Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English film and stage director, producer and screenwriter. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1994), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013).
For directing the play The Ferryman, Mendes was awarded the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019.
New Jez Butterworth Broadway Play Joins Manhattan Theatre Club 2024-25 Season Line-up
deadline.comThe subscription-based nonprofit Manhattan Theatre Club has joined producers of the previously announced Broadway production of Jez Butterworth‘s The Hills Of California and will offer the play to subscribers as part of MTC’s 2024-25 season.
Producers Sonia Friedman Productions, No Guarantees Productions, Neal Street, Brian Spector, and Sand & Snow Entertainment, with Stephanie P.
McClelland announced the September arrival on Broadway of The Hills of California. At that point, no mention was made of MTC, or of the show being offered as part of MTC’s subscription series.
The Hills of California is now on sale to MTC subscribers as the third production in the company’s Broadway 2024-25 season. Sam Mendes will direct the first Butterworth play since 2018’s acclaimed The Ferryman.
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