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Michael Kahn is an American theatre director and drama educator. He has, since 1986, been the Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.. He held the position of Richard Rodgers Director of the Drama Division of the Juilliard School from 1992 to 2006.〔Greenya, John. (Michael Kahn Builds Harman Center for the Arts ), washingtonflyer.com, September/October 2007〕〔(Bio, Juilliard ), juilliard.edu, accessed June 4, 2009〕 After beginning his career Off-Off-Broadway in 1964, directing experimental theatre and other works, including Shakespeare, Kahn had both notable failures and successes with Broadway projects, winning acclaim especially for productions of ''The Royal Family'' (1975–76) and ''Show Boat'' (1983). He joined the Juilliard School's faculty in 1968, becoming the head of its drama school. During his long tenure as artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Kahn has overseen its growth, including initiating its Free For All productions. He has also acted as artistic director for several other companies, continued to direct regional theatre and opera, and received various awards and honors. ==Early life and career== Kahn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the High School for the Performing Arts〔(Notable Alumni" ) alumniandfriends.org, accessed August 22, 2013〕 and received a Bachelor of Arts from the Columbia College of Columbia University. Kahn's career began Off-Off-Broadway by directing Jean-Claude van Itallie's ''War Sex and Dreams'' and ''America Hurrah'' at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in 1964–65.〔(" 'America Hurrah'" ), vanitallie.com, accessed August 22, 2013〕 He directed the Wallace Grey play ''Helen'' which ran Off-Broadway at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre in December 1964〔(" 'Helen' Listing" ) lortel.org, accessed November 20, 2013〕 and the Thornton Wilder one-act plays ''The Long Christmas Dinner''/''Queens of France''/''The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden'' in September to November 1966 at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre.〔("Wilder Plays Listing" ) lortel.org, accessed November 20, 2013〕 He won critical praise for his direction of the New York Shakespeare Festival production of ''Measure for Measure'' in 1966 at the Delacorte Theatre.〔Kauffmann, Stanley. "The Theater: 'Measure for Measure': Shakespeare's Play Is Staged in the Park", ''The New York Times'', July 14, 1966, p. 27〕 He next directed ''The Rimers of Eldritch'' at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre in February and March 1967.〔(" 'The Rimers of Eldritch' Listing" ), Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed August 22, 2013〕 After this, he directed his first project for Broadway, ''The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake'' (1967), a troubled production that never opened.〔Goldman, William. (''The Season'' ), Hal Leonard Corp., 1969, ISBN 0879100230, pp. 174–182〕 His second Broadway play, ''Here's Where I Belong'', closed after one performance, in March 1968.〔Mandelbaum, Ken. ("''Here's Where I Belong''" ), ''Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops'', Macmillan, 1992, ISBN 1466843276, pp. 160–161〕 Additional Broadway credits include several Shakespeare plays and revivals of ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' (1974–75), ''The Royal Family'' (1975–76), ''Whodunnit'' (1982–83), and ''Show Boat'' (1983), among others. He was nominated for the Tony Award, Best Direction of a Musical, for ''Show Boat'' and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival as producing director of ''The Royal Family''.〔("Michael Kahn" ), Internet Broadway Database, accessed November 17, 2013〕 Kahn has also directed opera and regional theatre.〔("Kahn Biography" ) filmreference.com, accessed November 18, 2013〕 He was the Artistic Director for both the American Shakespeare Theatre (in 1969) and The Acting Company (1978–1988),〔("Leadership" ), theactingcompany.org, accessed June 5, 2013〕 Producing Director for the McCarter Theatre (1974),〔 and founder and head of The Chautauqua Theater Company in 1983.〔("About Us, Chautauqua Theater Company" ) theater.ciweb.org, accessed June 5, 2013〕 He twice won Tony Awards for regional theatre, in 1986 as artistic director of American Shakespeare Festival and in 2012 as artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company.〔 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「Michael Kahn (theatre director)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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