Daryl Roth (born December 21, 1944) is an American theatre producer who has produced over 90 productions on and off Broadway. Most often serving as a co-producer or investor, Roth has also been a lead producer of Broadway shows such as Kinky Boots, Indecent, Sylvia, It Shoulda Been You, and The Normal Heart.

Roth frequently cites that she holds "the singular distinction of producing seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays." She was a lead producer of Nilo Cruz's Anna in the Tropics, Margaret Edson's Wit, Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive, and Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. Roth was co-producer of Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park, Tracy Letts' August: Osage County, and David Auburn's Proof.

Personal life Roth was born Daryl Atkins to a Jewish family; her father was a car dealer, and her mother was a homemaker.Samantha Ettus interview of Tony winning Broadway Producer Daryl Roth, blip.tv. Retrieved October 25, 2013. Minute 12:30 of the interview: "My Dad Jerry Adkins was a Chevrolet car dealer and my Mom was a homemaker...We were on the outside a bit since there were not any Jewish families where we lived." She was raised in Wayne, New Jersey.

Roth is married to Steven Roth, the billionaire real estate investor; Mr. Roth is a business partner and close confidant of President Donald Trump. According to the New York Times, Ms. Roth "attended the Trump inauguration with her husband and has avoided publicly taking sides on the administration." In March 2019, President Trump appointed Ms. Roth to the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Daryl and Steven Roth have two children, including Jordan Roth, former president of Jujamcyn Theaters.

Broadway productions

Roth's Broadway producing credits include:

Off-Broadway productions

Roth's off-Broadway producing credits include:Roth's web site, Better reference would be a 3rd party site

Awards and nominations YearShowAwardCategoryResult2016Shuffle AlongTony AwardBest Musical NominatedDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Musical WonThe HumansTony AwardBest Play WonDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Play WonOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Play WonThe CrucibleTony AwardBest Revival of a Play NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Revival of a Play NominatedA View from the BridgeTony AwardBest Revival of a Play WonDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a Play WonOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Revival of a Play NominatedThe Robber BridegroomLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Revival of a Musical WonThe Absolute Brightness of Leonard PelkeyLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Solo Show NominatedKinky BootsOlivier AwardsMasterCard Best New Musical WonEvening Standard AwardBest Musical Won2015It Shoulda Been YouOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Musical Nominated2014You Can't Take It With YouTony AwardBest Revival of a Play NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Revival of a Play WonThis is Our YouthTony AwardBest Revival of a Play NominatedA Raisin in the SunTony AwardBest Revival of a Play WonBuyer & CellarLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Solo Show Won2013The Testament of Mary Tony AwardBest Play NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Play NominatedKinky BootsTony AwardBest Musical WonOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Musical WonLucky GuyTony AwardBest Play NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Play NominatedAnnieTony AwardBest Revival of a Musical NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Revival of a Musical NominatedMy Name is Asher LevOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Off-Broadway Play Won2012Leap of FaithTony AwardBest Musical NominatedDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Musical NominatedClybourne ParkTony AwardBest Play WonOne Man, Two GuvnorsOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Play Nominated2011The Normal HeartTony AwardBest Revival of a Play WonDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a Play WonOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Revival of a Play WonWar HorseTony AwardBest Play WonDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Play WonOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Play WonThrough the NightLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Solo Show Nominated2010Come Fly AwayOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Musical NominatedA Little Night MusicTony AwardBest Revival of a Musical NominatedDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a Musical NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Revival of a Musical NominatedFela!Tony AwardBest Musical NominatedDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Musical NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Musical NominatedThe TemperamentalsLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Play NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Off-Broadway Play NominatedLove, Loss, and What I WoreDrama Desk AwardUnique Theatrical Experience Won2009Mary StuartTony AwardBest Revival of a Play NominatedDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a Play NominatedIrena's VowOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Play NominatedWhat's That Smell: The Music of Jacob SterlingOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Nominated2008The Country GirlDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a Play NominatedA Catered AffairDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Broadway Musical NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Musical NominatedAugust: Osage CountyTony AwardBest Play WonDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Play WonOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Play Won2007CurtainsTony AwardBest Musical NominatedDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Musical NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Musical NominatedCoram BoyOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Play NominatedInherit the WindTony AwardBest Revival of a Play NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Revival of a Play Nominated2005Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Tony AwardBest Revival of a Play NominatedDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a Play NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Revival of a Play Nominated2004Caroline, or ChangeTony AwardBest Musical NominatedDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Musical NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Musical NominatedAnna in the TropicsTony AwardBest Play NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Play Nominated2003MedeaDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a Play NominatedTalking HeadsDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Play NominatedOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Off-Broadway Play NominatedOur Lady of 121st StreetLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Play NominatedDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Play Nominated2002The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?Tony AwardBest Play WonDrama Desk AwardOutstanding New Broadway Play Won2001The Tale of the Allergist's WifeTony AwardBest Play NominatedProofTony AwardBest Play WonDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Play WonOuter Critics CircleOutstanding New Broadway Play WonBea Arthur on BroadwayTony AwardBest Special Theatrical Event NominatedThe Play About the BabyLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Play Nominated2000The Bomb-itty of ErrorsOuter Critics AwardOutstanding Off-Broadway Play Nominated1999SnakebitOuter Critics AwardOutstanding Off-Broadway Play NominatedDe La GuardaDrama Desk AwardUnique Theatrical Experience Won1997How I Learned to DriveLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Play WonDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Play WonOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Off-Broadway Play Won1995Das BarbecuOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Off-Broadway Musical NominatedCamping with Henry & Tom Lucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Play WonOuter Critics CircleOutstanding Off-Broadway Play Won1994Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992Tony AwardBest Play NominatedThree Tall WomenDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Play Nominated1989Closer Than EverOuter Critics CircleBest Off-Broadway Musical Won

