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The Chairs - Broadway Creative Team


Production Staff

Eugene Ionesco Playwright
The Royal Court Theatre Producer
(Original Producer)
Philip Rinaldi Publicity General Press Representative
Paul Anderson Lighting Designer
Paul Arditti Sound Designer
Paul is delighted to have received a Tony Award, an Olivier Award, a Drama Desk Award and a BroadwayWorld.com Fans' Choice Award for the Sound Design of Billy Elliot The Musical. Other designs include Mary Stuart at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in the West End and on Broadway (Tony Award Nomination); A Ring, A Lamp, A Thing, a new opera at the Royal Opera House, London; Blood and Gifts, Love The Sinner, Nation, The Revenger's Tragedy, Happy Now?, Market Boy and Saint Joan (Olivier Award) at the National Theatre, London; The Pillowman at the National Theatre, London (Olivier Award nomination) ... read more
Patrick Ballard Production Stage Manager
Jon Bierman Advertising
Cath Binks Production Stage Manager
Quay Brothers Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Bill Kenwright Producer
As a theatre producer, Kenwright is best known for the long-running West End hit Blood Brothers and the record-breaking UK tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Other productions have included West End runs of Whistle Down the Wind at the Palace Theatre, Festen in London, on a UK tour and on Broadway, The Big Life, Elmina's Kitchen, Scrooge – The Musical, The Night of the Iguana, A Few Good Men, A Man For All Seasons alongside UK tours of Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, Tell Me on a Sunday and This is Elvis. He produced the London revival of ... read more
Simon McBurney Director
Simon McBurney is a British actor, writer, and director who has made a name for himself on both stage and screen. Born in Cambridge in 1957, McBurney attended the University of Cambridge before going on to study at the Jacques Lecoq School in Paris. He co-founded the theatre company Complicite in 1983, which has since become known for its innovative and visually stunning productions. McBurney's stage work includes a number of notable productions, both with Complicite and as a solo performer. In 1997, he wrote and performed in "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" at the National Theatre, which won him an Olivier ... read more
Edward J. Nelson Company Manager
Gene O'Donovan Production Supervisor
Stuart Thompson Productions General Manager
Scott Rudin Producer
Films include Ladybird, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; Moneyball; Moonrise Kingdom; Margaret; The Social Network; True Grit; Greenberg; It’s Complicated; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Julie & Julia; Doubt; No Country for Old Men; There Will Be Blood; Reprise; The Queen; Margot at the Wedding; Notes on a Scandal; Venus; Closer; Team America: World Police; I Heart Huckabees; School of Rock; The Hours; Iris; The Royal Tenenbaums; Zoolander; Sleepy Hollow; Wonder Boys; Bringing Out the Dead; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; The Truman Show; In & Out; Ransom; The First Wives Club; Clueless; Nobody’s Fool; ... read more
Stuart Thompson Producer

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Awards and Nominations

1998 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Director - Play: Simon McBurney won.
Outstanding Director - Play: Simon McBurney was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lighting Design: Paul Anderson won.
Outstanding Lighting Design: Paul Anderson was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Revival-Musical: Eugene Ionesco won.
Outstanding Revival-Play: Eugene Ionesco was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Set Design - Play: The Quay Brothers won.
Outstanding Set Design - Play: The Quay Brothers was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Sound Design: Paul Arditti won.
Outstanding Sound Design: Paul Arditti was nominated but did not win.

1998 Tony Awards
Best Direction of a Play: Simon McBurney was nominated but did not win.
Best Lighting Design: Paul Anderson was nominated but did not win.
Best Revival of a Play: Royal Court Theatre Productions was nominated but did not win.
Best Revival of a Play: Theatre de Complicite was nominated but did not win.
Best Revival of a Play: Stuart Thompson was nominated but did not win.
Best Revival of a Play: Scott Rudin was nominated but did not win.
Best Revival of a Play: Carole Shorenstein Hays was nominated but did not win.
Best Revival of a Play: Bill Kenwright was nominated but did not win.
Best Scenic Design: Quay Brothers was nominated but did not win.

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