Production Staff
Director
Costume Designer
Robert Fox is a British theatre, film, and television producer known for his successful productions in the West End and on Broadway. Born in 1952, Fox grew up in a family of theatre producers and was exposed to the industry from a young age. He attended the University of Sussex and graduated with a degree in English Literature.
Fox began his career in theatre production in the 1980s, working as an assistant to his uncle, theatre producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh. He quickly rose through the ranks and became a producer in his own right, producing his first show in 1984. Since ... read more
Tony Awards: The Book of Mormon, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Pulitzer) and Perestroika, Copenhagen, God of Carnage, Clybourne Park, Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun. Nominations: Wicked; Peter Pan; The Diary of Anne Frank; Hello, Dolly!; You're Welcome America, Man of La Mancha A View From the Bridge, Venus in Fur, The Motherfu**er With the Hat, Nice Work if You Can Get It. Current: Wicked, The Book of Mormon. This is Our Youth. Upcoming: A Delicate Balance, Fun Home ... read more
Theatre Owner / Operator
Credits: Once, The Book of Mormon, The Addams Family (Broadway and National Tour), Sister Act, Peter Pan (threesixty entertainment), The Mountaintop, Relatively Speaking, Man and Boy, Sons of the Prophet, An Evening with Patti and Mandy, and Stick Fly. Past projects include over 150 Broadway shows and their tours. Aurora Productions is Gene O'Donovan and Ben Heller with Stephanie Sherline, Jarid Sumner, Liza Luxenberg, Anita Shah, Rebecca Zuber, Steven Dalton, Eugenio Saenz Flores, Isaac Katzanek & Melissa Mazdra. ... read more
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
Rush acted for many years with the QTC, starring in The Marriage of Figaro and many Shakespeare plays. Rush made his Broadway debut in 2009's Exit the King, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play. In 2010, the actor starred in the Australian tour of The Drowsy Chaperone -- the upcoming film version of the musical featuring Rush is set to begin production in 2014. In 2011, Rush starred in The Diary of a Madman at BAM, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
Rush is well known for his portrayal ... read more
Producing credits include the Tony Award-winning The Book of Mormon, God of Carnage and Proof; also Jerusalem, The Motherf**ker With the Hat, A View From the Bridge (2010), The Retreat From Moscow, The Play What I Wrote, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Not About Nightingales, The Chairs, Exit the King. His general management company has been responsible for more than 60 productions, most recently Fences, You're Welcome America, The Seagull and Boeing-Boeing. Thompson is the recipient of the 2010 Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Theatre Producing. ... read more
Awards and Nominations
2009 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Revival of a Play: exit the was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Set Design of a Play: Dale Ferguson was nominated but did not win.
2009 Drama League Awards
Distinguished Performance Award: Geoffrey Rush won.
2009 Theatre World Awards
Performance: Geoffrey Rush won.
2009 Tony Awards
Best Costume Design of a Play: Dale Ferguson was nominated but did not win.
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Dale Ferguson was nominated but did not win.
Best Sound Design of a Play: Russell Goldsmith was nominated but did not win.