Filmography Roth's film credits include: James Lapine's film Custody starring Viola Davis Albert Nobbs starring Glenn Close the Emmy-nominated HBO feature, Dinner with Friends, based on Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Lady in Question, a documentary based on the career of Charles Busch A Very Serious Person written by Charles Busch, starring Polly Bergen Don't Ask, Don't Tell starring Marc Wolf My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story a documentary exploring the relationships of well-known New Yorkers and their dogs

Daryl Roth Theatre The former Union Square Savings Bank building was acquired by Roth in 1996 and has undergone renovation and additions in order to create a three-hundred seat theatre, the Daryl Roth Theatre. A smaller theatre, the DR2 Theatre, is located in an annex at 103 East 15th Street.

Philanthropy and honorary awards Roth is a Member of the Mayor's Theater Subdistrict Council, an Honorary Trustee for Lincoln Center Theater, and served on the board of directors of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and New York State Council on the Arts. She also is an appointed member of the New York City Police Foundation Board of Trustees.

Her other awards and honors include: The 2016 Order of the Golden Sphinx Award from The Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770; The 2014 New York Living Landmarks award; The 2013 Einstein Humanitarian Award from The Women's Division and Albert Einstein College of Medicine; The 2013 Broadway Association Visionary Leader Award; The Stella Adler 2012 Harold Clurman Spirit Award; the 2012 Family Equality Council Hostetter-Habib Family Award; The 2011 Live Out Loud Humanitarian Award, 2010 Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award, Primary Stages 2007 Honoree, The National Foundation for Jewish Culture's Patron of the Arts Award, The Jewish Theological Seminary's Louis Marshall Award, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine Spirit of Achievement Award, The National Corporate Theatre Fund's Chairman Award, and The Tisch School of the Arts Award for Artistic Leadership. Roth has twice been included in Crain's “100 Most Influential Women in Business.”

The Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award annually honors a gifted theatre artist or organization, providing them with financial support as they develop new works in an artistic residency.

References

External links

Daryl Roth at Internet Off-Broadway Database