Gender
Male
Born
May 20, 1948
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Producer Designer Assistant Production Crew
Also Known As
R.S. Winkler
See Also
Dog Day Afternoon (Mar 30, 2026 - Jul 12, 2026)
Play, Original
Giant (Mar 23, 2026 - Jun 28, 2026)
Play, Original
Every Brilliant Thing (Mar 12, 2026 - Aug 09, 2026)
Play, Original
Oedipus (Nov 13, 2025 - Feb 08, 2026)
Play, Revival
Dead Outlaw (Apr 27, 2025 - Jun 29, 2025)
Musical, Original
Good Night, and Good Luck (Apr 03, 2025 - Jun 08, 2025)
Play, Original
Sunset Boulevard (Oct 20, 2024 - Jul 20, 2025)
Musical, Revival
Once Upon a Mattress (Aug 12, 2024 - Nov 30, 2024)
Musical, Revival
Patriots (Apr 22, 2024 - Jun 23, 2024)
Play, Original
  • Co-Produced by Richard Winkler
    See Full Producer List
  • Subsequently transferred to the Noël Coward Theatre, London, opening on 26 May 2023, by Sonia Friedman Productions; Co-Produced in the West End by Delman Sloan, Richard Winkler, Rupert Gavin / Mallory Factor, Brad Edgerton, Playing Field and Tulchin Bartner Productions; Produced in the West End in association with 1001 Nights, Fiery Dragons, Jeff Zucker, Charles Diamond and Lee Dean
Stereophonic (Apr 19, 2024 - Jan 12, 2025)
Play, Original
The Who's Tommy (Mar 28, 2024 - Jul 21, 2024)
Musical, Revival
Merrily We Roll Along (Oct 10, 2023 - Jul 07, 2024)
Musical, Revival
Life of Pi (Mar 30, 2023 - Jul 23, 2023)
Play, Original
Leopoldstadt (Oct 02, 2022 - Jul 02, 2023)
Play, Original
Diana, The Musical (Nov 17, 2021 - Dec 19, 2021)
Musical, Original
The Lehman Trilogy (Oct 14, 2021 - Jan 02, 2022)
Play, Original
Thoughts of a Colored Man (Oct 13, 2021 - Dec 22, 2021)
Play, Original
The Inheritance (Nov 17, 2019 - Mar 11, 2020)
Play, Original
Betrayal (Sep 05, 2019 - Dec 08, 2019)
Play, Revival
Ain't Too Proud (Mar 21, 2019 - Jan 16, 2022)
Musical, Original
Be More Chill (Mar 10, 2019 - Aug 11, 2019)
Musical, Original
The Ferryman (Oct 21, 2018 - Jul 07, 2019)
Play, Original
Three Tall Women (Mar 29, 2018 - Jun 24, 2018)
Play, Original
1984 (Jun 22, 2017 - Oct 08, 2017)
Play, Original
Sweat (Mar 26, 2017 - Jun 25, 2017)
Play, Original
Come From Away (Mar 12, 2017 - Oct 02, 2022)
Musical, Original
Sunday in the Park with George (Feb 23, 2017 - Apr 23, 2017)
Musical, Revival
An Act of God (Jun 06, 2016 - Sep 04, 2016)
Play, Return Engagement
China Doll (Dec 04, 2015 - Jan 31, 2016)
Play, Original
King Charles III (Nov 01, 2015 - Jan 31, 2016)
Play, Original
Something Rotten! (Apr 22, 2015 - Jan 01, 2017)
Musical, Original
Hand to God (Apr 07, 2015 - Jan 03, 2016)
Play, Original
Disgraced (Oct 23, 2014 - Mar 01, 2015)
Play, Original
You Can't Take It With You (Sep 28, 2014 - Feb 22, 2015)
Play, Revival
A Night with Janis Joplin (Oct 10, 2013 - Feb 09, 2014)
Musical, Original
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Mar 14, 2013 - Aug 25, 2013)
Play, Original
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Mar 03, 2013 - Jan 03, 2015)
Musical, Original
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Apr 24, 2012 - Jun 15, 2013)
Musical, Original
Catch Me If You Can (Apr 10, 2011 - Sep 04, 2011)
Musical, Original
Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (Nov 09, 2010 - Mar 05, 2011)
Play, Original
La Bête (Oct 14, 2010 - Jan 09, 2011)
Play, Revival
La Cage aux Folles (Apr 18, 2010 - May 01, 2011)
Musical, Revival
Lend Me a Tenor (Apr 04, 2010 - Aug 15, 2010)
Play, Revival
All About Me (Mar 18, 2010 - Apr 04, 2010)
Musical, Original
A Little Night Music (Dec 13, 2009 - Jan 09, 2011)
Musical, Revival
Memphis (Oct 19, 2009 - Aug 05, 2012)
Musical, Original
The Norman Conquests: Living Together (Apr 25, 2009 - Jul 26, 2009)
Play, Revival
The Norman Conquests: Table Manners (Apr 24, 2009 - Jul 26, 2009)
Play, Revival
The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden (Apr 23, 2009 - Jul 26, 2009)
Play, Revival
Jack: A Night on the Town with John Barrymore (Apr 24, 1996 - May 05, 1996)
Play, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Ian McKellen: A Knight Out at the Lyceum (Jun 22, 1994 - Jun 25, 1994)
Special, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre (Apr 15, 1987 - Apr 26, 1987)
Special, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Corpse! (Jan 05, 1986 - Apr 20, 1986)
Play, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Mayor (Oct 23, 1985 - Jan 05, 1986)
Musical, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
The Loves of Anatol (Mar 06, 1985 - Apr 14, 1985)
Play, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Your Arms Too Short to Box With God (Sep 09, 1982 - Nov 07, 1982)
Musical, Return Engagement
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Your Arms Too Short to Box With God (Jun 02, 1980 - Oct 12, 1980)
Musical, Return Engagement
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Mister Lincoln (Feb 25, 1980 - Mar 09, 1980)
Play, Original
  • Lighting Supervised by Richard Winkler
Shirley Bassey (Sep 10, 1979 - Sep 22, 1979)
