Jeffrey Finn

Jeffrey Finn is a four-time Tony Award nominated theatrical producer. He received the Commercial Theater Institute's 2013 Robert Whitehead Award for outstanding achievement in commercial theatre producing.^[1] Jeffrey is the President of Jeffrey Finn Productions and Hot On Broadway.

Broadway

Shows produced on Broadway include:^[2]

• Hughie, starring Forest Whitaker. Written by Eugene O'Neill, the production will begin previews at the Booth Theatre on February 8, 2016. The director is Michael Grandage.^[3]
• An Act Of God, starring Jim Parsons. Written by David Javerbaum, the production played Studio 54. The director was Joe Mantello. May 7, 2015 - August 2, 2015. ^[4] A six-week engagement of the play starring Sean Hayes will open at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on January 30, 2016. ^[5] The production starring Sean Hayes will then play a three-week engagement at the SHN/Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco from March 29, 2016 - April 17, 2016. ^[6]
• The Elephant Man, starring Bradley Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, and Alessandro Nivola. Written by Bernard Pomerance, the production played the Booth Theatre. The director was Scott Ellis. November 7, 2014 - February 21, 2015. ^[7]
• The Realistic Joneses, starring Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, and Marissa Tomei. Written by Will Eno, the production played the Lyceum Theatre. The director was Sam Gold. March 13, 2014 - July 6, 2014. ^[8]
• I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, starring Bette Midler. Written by John Logan, the production played the Booth Theatre. The director was Joe Mantello. April 24, 2013 - June 30, 2013.^[9]
• Dead Accounts, starring Katie Holmes, Norbert Leo Butz, Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton and Jayne Houdyshell. Written by Theresa Rebeck, the production played at the Music Box Theatre. The director was Jack O'Brien. November 29, 2012 - January 6, 2013.^[10]
• Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, starring Carolee Carmello. Book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford, music by David Friedman and David Pomeranz, the production played at the Neil Simon Theatre. The director was David Armstrong. November 15, 2012 - December 6, 2012.^[11]
• Seminar, starring Alan Rickman, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Jerry O'Connell and Hettienne Park. Written by Theresa Rebeck, the production played at the Golden Theatre. The director was Sam Gold. November 20, 2011 - May 6, 2012.^[12]
• American Idiot, starring John Gallagher Jr., Tony Vincent and Stark Sands. Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer, lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong and music by Green Day, the production played at the St. James Theatre. The director was Michael Mayer. April 20, 2010 - April 24, 2011.^[13]
• A View from the Bridge, starring Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber. Written by Arthur Miller, the production played at the Cort Theatre. The director was Gregory Mosher. January 24, 2010 - April 4, 2010.^[14]
• Oleanna, starring Julia Stiles and Bill Pullman. Written by David Mamet, the production played at the John Golden Theatre. The director was Doug Hughes. October 11, 2009 - December 6, 2009.^[15]
• Blithe Spirit, starring Rupert Everett, Christine Ebersole, Jayne Atkinson and Angela Lansbury. Written by Noël Coward, the production played at the Shubert Theatre. The director was Michael Blakemore. March 15, 2009 - July 19, 2009.^[16]
• On Golden Pond, starring Leslie Uggams and James Earl Jones. Written by Ernest Thompson, the production played at the Cort Theatre. The director was Leonard Foglia. April 7, 2005 - June 26, 2005.^[17]

On July 17, 2007, Jeffrey Finn Productions announced plans for a theatrical play version of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, directed by Kenny Leon and adapted for the stage by Todd Kreidler. Broadway plans are forthcoming.^[18]

London

• The Elephant Man, starring Bradley Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, and Alessandro Nivola. Written by Bernard Pomerance, the production played the Haymarket Theatre. The director was Scott Ellis.^[19]

National Tours and Regional Productions

Between 1996 and 1999, Jeffrey produced a series of five new concerts titled Broadway Songbooks. 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 include The Who's Tommy, A Few Good Men...DANCIN', Leader of the Pack starring Mary Wilson, Promises, Promises, Company, and Chess.

Jeffrey has 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, Jeffrey 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.

Game Show

Jeffrey is co-author of Game Show, which he produced off-Broadway at the 45 Bleecker Theatre. It opened on October 25, 2000. 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.

Corporate Entertainment

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. The client list includes General Motors, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Harrah's, Ritz-Carlton, Disney, H&R Block, MPI, Jack Morton, and Fidelity Investments.

Jeffrey Finn is a member of Meeting Professionals International.

Awards and Nominations

• 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

Education

Jeffrey Finn attended Connecticut College, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1992. He attended Beaver Country Day School from 1984 to 1988.

Notes and references

External links

• Jeffrey Finn at the Internet Broadway Database
  
• Jeffrey Finn at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Theatrical Bio at Jeffrey Finn Productions
• Corporate Bio at Hot On Broadway