Kim Poster (born 19 April 1957) is a London-based theatre producer from New York City.
Early life Kim Poster was educated in middle and high school at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic school for girls on East 91st Street, New York. Poster returned to Convent of the Sacred Heart to give a talk about the first time she saw the play Amadeus, which she produced on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre. She was banned for five days from the concert hall at the Convent of the Sacred Heart for her views on Amadeus, the play. Poster said the issue arose as a result of "the musical scandal of it; well, the musical controversy, which the very same people who now come to opening night accept as truth."
Kim Poster trained in acting and classical music in New York City, performing in off Broadway productions and singing as part of an ensemble with the New York Philharmonic musicians and L’Ensemble. She majored in Theatre and English at Northwestern University. She also earned a J.D. degree in New York City and became a member of the bars of New York in 1987 and California in 1989.
Career Poster acted as associate producer in on the original Broadway production of Grand Hotel: The Musical, having secured Paramount Picture's investment in the production. As Vice President of Productions at IRS Media, Poster oversaw various films including Tom & Viv, which received 2 Academy Award nominations. Poster relocated to London to produce theatre in 1993. In 2001 Poster established Stanhope Productions which produces projects in the London West End and on Broadway. Poster’s productions have been nominated for Olivier, Evening Standard, Critic Circle Awards and Tony Awards, and received the 2002 Best Play Olivier Award for Jitney and the Best Revival Olivier Award for Long Day's Journey Into Night.
On roles for leading actors, Poster, who produced Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke in London's West End in 2006, said that “one of the reasons producers revive Williams’ plays time and again is because he wrote brilliant roles that leading actresses want to play. Just as Lear is almost mandatory for a great actor, so Blanche du Bois in Streetcar and Amanda in The Glass Menagerie are iconic female roles.”
Theatre Productions Year Title Cast 2015 The Importance of Being Earnest David Suchet 2014 Lights Out: WWI Centenary Commemorations (Theatre Consultant) 2014 Encounters: Performers on Performance Ruby Wax, Tim Minchin 2014 Carousel at the Arcola Theatre Gemma Sutton, Tim Rogers 2012 Uncle Vanya Ken Stott, Anna Friel, Samuel West, Laura Carmichael Broadway Buzz 2012 Long Days Journey Into Night David Suchet, Laurie Metcalf, Trevor White, Kyle Soller Tatler 2010 An Ideal Husband Samantha Bond, Alexander Hanson, Elliot Cowan 2010 All My Sons David Suchet, Zoe Wanamaker Playbill 2010 Wet Weather Cover Michael Brandon London Theatre Land 2009 Prick Up Your Ears Matt Lucas 2009 A View From The Bridge Ken Stott, Mary Elizabeth Masterantonio, Hayley Atwell Playbill 2009 Carousel Lesley Garrett, Alexandra Silber 2009 The Black and White Ball Katherine Kingsley 2007 Fiddler on the Roof Henry Goodman The Stage 2007 Summer and Smoke Rosamund Pike 2006 Tom and Viv Will Keen, Frances O'Connor 2005 Epitaph for George Dillon Joseph Fiennes 2005 The Rubenstein Kiss Samantha Bond, Will Keen 2005 Telstar Con O'Neill 2004 Beckett Dougray Scott 2004 Singular Sensations Michael Ball, Barbara Cook, Michael Fienstein 2003 Brand Ralph Fiennes 2003 Through the Leaves Simon Callow, Ann Mitchell 2003 A Woman of No Importance Rupert Graves 2003 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Whoopi Goldberg, Charles Dutton 2002 Mrs Warren's Profession Rebecca Hall, Brenda Bleythn 2002 The York Realist Lloyd Owen, Richard Coyle, Anne Reid 2002 Lady Windermere's Fan Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson 2002 Jitney Anthony Chisholm, Paul Butler, Willis Burks, Stephen McKinley Henderson 2001 An Inspector Calls Edward Peel 2001 The Royal Family Dame Judi Dench. Harriet Walter, Julia McKenzie, Toby Stephens, Emily Blunt 1999 Lenny Eddie Izzard 1998 Amadeus David Suchet, Michael Sheen 1996 Tolstoy F. Murray Abraham
Film Productions Year Title Cast 2015 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST David Suchet 2001 A Woman’s a Helluva Thing Angus Macfadyen 1994 Tom & Viv Miranda Richardson, Willem Dafoe 1992 One False Move Billy Bob Thornton 1986 Man Facing South East Lorenzo Quinteros
References
External links Kim Poster at the Internet Broadway Database The Stage 100 The Year of the Producer - Whats on Stage Producers who are one of a kind - TheStage.co.uk Digital Theatre and Stanhope Productions - Kim Poster goes back to school - On The World Stage – Brittania Rules The Stage –
Kim Poster on Producing – Independent Producers Join Forces – Kim Poster and the Oliver Awards -