Special, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
The Neighborhood Playhouse at 50 (Dec 03, 1978 - Dec 03, 1978)
Special, Benefit
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Best Friend (Oct 19, 1976 - Oct 23, 1976)
Play, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Something's Afoot (May 27, 1976 - Jul 18, 1976)
Musical, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
George Abbott...A Celebration (May 02, 1976 - May 02, 1976)
Special, Benefit
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Shirley MacLaine (Apr 19, 1976 - May 01, 1976)
Special, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
A Chorus Line (Jul 25, 1975 - Apr 28, 1990)
Musical, Original
  • Assistant to Miss Musser: Richard Winkler
Same Time, Next Year (Mar 13, 1975 - Sep 03, 1978)
Play, Original
  • Assistant to Tharon Musser: Richard Winkler
God's Favorite (Dec 11, 1974 - Mar 23, 1975)
Play, Original
  • Assistant to Miss Musser Richard Winkler
Mack & Mabel (Oct 06, 1974 - Nov 30, 1974)
Musical, Original
  • Assistant to Miss Musser: Richard Winkler
Scapino (Sep 27, 1974 - Mar 02, 1975)
Play, Return Engagement
  • Assistant to Ms. Musser: Richard Winkler
Candide (Mar 10, 1974 - Jan 04, 1976)
Musical, Revival
  • Assistant to Tharon Musser: Richard Winkler
The Play's the Thing (May 07, 1973 - May 26, 1973)
Play, Revival
  • Lighting Design by R.S. Winkler
A Little Night Music (Feb 25, 1973 - Aug 03, 1974)
Musical, Original
  • Assistant to Miss Musser: R.S. Winkler
Stereophonic (Oct 07, 2025 - May 10, 2026)
Play, Original
Ain't Too Proud (Dec 07, 2021 - Mar 03, 2024)
Musical, Original
A Night with Janis Joplin (Sep 13, 2019 - Oct 20, 2019)
Musical, Original
  • Original Broadway Producer: Daniel Chilewich, Todd Gershwin, Michael Cohl, Jeffrey Jampol, Red Tail Entertainment, Stephen Tenenbaum, Michael J. Moritz Jr. / Brunish & Trinchero, Richard Winkler, Ginger Productions, Bill Ham, Claudio Loureiro, Keith Mardak, Ragovoy Entertainment, Bob and Laurie Wolfe / Neil Kahanovitz, Jerry Rosenberg / AJ Michaels, Mike Stoller & Corky Hale Stoller, Darren P. DeVerna, Susan DuBow, Tanya Grubich, Jeremiah H. Harris and Herb Spivak; Produced in 2012 by Cleveland Play House (Michael Bloom, Artistic Director; Kevin Moore, Managing Director) and Arena Stage (Molly Smith, Artistic Director; Edgar Dobie, Executive Director); The 2011 world premiere of 'One Night with Janis Joplin' was produced and performed at Portland Center Stage, OR (Chris Coleman, Artistic Director)
Come From Away (Oct 05, 2018 - May 24, 2023)
Musical, Original
Something Rotten! (Jan 10, 2017 - May 20, 2018)
Musical, Original
  • Produced by Richard Winkler
    See Full Producer List
  • Originally Produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, Broadway Global Ventures, CMC, Mastro / Goodman, Jerry & Ronald Frankel, Morris Berchard, Kyodo Tokyo, Inc., Wendy Federman, Barbara H. Freitag, LAMS Productions, Winkler / DeSimone, Timothy Laczynski, Dan Markley, Harris / Karmazin, Jam Theatricals, Robert Greenblatt and Jujamcyn Theaters (Jordan Roth: President; Rocco Landesman: President Emeritus; Paul Libin: Executive Vice President; Jack Viertel: Senior Vice President); Developed in Association with The 5th Avenue Theatre (David Armstrong, Executive Producer and Artistic Director; Bernadine Griffin, Managing Director; Bill Berry, Producing Director)
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder (Sep 19, 2015 - Mar 12, 2017)
Musical, Original
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Oct 10, 2014 - May 08, 2016)
Musical, Original
Memphis (Oct 14, 2011 - May 19, 2013)
Musical, Original
The 39 Steps (Nov 05, 2009 - Jun 13, 2010)
Play, Original
Evita (Nov 02, 2004 - Feb 12, 2006)
Musical, Revival
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Fame (Nov 09, 1998 - Apr 29, 2001)
Musical, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Evita (Nov 03, 1998 - Aug 01, 1999)
Musical, Revival
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
A Chorus Line (Sep 24, 1996 - Jun 22, 1997)
Musical, Revival
  • Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Lighting by Richard Winkler
  • Lighting by Richard Winkler
A Chorus Line (Oct 02, 1990 - May 09, 1993)
Musical, Revival
  • Original Lighting by Tharon Musser; Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
South Pacific (Sep 01, 1987 - Mar 19, 1989)
Musical, Revival
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
    • Replacement
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Feb 28, 1987 - Jul 26, 1987)
Musical, Revival
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
On the Twentieth Century (Oct 10, 1986 - Apr 05, 1987)
Musical, Revival
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate (Apr 10, 1984 - May 27, 1984)
Musical, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler
Your Arms Too Short to Box With God (Jan 19, 1979 - Mar 02, 1980)
Musical, Original
  • Lighting Design by Richard Winkler

