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Bartlett Sher

Directing

Born March 27, 1959 · San Francisco

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Biography

Bartlett Sher (born March 27, 1959) is an American theatre and film director. Sher won a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the 2008 Broadway revival of South Pacific. He was nominated in the same category for the 2017 show Oslo, which he later directed the adaptation of as a television film under the same title for HBO in 2021.

Awards & recognition

  • Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Director · 2017
  • Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical · 2008
  • Drama League Award
  • Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical · 2015 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play · 2013 · nominated
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  • Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play · 2009 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play · 2006 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical · 2005 · nominated

Filmography5 titles

The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto

2022Production Design

Verdi: Otello

2015Director, Production Design

Oslo

2021Director, Executive Producer

Great Performances

1971Director

The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2014Production Design