Producer
Also Known As
Willette and Manny Klausner
Primary Organization Members
Willette Klausner and Manny Klausner
See Also
  • CREDITS
    Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) (Nov 20, 2025 - Present)
    Musical, Original
    • Co-Produced by Nicole Eisenberg / Willette & Manny Klausner
    Chess (Nov 16, 2025 - Jun 21, 2026)
    Musical, Revival
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets (Nov 14, 2025 - Nov 16, 2025)
    Special, Original
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Oedipus (Nov 13, 2025 - Feb 08, 2026)
    Play, Revival
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    The Queen of Versailles (Nov 09, 2025 - Dec 21, 2025)
    Musical, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Art (Sep 16, 2025 - Dec 21, 2025)
    Play, Revival
    • Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
    Dead Outlaw (Apr 27, 2025 - Jun 29, 2025)
    Musical, Original
    • Co-Produced by Jane Bergère / Willette and Manny Klausner
    Just In Time (Apr 26, 2025 - Present)
    Musical, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
    SMASH (Apr 10, 2025 - Jun 22, 2025)
    Musical, Original
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Glengarry Glen Ross (Mar 31, 2025 - Jun 28, 2025)
    Play, Revival
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Othello (Mar 23, 2025 - Jun 08, 2025)
    Play, Revival
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (Mar 20, 2025 - Present)
    Musical, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner / Elizabeth Faulkner Salem
    Gypsy (Dec 19, 2024 - Aug 17, 2025)
    Musical, Revival
    • Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
    Swept Away (Nov 19, 2024 - Dec 29, 2024)
    Musical, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Maybe Happy Ending (Nov 12, 2024 - Present)
    Musical, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Left on Tenth (Oct 23, 2024 - Feb 02, 2025)
    Play, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Our Town (Oct 10, 2024 - Jan 19, 2025)
    Play, Revival
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    The Roommate (Sep 12, 2024 - Dec 15, 2024)
    Play, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    JOB (Jul 30, 2024 - Oct 27, 2024)
    Play, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Cabaret (Apr 21, 2024 - Sep 21, 2025)
    Musical, Revival
    • Co-Produced by Marguerite Steed Hoffman / Willette & Manny Klausner
    Stereophonic (Apr 19, 2024 - Jan 12, 2025)
    Play, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    The Wiz (Apr 17, 2024 - Aug 18, 2024)
    Musical, Revival
    • Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
    Water for Elephants (Mar 21, 2024 - Dec 08, 2024)
    Musical, Original
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Days of Wine and Roses (Jan 28, 2024 - Mar 31, 2024)
    Musical, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    How to Dance in Ohio (Dec 10, 2023 - Feb 11, 2024)
    Musical, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner / Ladybug Productions
    Harmony (Nov 13, 2023 - Feb 04, 2024)
    Musical, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch (Sep 27, 2023 - Feb 04, 2024)
    Play, Revival
    • Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
    The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (Apr 27, 2023 - Jul 02, 2023)
    Play, Revival
    • Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
    Take Me Out (Nov 11, 2022 - Feb 05, 2023)
    Play, Return Engagement
    • Co-produced by Willette & Manny Klausner / Douglas Denoff
    for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (Apr 20, 2022 - Jun 05, 2022)
    Play, Revival
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    MJ (Feb 01, 2022 - Present)
    Musical, Original
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Hadestown (Apr 17, 2019 - Present)
    Musical, Original
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Ain't Too Proud (Mar 21, 2019 - Jan 16, 2022)
    Musical, Original
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    The Encounter (Sep 29, 2016 - Jan 08, 2017)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Stereophonic (Oct 07, 2025 - May 10, 2026)
    Play, Original
    • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    The Wiz (Feb 22, 2025 - May 31, 2026)
    Musical, Revival
    • Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
    MJ (Aug 01, 2023 - May 24, 2026)
    Musical, Original
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Ain't Too Proud (Dec 07, 2021 - Mar 03, 2024)
    Musical, Original
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
    Hadestown (Oct 05, 2021 - May 26, 2024)
    Musical, Original
    • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
  • AWARDS

