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David J. Saint (born June 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA〔Saint, Paul F. (1996) "The Saints of Brewster 1856-1996"〕) is Artistic Director at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.georgestreetplayhouse.org/staffdirectory.php )〕 ==Career== Now in his 18th season at George Street Playhouse, Artistic Director David Saint has directed thirty five mainstage productions, most recently Clever Little Lies, Outside Mulingar, Good People,Marlo Thomas and Keith Carradine in Arthur Laurents’ New Year’s Eve, Matthew Arkin in Donald Marguiles’ Sight Unseen, Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys, William Finn’s landmark musical ''Falsettos'', Joan Vail Thorne’s ''The Things You Least Expect'', the film noir musical ''Gunmetal Blues'', ''Inspecting Carol'', the world premiere of Arthur Laurents’ ''2 Lives'', ''The Last Five Years'', Lend Me a Tenor and the world premiere of Charles Evered’s ''Celadine'' starring Amy Irving. Mr. Saint’s time in New Brunswick has been marked by collaborations with such artists as Uta Hagen, A.R. Gurney, Arthur Laurents, George Grizzard, Chita Rivera, Eli Wallach, Frances Sternhagen, Anne Meara, Dan Lauria, Stephen Sondheim and Jack Klugman. An ardent advocate for new work, Mr. Saint created the Next Stage Festival of New Plays at George Street where the recent Broadway hit and Tony Award-winner ''Proof'' by David Auburn was developed by David Saint before moving on to Manhattan Theatre Club and Broadway, becoming the longest-running play in two decades and the most produced play in the nation during the 2002-03 season. Another success story emerging from the Festival is The Spitfire Grill (musical), which won the prestigious Richard Rodgers Award for New American Musicals and was produced under Mr. Saint’s direction at Playwrights Horizons in New York, winning Drama Desk, Drama-League and Outer Critics Circle award nominations, before becoming one of the most produced plays in the nation during the 2004-05 season, generating more than 100 productions across the country. Recent credits include the National Tour of West Side Sypry, A.R. Gurney’s new play ''The Fourth Wall'' at Primary Stages, starring Sandy Duncan, as well as the world premiere of Mark St. Germain’s ''The God Committee'' at Barrington Stage. Other regional credits include Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, McCarter Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, Bay Street Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, and Seattle Repertory Theatre, where he served as Associate Artistic Director to Daniel Sullivan, directing many productions including the West Coast premiere of Wendy Wasserstein’s ''An American Daughter''. Other productions include two Anne Meara plays: ''After-Play'', in New York and Los Angeles, and ''Down the Garden Paths'', which began at George Street and moved to New York; the national tour of ''The Cocktail Hour'', with Fritz Weaver and Elizabeth Wilson; ''Fame: The Musical; The Fourth Wall'', with Betty Buckley and George Segal; ''Fourplay'', with Elaine May and Gene Saks; Sons and Fathers, with Holly Hunter; and the West Coast premiere of ''Lend Me A Tenor'', as well as world premieres by such authors as Jonathan Larson, Peter Parnell, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Aaron Sorkin, and others. Mr. Saint was recently a panelist for the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative for the Pew Charitable Trust, has taught at Bennington College, and directed the short film Celebrity. He is the recipient of the Alan Schneider Award, Helen Hayes Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, and several Drama-Logue Awards. He is currently President of the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation and Literary Executor of Arthur Laurents' estate, (George Street Playhouse ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Saint」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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