165: Focusing Lights On Broadway Producing with Richard Winkler

Artistic Finance

Broadway producer Richard Winkler talks about how he transitioned from lighting design to producing. In 2024, Richard is producing 15 shows between Broadway and The West End.

Topics:

⭐️ Good theatre

⭐️ A Chorus Line

⭐️ Commissioning a new musical

⭐️ Switching careers from lighting designer to producer

Video Version

https://youtu.be/HXgcMEw0bP4

Full Interview

https://www.patreon.com/posts/164-focusing-on-110904789?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Richard Winkler

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-winkler-452a9111/

https://www.instagram.com/winklerbroadway/

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/richard-winkler-25957

3 Summers of Lincoln

https://lajollaplayhouse.org/show/3-summers-of-lincoln/

Red Hanger Productions

http://www.redhangerproductions.com/

Junkyard Dogs Productions

https://www.jydprod.com/about

Doris Kearns Goodwin

https://doriskearnsgoodwin.com/about-doris/

Joe DiPietro discussing Diana: The Musical

https://youtu.be/9X6rWzUYb_w?si=dDq0cwrhigvk3J-h&t=1296

Story starts at 21:36

Joe DiPietro

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/joe-dipietro-383115

Toni Leslie James - Costume Designer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/toni-leslie-james-24978#Awards

Amanda Zieve - Lighting Designer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/amanda-zieve-471082

Howell Binkley - Lighting Designer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/howell-binkley-25554

Ken Billington - Lighting Designer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ken-billington-24677

David Rockwell - Set Designer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/david-rockwell-82068

Sue Frost - Producer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/sue-frost-71850

Longacre Theater

https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/longacre-theatre-1240

Broadway Theater

https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/broadway-theatre-1496

Tharon Musser

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/tharon-musser-25815

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Day%27s_Journey_into_Night

Jean Rosenthal https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jean-rosenthal-25879 Groucho: A Life In Revue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho:_A_Life_in_Revue

Instagram Handles

@winklerbroadway

@ethansteimel

@nicolevsteimel

Interview by Ethan Steimel