    Tony Award®

     

    Best Musical

    2026 | Nominee  | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
    Co-Produced by Nicole Eisenberg / Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Best Revival of a Play

    2026 | Nominee  | Oedipus
    Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Best Musical

    2025 | Nominee  | Dead Outlaw
    Co-Produced by Jane Bergère / Willette and Manny Klausner

    Best Musical

    2025 | Winner  | Maybe Happy Ending
    Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Best Musical

    2025 | Nominee  | Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
    Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner / Elizabeth Faulkner Salem
     

    Best Revival of a Musical

    2025 | Nominee  | Gypsy
    Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
     

    Best Revival of a Play

    2025 | Nominee  | Our Town
    Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Best Musical

    2024 | Nominee  | Water for Elephants
    Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner

    Best Play

    2024 | Winner  | Stereophonic
    Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Best Revival of a Musical

    2024 | Nominee  | Cabaret
    Co-Produced by Marguerite Steed Hoffman / Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Best Revival of a Play

    2024 | Nominee  | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
    Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
     

    Best Revival of a Play

    2023 | Nominee  | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
    Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
     

    Best Musical

    2022 | Nominee  | MJ
    Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Best Revival of a Play

    2022 | Nominee  | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
    Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Best Musical

    2019 | Nominee  | Ain't Too Proud
    Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner

    Best Musical

    2019 | Winner  | Hadestown
    Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner

    Drama Desk Award

     

    Outstanding Musical

    2026 | Nominee  | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
    Co-Produced by Nicole Eisenberg / Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Outstanding Revival of a Musical

    2026 | Nominee  | Chess
    Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Outstanding Musical

    2025 | Nominee  | Just In Time
    Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner

    Outstanding Musical

    2025 | Winner  | Maybe Happy Ending
    Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner

    Outstanding Revival of a Musical

    2025 | Winner  | Gypsy
    Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
     

    Outstanding Revival of a Musical

    2024 | Nominee  | Cabaret
    Co-Produced by Marguerite Steed Hoffman / Willette & Manny Klausner
     

    Outstanding Revival of a Play

    2024 | Nominee  | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
    Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
     

