Alex Timbers

American dramatist

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Alex Timbers

Timbers at the at 2022 Gaithersburg Book Festival

Born|  (1978-08-07) August 7, 1978 (age 45)

New York City, U.S.

Occupation(s)| Playwright, director, producer
Years active| 2009–present

Alex Timbers (born August 7, 1978) is an American writer and director and the recipient of Tony, Golden Globe, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and London Evening Standard Awards, as well as two OBIE and Lucile Lortel Awards. He also received the 2019 Drama League Founder's Award for Excellence in Directing and the 2016 Jerome Robbins Award for Directing.[1] He was nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award.[2] For his work on Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Timbers won a 2021 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical.[3]

His Broadway credits include Here Lies Love, Just For Us, Moulin Rouge! The Musical,[4] Beetlejuice,[5] American Utopia, Oh Hello! On Broadway, Rocky, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Pee-wee Herman Show, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.[6]

His Off-Broadway credits include David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love, for which he won the 2014 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Director and the London Evening Standard Award, and The Robber Bridegroom, which won the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Revival.[7]

For TV, Timbers directed and executive produced John Mulaney: Baby J, John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous and Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall, all for Netflix. He is a co-creator of the Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle which won the 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy.[8] Oh Hello! on Broadway was filmed for Netflix, and The Pee-wee Herman Show was filmed for HBO and received an Emmy nomination.

He is currently nominated for a 2023 Emmy Award for his work on John Mulaney: Baby J.[9]

His debut picture book, Broadway Bird, was published by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan, on May 24, 2022.[10]

## Background[edit]

Timbers grew up in New York City. When he was 15, he moved to Illinois and attended Lake Forest High School. He then went to Yale University[6] where he graduated magna cum laude. While at Yale, he was a member of the improvisational comedy group The Viola Question and president of the Yale Dramatic Association.[11]

## Broadway[edit]

Timbers served as the second assistant director on the Broadway premiere of Jersey Boys in 2005.[12]

In 2010, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson opened at the Public Theater to rave reviews with Timbers directing.[13] The show was co-written by Timbers and Michael Friedman. It returned to the Public the following year, extended three times, and became the second highest-grossing show in the institution's history.[14] It transferred to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway on September 20, 2010.[15] The show won a Lucille Lortel Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Broadway.com Award for Best Musical. Timbers won a Drama Desk Award for Best Book of a Musical and was nominated for a Tony Award for his book, as well as an Outer Critics Circle Award for his direction.[16]

In March 2011, Timbers co-directed with Roger Rees Peter and the Starcatcher for Disney at New York Theatre Workshop.[17] The show opened to a positive review from Ben Brantley in The New York Times, and Timbers won the 2011 Obie Award for Direction.[18][19] The production was the fastest-selling show in New York Theatre Workshop's history and extended three times.[20] In March 2012, Timbers and Rees co-directed Peter and the Starcatcher on Broadway. It was subsequently nominated for nine Tony Awards and won five.[21] The show spawned two national tours and a year-long return engagement Off-Broadway.[22]

In 2014, Timbers directed Rocky, based on the Oscar-winning film, on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre, for which he was nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Director.[23] Two years earlier, he directed a pilot production of the show in Germany, which ran for five years in Hamburg and Stuttgart.

In 2016, Timbers directed the comedy Oh Hello! on Broadway, written by and starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney. The show opened to positive reviews, recouped its capitalization, and was filmed for Netflix.[24]

In 2018, Timbers directed the out-of-town tryout of Beetlejuice at the National Theater in Washington DC. The next year, he directed the Broadway premiere of Beetlejuice at the Winter Garden Theater. The show was nominated for eight 2019 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.[22] The show made its international debut in South Korea at the Sejong Arts Center, staged and designed by the original Broadway creative team, in July 2021. It was nominated for 10 Korea Musical Awards, including Best Musical.[25]

In 2018, Timbers also directed the out-of-town tryout of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, based on the Oscar-winning film, at the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston. In July 2019, he again directed the show on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theater.[22] The following year, the production was nominated for 14 Tony Awards including Best Musical. For his work on the production, Timbers was nominated for Best Director of a Musical and, for his work on the cast album, he was nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award.[3] The show also won Best Musical at the 2020 Outer Critics Circle Awards and the 2020 Drama League Awards, and Timbers won the 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director of a Musical.[26]

In September 2019, Timbers served as Production Consultant on David Byrne's American Utopia at the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston. The next month, the show opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theater.[22] American Utopia was called "the best live show of all time" by NME Magazine.[27] The show recouped and was named to many critics' year-end top ten lists.[28] The show was filmed for HBO by director Spike Lee and was nominated for six Emmy Awards.[29]

In September 2021, Moulin Rouge! The Musical re-opened on Broadway and won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. For his work on the production, Timbers won a 2021 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical.[3] That same month, American Utopia also re-opened on Broadway and received a 2021 Special Tony Award.[3]

