIET on Broadway here! The new Broadway revival of ROMEO + JULIET stars Kit Connor as ‘Romeo’ and Rachel Zegler as ‘Juliet.’
Chicago Premiere Of THE BERLIN DIARIES Begins At Open Space Arts This December

The Chicago premiere of THE BERLIN DIARIES has been announced at Open Space Arts.
Interview: Meet the Broadway Debuts of ROMEO + JULIET

BroadwayWorld spoke with members of the company of Romeo + Juliet on Broadway, and asked what it means to them to be making their Broadway debut.
Video: Jack Antonoff Forgot About 'All the Death' When Starting Music for ROMEO + JULIET

Composer and musical guru Jack Antonoff was profiled in a recent segment on CBS Sunday Morning to discuss some of his latest projects, including the new Broadway production of Romeo + Juliet, currently in previews at the Circle in the Square Theatre. 
Theatre Now Hosts Master Class With Susan Birkenhead

Theatre Now's next Industry Night will be held on Monday, October 21st at 6:30pm, featuring a Master Class with Tony-nominated lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Jelly's Last Jam, Working, BOOP!).
A History of ROMEO AND JULIET

This time, the reader question was: What is the history of Romeo and Juliet on Broadway?

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Sam Gold been nominated for?

Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for A Doll's House, Part 2, Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for John, Best Direction of a Musical (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Fun Home, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Fun Home, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Fun Home, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Fun Home, Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for Fun Home, Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Uncle Vanya, Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for The Flick, Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for The Big Meal, Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for Look Back in Anger , Directing (Obie Awards) for Circle Mirror Transformation, Directing (Obie Awards) for The Aliens and Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Circle Mirror Transformation.

What awards has Sam Gold won?

Best Direction of a Musical (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Fun Home, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Fun Home, Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for The Big Meal, Directing (Obie Awards) for Circle Mirror Transformation, and Directing (Obie Awards) for The Aliens.

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