Christopher Ashley

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Christopher Ashley is an American theater director best known for his Tony Award–winning work on the musical "Come From Away" and his long tenure leading La Jolla Playhouse.

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Christopher Ashley canonical 7

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instanceOf artistic director
person
theatre director
awardReceived Drama Desk Award
Outer Critics Circle Award
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
basedIn La Jolla Playhouse
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
directed All Shook Up
Come From Away
Diana (musical)
Escape to Margaritaville
Jeffrey
Leap of Faith
Memphis
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
The Rocky Horror Show (Broadway revival)
Xanadu
educatedAt Yale College
Yale University
employer La Jolla Playhouse
fieldOfWork Broadway theatre
linked to: Broadway theater

musical theatre
theatre
genre musical theatre
play
knownFor direction of Come From Away
leadership of La Jolla Playhouse
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableAward Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for Come From Away
notableEvent Tony Award win for Come From Away
notableWork All Shook Up
Come From Away
Diana (musical)
Escape to Margaritaville
Jeffrey
Leap of Faith
Memphis
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
The Rocky Horror Show (Broadway revival)
Xanadu
occupation artistic director
stage director
theatre director
positionHeld Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse
sexOrGender male
workLocation La Jolla, California
New York City

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La Jolla Playhouse hasArtisticDirector Christopher Ashley
Memphis (musical) director Christopher Ashley
Diana (musical) director Christopher Ashley
All Shook Up (Broadway musical) director Christopher Ashley
Leap of Faith director Christopher Ashley