On November 12, 2021, Moulin Rouge! The Musical began performances simultaneously in Melbourne at the Regent Theatre and in London's West End at the Piccadilly Theatre.[30] In May 2022, the Australian production opened in Sydney.[31] In April 2022, Timbers directed the first national tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, which opened in Chicago at the James M. Nederlander Theatre.[32][33] In October 2022, the German production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical opened in Cologne and in December 2022 the Korean production opened in Seoul, both directed by Timbers.[34]

In April 2022, Beetlejuice re-opened on Broadway, now at the Marquis Theater.[35] In November 2022, Timbers directed the first national tour of Beetlejuice, which premiered at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theater.[36]

Sardi's Restaurant honored Timbers by unveiling a portrait of him for their famed wall of caricatures on July 20, 2022.[37]

## Off-Broadway[edit]

For Gutenberg! The Musical!, Timbers was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Director of a Musical.[38] For Hell House, Timbers was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Theatrical Experience. His production of Dixie's Tupperware Party was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.[39] Timbers conceived and directed A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, for which he and writer Kyle Jarrow won an Obie Award. Timbers also won two Garland Awards for the subsequent Los Angeles production, and his 2006 revival was heralded by The New York Times as the "Best Revival of the Year."[40][41]

In August 2013, Timbers and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson composer Michael Friedman reunited for a musical version of the play Love's Labour's Lost that appeared as part of Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theatre.[42] It was nominated for a 2014 Drama Desk Award for Best Musical.[43]

In 2013 and again in 2014, Timbers directed Here Lies Love at the Public Theater in New York City, an immersive club musical about Imelda Marcos featuring the music of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, for which he won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Director.[44] The show was extended at the Public Theater three times, becoming the second-longest running show in the theater's history, and made numerous year-end Best Of lists including The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, Time, The Hollywood Reporter, Time Out, New York Magazine, and Vogue.[45] He was also nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Director.

In 2014, Timbers directed Here Lies Love at the National Theatre in London. Timbers, Byrne, and Fatboy Slim won the London Evening Standard Beyond Theatre Award "for pushing the boundaries of musicals."[46]

In 2016, Timbers directed a revival of The Robber Bridegroom for Roundabout Theater Company, which won the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Revival.[47][48]

## Les Freres Corbusier[edit]

Between 2003 and 2015, Timbers served as the Artistic Director of the award-winning, experimental theater company Les Freres Corbusier.[49] Les Freres productions included Boozy..., Dance Dance Revolution, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Hell House, Heddatron, and Hoover Comes Alive!.[50]

## Filmography[edit]

* John Mulaney: Baby J \- Director, Executive Producer
* Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall \- Co-Director, Executive Producer
* John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City \- Director, Executive Producer
* Oh Hello! On Broadway \- Staging Director, Executive Producer
* Mozart in the Jungle \- Co-creator, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
* The Pee-wee Herman Show \- Staging Director

He is a co-creator with Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola, and Paul Weitz of the Amazon Studios series Mozart in the Jungle. He served as Co-Executive Producer on all episodes.

For John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, Mulaney won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special in 2018. John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City currently holds a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.[51] He is currently nominated for a 2023 Emmy Award for his work on John Mulaney: Baby J.[52]

## Books[edit]

Timbers' debut picture book, Broadway Bird, set in an all-animal version of Broadway, was published by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan, on May 24, 2022.[10]

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Year  | Awards  | Category  | Work  | Result  | Ref.

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2004  | Obie Awards | Special Citations  | A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant | Won  | [53]
2007  | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Gutenberg! The Musical! | Nominated  | [54]
2007  | Drama Desk Award | Unique Theatrical Experience | Hell House | Nominated  |
2010  | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off-Broadway Musical  | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Won  |
2010  | Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Musical  | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Nominated  | [54]
2010  | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical  | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Nominated  | [54]
2010  | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Nominated  |
2010  | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Won  | [54]
2011  | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Nominated  | [55]
2011  | Lucille Lortel Awards | Outstanding Musical  | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Won  | [56]
2011  | Obie Awards | Direction  | Peter and the Starcatcher | Won  | [57]
2011  | Joe A. Callaway Award | Excellence in Directing  | Peter and the Starcatcher | Nominated  | [58]
2012  | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Peter and the Starcatcher | Nominated  | [59]
2013  | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical  | Here Lies Love | Nominated  | [60]
2013  | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Here Lies Love | Nominated  | [60]
2014  | Lucille Lortel Awards | Outstanding Director  | Here Lies Love | Won  | [61]
2014  | Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Beyond Theatre Award  | Here Lies Love | Won  |
2014  | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical  | Rocky | Nominated  |
2014  | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Rocky | Nominated  | [62]
2014  | Drama Desk Award | Best Musical | Love's Labour's Lost | Nominated  | [63]
2016  | Lucille Lortel Awards | Best Revival  | The Robber Bridegroom | Won  |
2016  | Jerome Robbins Award  | Excellence in Directing  |  | Won  | [64]
2016  | Golden Globe Awards | Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy | Mozart in the Jungle | Won  | [65]
2017  | Golden Globe Awards | Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy | Mozart in the Jungle | Nominated  | [65]
2019  | Drama League Award | Founders Award for Excellence in Directing  |  | Won  |
2020  | Grammy Awards | Best Musical Theater Album | Moulin Rouge! The Musical | Nominated  | [66]
2020  | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical  | Moulin Rouge! The Musical | Won  |
2021  | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Moulin Rouge! The Musical | Won  | [67]
2021  | Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | David Byrne's American Utopia | Won  | [68]
2023  | Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)  | Baby J | Nominated  | [69]

