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BT McNICHOLL

Producing Artistic Director, La Mirada Theatre

BT McNICHOLL is currently the Director of the national tour of the Broadway hit CABARET. Protégé of the legendary director Mike Nichols, McNicholl has served on the creative team of a dozen Broadway plays and musicals (including the Tony-winners SPAMALOT and BILLY ELLIOT) with master directors Sam Mendes, Rob Marshall, James Lapine, Jerry Zaks, Stephen Daldry and David Hare.

He won the Australian “Tony” Award for Best Direction, and staged long-running productions in Paris, Madrid and Amsterdam. In Hollywood, he has worked on Scott Rudin films, most recently as an acting coach on the Oscar-nominated EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE. Regionally, has directed award-winning productions for Walnut Street Theatre (Kleban Award), the Goodspeed Opera House (Best Musical), and created new shows at the prestigious Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center. Other favorite projects include staging national tours for Disney/Feld, SPAMALOT at the Hollywood Bowl, and working with Stephen Sondheim to create a concert version of his A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. A published playwright and BMI Award-winning lyricist, he wrote the book and lyrics for THE IT GIRL and The 101 DALMATIANS musical for Madison Square Garden.

McNicholl served as a Development Consultant for MGM’s theatrical division, spent three years with the Shubert Organization, and is now the Producing Artistic Director of La Mirada Theatre in California.

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