Jeffrey Finn is a Tony-Award winning American theatrical producer. He is the Vice President of Theater Producing and Programming at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Artistic Director of Broadway Center Stage.[1] He received the Commercial Theater Institute's 2013 Robert Whitehead Award for outstanding achievement in commercial theatre producing.[2] Finn is the President of Jeffrey Finn Productions and Hot On Broadway. He attended Connecticut College, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1992. He attended Beaver Country Day School from 1984 to 1988. Finn is a executive member of The Broadway League and The Independent Presenters Network.

Jeffrey Finn
Born (1970-06-03) June 3, 1970 (age 54)
EducationConnecticut College (BA)
OccupationsBroadway/Theater Producer

Broadway

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The Kennedy Center

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As the Vice President and Executive Producer of Theater at The Kennedy Center, Finn oversees all of the presented Broadway tours and Kennedy Center produced theater shows. In the 2017/18 season he launched Broadway Center Stage, a series of semi-staged musicals featuring talent and creative teams direct from Broadway. For the 2022/23 season, he further developed the series by turning the shows into fully-realized productions.

Broadway Center Stage productions

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2023 - 2024 season

2022 - 2023 season

2019 - 2020 season

2018 - 2019 season

2017 - 2018 season

Other Productions at The Kennedy Center

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Other projects

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Between 1994 and 1999, Finn produced a series of five new concerts titled Broadway Songbooks, which originated at Kennedy Center. These national tours starred Melba Moore, Carol Lawrence, Mimi Hines, Diahann Carroll, Marilyn McCoo, and Billy Davis, Jr. and celebrated the songbooks of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, and Duke Ellington. Additional national and international tours produced by Jeffrey Finn Productions from 1999 to 2003 include The Who's Tommy, A Few Good Men...DANCIN', Leader of the Pack starring Mary Wilson, Promises, Promises, Company, and Chess.

Prior to his time working as the Vice President and Executive Producer of Theater, Finn produced many shows at the Kennedy Center, including Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tell Me on a Sunday starring Alice Ripley (2003), The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (2005, 2008) and a revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Subject Was Roses starring Bill Pullman and Judith Ivey (2006).

By special arrangement with the Really Useful Group, Finn produced a revised version of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber at other locations including the Hummingbird Centre, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines in 2006.

In 2006, he also produced a national tour of On Golden Pond starring Tom Bosley and Michael Learned, which premiered at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.[32]

Finn is co-author of Game Show, which he produced off-Broadway at the 45 Bleecker Theatre. It opened on October 25, 2000.[33] A production at Harrah's Showboat Casino opened on July 6, 2002. The play was translated into French for a Canadian production outside Montreal, as well as a Toronto sit-down engagement.

Finn is also a co-producer of the Ain't Too Proud U.S National Tour, as well as the London West End production. Ain't Too Proud opened in London on April 20, 2023.

Corporate entertainment

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In 1998, Jeffrey Finn Productions launched a Corporate Division entitled Hot On Broadway, which presents customized entertainment with stars from current Broadway productions for corporate clients.[34] The client list includes General Motors, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Harrah's, Ritz-Carlton, Disney, H&R Block, MPI, Jack Morton, and Fidelity Investments.

Awards and nominations

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  • 2024 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical for The Outsiders
  • 2024 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Production for Spamalot
  • 2023 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Visiting Production for Guys & Dolls
  • 2022 Tony Award Winner for Best Revival of a Musical for Company
  • 2019 Tony Award nomination for Best Musical for Ain't Too Proud
  • 2019 Drama League nomination for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical for Ain't Too Proud
  • 2015 Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Play for The Elephant Man
  • 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play for The Elephant Man
  • 2015 Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding Revival of a Broadway Play for The Elephant Man
  • 2014 Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding New Broadway Play for The Realistic Joneses
  • 2014 Drama League nomination for Outstanding Production of a Broadway Play for The Realistic Joneses
  • 2013 Robert Whitehead Award Winner for Excellence in Commercial Theatre Producing - Commercial Theatre Institute
  • 2013 Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding Production of a Play for I'll Eat You Last
  • 2010 Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Play for A View From the Bridge
  • 2010 Tony Award nomination for Best Musical for American Idiot
  • 2010 Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival of a Play for A View From the Bridge
  • 2010 Drama Desk nomination for Best Musical for American Idiot
  • 2009 Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival of a Play for Blithe Spirit
  • 2005 Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Play for On Golden Pond