Tony Award®

 

Best Play

2026 | Nominee  | Giant
Co-Produced by Winkler & Smalberg
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Best Revival of a Play

2026 | Nominee  | Every Brilliant Thing
Co-Produced by Winkler & Smalberg
See Full Producer List
 

Best Revival of a Play

2026 | Nominee  | Oedipus
Co-Produced by Winkler & Smalberg
See Full Producer List
 

Best Musical

2025 | Nominee  | Dead Outlaw
Co-Produced by Winkler & Smalberg
See Full Producer List

Best Revival of a Musical

2025 | Winner  | Sunset Boulevard
Co-Produced by Winkler Smalberg
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Best Play

2024 | Winner  | Stereophonic
Co-Produced by Winkler & Smalberg
See Full Producer List

Best Revival of a Musical

2024 | Winner  | Merrily We Roll Along
Co-Produced by Winkler & Smalberg
See Full Producer List
 

Best Revival of a Musical

2024 | Nominee  | The Who's Tommy
Co-Produced by Richard Winkler
See Full Producer List

Best Play

2023 | Winner  | Leopoldstadt
Produced by Richard Winkler & Alan Shorr
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Best Play

2022 | Winner  | The Lehman Trilogy
Produced by Richard Winkler/Alan Shorr/Dawn Smalberg
See Full Producer List

Best Play

2020 | Winner  | The Inheritance
Produced by Richard Winkler
See Full Producer List
 