    Outstanding Revival of a Play

    2022 | Nominee  | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
    Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) (Nov 20, 2025 - Present)
Musical, Original
  • Co-Produced by Nicole Eisenberg / Willette & Manny Klausner
Chess (Nov 16, 2025 - Jun 21, 2026)
Musical, Revival
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets (Nov 14, 2025 - Nov 16, 2025)
Special, Original
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Oedipus (Nov 13, 2025 - Feb 08, 2026)
Play, Revival
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
The Queen of Versailles (Nov 09, 2025 - Dec 21, 2025)
Musical, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Art (Sep 16, 2025 - Dec 21, 2025)
Play, Revival
  • Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
Dead Outlaw (Apr 27, 2025 - Jun 29, 2025)
Musical, Original
  • Co-Produced by Jane Bergère / Willette and Manny Klausner
Just In Time (Apr 26, 2025 - Present)
Musical, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
SMASH (Apr 10, 2025 - Jun 22, 2025)
Musical, Original
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Glengarry Glen Ross (Mar 31, 2025 - Jun 28, 2025)
Play, Revival
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Othello (Mar 23, 2025 - Jun 08, 2025)
Play, Revival
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (Mar 20, 2025 - Present)
Musical, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner / Elizabeth Faulkner Salem
Gypsy (Dec 19, 2024 - Aug 17, 2025)
Musical, Revival
  • Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
Swept Away (Nov 19, 2024 - Dec 29, 2024)
Musical, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Maybe Happy Ending (Nov 12, 2024 - Present)
Musical, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Left on Tenth (Oct 23, 2024 - Feb 02, 2025)
Play, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Our Town (Oct 10, 2024 - Jan 19, 2025)
Play, Revival
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
The Roommate (Sep 12, 2024 - Dec 15, 2024)
Play, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
JOB (Jul 30, 2024 - Oct 27, 2024)
Play, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Cabaret (Apr 21, 2024 - Sep 21, 2025)
Musical, Revival
  • Co-Produced by Marguerite Steed Hoffman / Willette & Manny Klausner
Stereophonic (Apr 19, 2024 - Jan 12, 2025)
Play, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
The Wiz (Apr 17, 2024 - Aug 18, 2024)
Musical, Revival
  • Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
Water for Elephants (Mar 21, 2024 - Dec 08, 2024)
Musical, Original
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Days of Wine and Roses (Jan 28, 2024 - Mar 31, 2024)
Musical, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
How to Dance in Ohio (Dec 10, 2023 - Feb 11, 2024)
Musical, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner / Ladybug Productions
Harmony (Nov 13, 2023 - Feb 04, 2024)
Musical, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch (Sep 27, 2023 - Feb 04, 2024)
Play, Revival
  • Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (Apr 27, 2023 - Jul 02, 2023)
Play, Revival
  • Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
Take Me Out (Nov 11, 2022 - Feb 05, 2023)
Play, Return Engagement
  • Co-produced by Willette & Manny Klausner / Douglas Denoff
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (Apr 20, 2022 - Jun 05, 2022)
Play, Revival
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
MJ (Feb 01, 2022 - Present)
Musical, Original
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Hadestown (Apr 17, 2019 - Present)
Musical, Original
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Ain't Too Proud (Mar 21, 2019 - Jan 16, 2022)
Musical, Original
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
The Encounter (Sep 29, 2016 - Jan 08, 2017)
Play, Original
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Stereophonic (Oct 07, 2025 - May 10, 2026)
Play, Original
  • Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
The Wiz (Feb 22, 2025 - May 31, 2026)
Musical, Revival
  • Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
MJ (Aug 01, 2023 - May 24, 2026)
Musical, Original
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Ain't Too Proud (Dec 07, 2021 - Mar 03, 2024)
Musical, Original
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
Hadestown (Oct 05, 2021 - May 26, 2024)
Musical, Original
  • Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

2026 | Nominee  | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Co-Produced by Nicole Eisenberg / Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Best Revival of a Play

2026 | Nominee  | Oedipus
Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Best Musical

2025 | Nominee  | Dead Outlaw
Co-Produced by Jane Bergère / Willette and Manny Klausner

Best Musical

2025 | Winner  | Maybe Happy Ending
Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Best Musical

2025 | Nominee  | Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner / Elizabeth Faulkner Salem
 

Best Revival of a Musical

2025 | Nominee  | Gypsy
Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
 

Best Revival of a Play

2025 | Nominee  | Our Town
Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Best Musical

2024 | Nominee  | Water for Elephants
Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner

Best Play

2024 | Winner  | Stereophonic
Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Best Revival of a Musical

2024 | Nominee  | Cabaret
Co-Produced by Marguerite Steed Hoffman / Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Best Revival of a Play

2024 | Nominee  | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
 

Best Revival of a Play

2023 | Nominee  | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
 

Best Musical

2022 | Nominee  | MJ
Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Best Revival of a Play

2022 | Nominee  | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Best Musical

2019 | Nominee  | Ain't Too Proud
Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner

Best Musical

2019 | Winner  | Hadestown
Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Musical

2026 | Nominee  | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Co-Produced by Nicole Eisenberg / Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

2026 | Nominee  | Chess
Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Outstanding Musical

2025 | Nominee  | Just In Time
Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner

Outstanding Musical

2025 | Winner  | Maybe Happy Ending
Co-Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

2025 | Winner  | Gypsy
Co-Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
 

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

2024 | Nominee  | Cabaret
Co-Produced by Marguerite Steed Hoffman / Willette & Manny Klausner
 

Outstanding Revival of a Play

2024 | Nominee  | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Produced by Willette and Manny Klausner
 

Outstanding Revival of a Play

2022 | Nominee  | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Produced by Willette & Manny Klausner

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