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Jeffrey Finn to run Kennedy Center's theater programming". The Washington Post. October 6, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Jeffrey Finn is 2013 Robert Whitehead Award Recipient - Playbill.com". Archived from the original on June 1, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "Person List". Playbill. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  4. ^ McPhee, Ryan (April 30, 2019). "2019 Tony Award Nominations: Hadestown and Ain't Too Proud Lead the Pack". Playbill. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  5. ^ McPhee, Ryan (February 23, 2017). "Jake Gyllenhaal-Led Sunday in the Park With George Opens on Broadway Feb. 23". Playbill. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  6. ^ "Forest Whitaker and Frank Wood Preview Broadway's Hughie - TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com. January 19, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  7. ^ Healy, Patrick (January 29, 2015). "Jim Parsons to Play the Title Role in 'An Act of God' on Broadway". Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  8. ^ Ng, David (August 26, 2015). "Sean Hayes to star in 'Act of God' in Los Angeles". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  9. ^ "Sean Hayes to Star in San Francisco Premiere of Broadway Hit An Act of God - TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com. September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  10. ^ "Box Office Now Open for the Elephant Man Starring Bradley Cooper - Pl…". Archived from the original on September 16, 2014.
  11. ^ Shea, Christopher D. (January 23, 2015). "Bradley Cooper to Take 'The Elephant Man' to London Stage". Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  12. ^ Stasio, Marilyn (April 7, 2014). "Broadway Review: 'The Realistic Joneses'". Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  13. ^ "Official Site I'LL EAT YOU LAST on Broadway". Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  14. ^ "Dead Accounts Broadway @ Music Box Theatre - Tickets and Discounts". Playbill. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  15. ^ "Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson Broadway @ Neil Simon Theatre - Tickets and Discounts". Playbill. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  16. ^ "Seminar Broadway @ John Golden Theatre - Tickets and Discounts". Playbill. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  17. ^ "American Idiot on Broadway - Information, Cast, Crew, Synopsis and Photos - Playbill Vault". Archived from the original on July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  18. ^ "A View from the Bridge on Broadway - Information, Cast, Crew, Synopsis and Photos - Playbill Vault". Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  19. ^ "Vault". Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  20. ^ "Blithe Spirit on Broadway - Information, Cast, Crew, Synopsis and Photos - Playbill Vault". Archived from the original on August 31, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  21. ^ http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/3470/ On-Golden-Pond [bare URL]
  22. ^ "Washington Post Best of Theatre 2022". The Washington Post.
  23. ^ Schor, Rachel (April 8, 2019). "2019-2020 Season Announcement". The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  24. ^ a b c Pressley, Nelson (April 10, 2018). "'Dear Evan Hansen' and 'The Band's Visit' are coming to the Kennedy Center". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  25. ^ "Broadway Center Stage: Chess - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts". www.kennedy-center.org. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  26. ^ "Broadway Center Stage: In the Heights - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts". www.kennedy-center.org. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  27. ^ "Broadway Center Stage: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts". www.kennedy-center.org. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  28. ^ "The Kennedy Center Gala with Idina Menzel - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts". Kennedy-center.org. April 3, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  29. ^ "Byhalia, Mississippi - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts". Kennedy-center.org. June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  30. ^ "Tiny Beautiful Things - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts". Kennedy-center.org. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  31. ^ Ruggieri, Melissa. "Vanessa Williams, Andrew Rannells, other theater royalty dazzle at Kennedy Center '50 Years of Broadway'". USA TODAY. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  32. ^ "Chamberlain and Mills Won't Paddle on Golden Pond, but TV Faves Join …". Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
  33. ^ "Game Show Calls First Contestant Off-Broadway, Oct. 10 - Playbill.com". www.playbill.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  34. ^ Wayne, Leslie (August 18, 2008). "Ethics Thicket for Convention Parties Crimps Events - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
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