Scott Ellis is a Emmy and Tony Award-nominated American stage director and television director. The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American Primetime Television The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the Theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production (a play, A television director directs the activities involved in making a Television Episode.
He has directed numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, starting with the New York City Opera Company revivals at the New York State Theatre: A Little Night Music (1990) and 110 in the Shade (1992) up to his current show, the musical Curtains. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Curtains is a musical with a book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, with additional lyrics by Kander He has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Director (Musical) four times: in 1994 for a revival of She Loves Me, in 1997 for Steel Pier, in 1998 for a revival of 1776, and in 2004 for a revival of Twelve Angry Men. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented She Loves Me is a musical and Movie with a book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock. The Steel Pier is a 1000 foot long amusement Pier in Atlantic City New Jersey. 1776 is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone.
He received the 1991 Drama Desk Award- Outstanding Director of a Musical- for And The World Goes 'Round. The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and
He is the Associate Artistic Director for the Roundabout Theatre. The Roundabout Theatre Company is the largest Non-profit theatre company based in New York City.
In 2007, Ellis received an Emmy nomination for directing the episode "The Break Up" of the comedy series 30 Rock. 30 Rock, a Situation comedy Television series, premiered on October 11 2006 in the United States on NBC. 30 Rock is an American Television comedy Series created by Tina Fey.