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## External links[edit]

* Alex Timbers at IMDb
* Alex Timbers at the Internet Broadway Database

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

1970–1975|

* George Furth (1970)
* Burt Shevelove (1971)
* John Guare and Mel Shapiro (1972)
* Hugh Wheeler (1973)
* Hugh Wheeler (1974)
* No Award (1975)

1976–2000|

* James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante (1976)
* Thomas Meehan (1977)
* Hugh Wheeler (1979)
* No Awards (1980–1983)
* James Lapine (1984)
* Jerry Colker (1985)
* Rupert Holmes (1986)
* L. Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Stephen Fry, and Mike Ockrent (1987)
* James Lapine (1988)
* Larry Gelbart (1990)
* Marsha Norman (1991)
* George C. Wolfe (1992)
* James Lapine (1994)
* Jonathan Larson (1996)
* Terrence McNally (1998)
* Alfred Uhry (1999)
* No Award (2000)

2001–present|

* Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (2001)
* John Lahr and Elaine Stritch (2002)
* Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan (2003)
* Winnie Holzman (2004)
* Rachel Sheinkin (2005)
* Bob Martin and Don McKellar (2006)
* Rupert Holmes and Peter Stone (2007)
* Douglas Carter Beane (2008)
* Lee Hall (2009)
* Alex Timbers (2010)
* Adam Mathias (2011)
* Joe DiPietro (2012)
* Dennis Kelly (2013)
* Robert L. Freedman (2014)
* Lin-Manuel Miranda (2015)
* John Caird (2016)
* Irene Sankoff and David Hein (2017)
* Tina Fey (2018)
* Robert Horn (2019)
* Michael R. Jackson (2020)
* No Award (2021)
* Bruce Sussman (2022)
* Matthew Lopez and Amber Ruffin (2023)

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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

1960–1975|

* George Abbott (1960)
* Gower Champion (1961)
* Abe Burrows (1962)
* George Abbott (1963)
* Gower Champion (1964)
* Jerome Robbins (1965)
* Albert Marre (1966)
* Harold Prince (1967)
* Gower Champion (1968)
* Peter H. Hunt (1969)
* Ron Field (1970)
* Harold Prince (1971)
* Harold Prince and Michael Bennett (1972)
* Bob Fosse (1973)
* Harold Prince (1974)
* Geoffrey Holder (1975)

1976–2000|

* Michael Bennett (1976)
* Gene Saks (1977)
* Richard Maltby Jr. (1978)
* Harold Prince (1979)
* Harold Prince (1980)
* Wilford Leach (1981)
* Tommy Tune (1982)
* Trevor Nunn (1983)
* Arthur Laurents (1984)
* Des McAnuff (1985)
* Wilford Leach (1986)
* Trevor Nunn and John Caird (1987)
* Harold Prince (1988)
* Jerome Robbins (1989)
* Tommy Tune (1990)
* Tommy Tune (1991)
* Jerry Zaks (1992)
* Des McAnuff (1993)
* Nicholas Hytner (1994)
* Harold Prince (1995)
* George C. Wolfe (1996)
* Walter Bobbie (1997)
* Julie Taymor (1998)
* Matthew Bourne (1999)
* Michael Blakemore (2000)

2001–present|

* Susan Stroman (2001)
* John Rando (2002)
* Jack O'Brien (2003)
* Joe Mantello (2004)
* Mike Nichols (2005)
* John Doyle (2006)
* Michael Mayer (2007)
* Bartlett Sher (2008)
* Stephen Daldry (2009)
* Terry Johnson (2010)
* Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker (2011)
* John Tiffany (2012)
* Diane Paulus (2013)
* Darko Tresnjak (2014)
* Sam Gold (2015)
* Thomas Kail (2016)
* Christopher Ashley (2017)
* David Cromer (2018)
* Rachel Chavkin (2019)
* No Ceremony (2020)
* Alex Timbers (2021)
* Marianne Elliott (2022)
* Michael Arden (2023)

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