Council member Jeremy Irons. In 2017, The New York Pops celebrated its 34th birthday with a gala honoring Sher and Kelli O'Hara. See also Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play — 2006 nomination (Awake and Sing!), 2009 nomination (Joe Turner's Come and Gone), 2013 nomination (Golden Boy), 2017 nomination (Oslo), and 2019 nomination (To Kill a Mockingbird) Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical — 2005 nomination (The Light in the Piazza), 2008 winner (South Pacific), 2015 nomination (The King and I), and 2018 nomination (My Fair Lady) Further reading References External links Intiman Theatre website Lincoln Center Theater website Charlie Rose interview with Bartlett Sher, May 19, 2008 1959 births American musical theatre directors American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Artistic directors College of the Holy Cross alumni Living people People from San Francisco American opera directors