Best Revival of a Play

2020 | Nominee  | Betrayal
Produced by Richard Winkler / Alan Shorr
See Full Producer List
 

Best Musical

2019 | Nominee  | Ain't Too Proud
Produced by deRoy-Winkler
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Best Play

2019 | Winner  | The Ferryman
Produced by Richard Winkler
See Full Producer List
 

Best Revival of a Play

2018 | Nominee  | Three Tall Women
Produced by Richard Winkler
See Full Producer List
 

Best Musical

2017 | Nominee  | Come From Away
Produced by Richard Winkler
See Full Producer List
 

Best Play

2017 | Nominee  | Sweat
Produced by Deborah Taylor / Richard Winkler
See Full Producer List
 

Best Play

2016 | Nominee  | King Charles III
Produced by Richard Winkler
See Full Producer List
 

Best Musical

2015 | Nominee  | Something Rotten!
Produced by Winkler / DeSimone
See Full Producer List
 

Best Play

2015 | Nominee  | Hand to God
Produced by DeSimone / Winkler
See Full Producer List
 

Best Play

2015 | Nominee  | Disgraced
Produced by Richard Winkler
See Full Producer List
 

Best Revival of a Play

2015 | Nominee  | You Can't Take It With You
Produced by Gutterman & Winkler
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Best Play

2013 | Winner  | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Produced by Jamie deRoy / Richard Winkler
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Best Revival of a Musical

2013 | Nominee  | Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Produced by Venetian Glass Productions
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Best Musical

2012 | Nominee  | Nice Work If You Can Get It
Produced by Standing CO Vation
See Full Producer List
 

Best Musical

2011 | Nominee  | Catch Me If You Can
Produced by Patty Baker / Richard Winkler
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Best Musical

2010 | Winner  | Memphis
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Best Revival of a Musical

2010 | Winner  | La Cage aux Folles
Produced by Richard Winkler / Bensinger Taylor / Laudenslager Bergère
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Best Revival of a Play

2010 | Nominee  | Lend Me a Tenor
Produced in association with Wendy Federman / Jamie deRoy / Richard Winkler
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Best Revival of a Play

2009 | Winner  | The Norman Conquests: Living Together
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Best Revival of a Play

2009 | Winner  | The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Best Revival of a Play

2009 | Winner  | The Norman Conquests: Table Manners
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

2025 | Nominee  | Once Upon a Mattress
Co-Produced by Richard Winkler & Dawn Smalberg
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Outstanding Revival of a Musical

2025 | Nominee  | Sunset Boulevard
Co-Produced by Winkler Smalberg
See Full Producer List

Outstanding Play

2023 | Winner  | Leopoldstadt
Produced by Richard Winkler & Alan Shorr
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Outstanding Play

2020 | Winner  | The Inheritance
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Outstanding Musical

2019 | Nominee  | Be More Chill
Produced by deRoy / Winkler / Batchelder
See Full Producer List

Outstanding Play

2019 | Winner  | The Ferryman
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Outstanding Revival of a Play

2018 | Nominee  | Three Tall Women
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Outstanding Musical

2017 | Winner  | Come From Away
Produced by Richard Winkler
See Full Producer List
 

Outstanding Play

2017 | Nominee  | Sweat
Produced by Deborah Taylor / Richard Winkler
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Outstanding Play

2016 | Nominee  | King Charles III
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Outstanding Musical

2015 | Nominee  | Something Rotten!
Produced by Winkler / DeSimone
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Outstanding Play

2013 | Winner  | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Produced by Jamie deRoy / Richard Winkler
See Full Producer List
 

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

2013 | Nominee  | Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Produced by Venetian Glass Productions
See Full Producer List
 

Outstanding Musical

2012 | Nominee  | Nice Work If You Can Get It
Produced by Standing CO Vation
See Full Producer List

Outstanding Musical

2010 | Winner  | Memphis
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Outstanding Revival of a Musical

2010 | Winner  | La Cage aux Folles
Produced by Richard Winkler / Bensinger Taylor / Laudenslager Bergère
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Outstanding Revival of a Play

2009 | Winner  | The Norman Conquests: Living Together
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Outstanding Revival of a Play

2009 | Winner  | The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden
Produced by Richard Winkler
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Outstanding Revival of a Play

2009 | Winner  | The Norman Conquests: Table Manners
Produced by Richard Winkler
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