Christopher Ashley

Christopher Ashley (b. July 6, 1964) is a stage director. Since 2007, he has been the artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse.^[1]In 1997, he completed The Drama League program for directors.^[2]

Ashley directed the new musical Memphis, which opened on Broadway in October 2009, receiving the Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Director^[3]and Tony Award nomination, Best Direction of a Musical.^[4]

He previously directed the musical Xanadu (2007) on Broadway, as well as several other plays and musicals. He has directed many stage works off-Broadway, including Jeffrey (1992), for which he received the Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director, and at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

He directed the Sondheim Kennedy Center Celebration productions of Sweeney Todd and Merrily We Roll Along in 2002.^[5]

Work

Broadway

• Memphis (2009)
• Xanadu (2007)
• The 24 Hour Plays (2005) (Special Benefit):"That Other Person"
• All Shook Up (2005)
• The Smell of the Kill (2002)
• The Rocky Horror Show (2000) (Revival) Tony Award nomination
• Voices in the Dark (1999)
• Jackie (1997) (Production consultant)

Off-Broadway (select)

• Blown Sideways Through Life written by Claudia Shear (1993 and 1994), also TV film ^[6]
• Jeffrey (1992 and 1993), also the film ^[6]
• Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities written by Anna Deveare Smith (1992) Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director
• Communicating Doors written by Alan Ayckbourn (1998)
• Valhalla (2004) written by Paul Rudnick Lucille Lortel Award nomination, Outstanding Director

References

1. ^ LaJolla Playhouse broadway.com, April 10, 2007
2. ^ BiographyVariety, accessed June 22, 2009
3. ^ Gans, Andrew."Memphis, La Cage, Zeta-Jones, Finneran and More Are Outer Critics Circle Award Winners" playbill.com, May 17, 2010
4. ^ "Nominations, 2009-10" tonyawards.com, retrieved May 18, 2010
5. ^ "The Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration" sondheimguide.com, retrieved May 18, 2010
6. ^ ^{a b} Internet Movie Database listing imdb.com

External links

• Internet Broadway Database listing
• Internet Off-Broadway Database

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