- Roger Alan Gindi is the head of the theatrical producing and general management firm of Gindi Theatrical Management. He won the 2007 Tony Award for producing "Jay Johnson: The Two & Only!" on Broadway after producing the show off-Broadway the previous season, followed by a national tour. He recently produced "Dust" by Billy Goda, starring Richard Masur and Hunter Foster. Last season he was general manager of "The Milliner" and "Fugue" off-Broadway, along with "Tall Grass" by Brian Harris, which he also produced. He recently managed Whoopi Goldberg and Charles S. Dutton in August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" on Broadway as well as "Jolson & Company," "Burning Blue," "Class Mothers '68" and "Heat Lightning" Off-Broadway. The previous season he was represented by the Off-Broadway productions of "Thunder Knocking on The Door" and "Endpapers;" and the season before that, he was represented on Broadway by both August Wilson's "King Hedley II" and "The Gathering," and by "I Sing!" and "If It Was Easy" Off-Broadway. He was a producer of "Maybe Baby It's You" and "Shakespeare's R&J," the hit four-man adaptation of Romeo And Juliet Off-Broadway. He managed August Wilson's award-winning "Jitney" and supervised its London production at the Royal National Theatre followed by a tour of Seattle and San Francisco. He was General Manager of "Nunsense A-Men!" Off-Broadway and the hip hop musical "Jam on The Groove" on an international tour. He was General Manager of "Warp," "The Amazing Metrano," Dan Butler's one-man play: "The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me..." and "Lust," the musical. He also managed both of Dan Goggin's hit musicals, "Nunsense" and "Nunsense 2: The Sequel," the Broadway engagement of Famous People Players in "A Little More Magic" and David Mamet's controversial hit off-Broadway play, "Oleanna," as well its National Tour. Also on Broadway, Mr. Gindi produced Abraham Tetenbaum's "Crazy He Calls Me" starring Polly Draper and Barry Miller, was the Associate Producer/General Manager of Alan Ayckbourn's "A Small Family Business" and was General Manager of Richard Baer's Broadway Alliance comedy, "Mixed Emotions," starring Katherine Helmond and Harold Gould. Off-Broadway he was General Manager of "The Cover of Life," "Smiling Through," "The Destiny of Me," "Raft of The Medusa," "Balancing Act," and Martin Charnin's "Loose Lips." Mr. Gindi was General Manager of "A Change in the Heir," a new Broadway musical at the Edison Theatre. Additionally, he managed the Broadway Alliance production of "Our Country's Good," which was nominated for six Tony Awards including Best Play. He has also served as Theatrical Manager for the past ten "Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows" on CBS.
For the past twenty-seven years, Mr. Gindi has been General Manager of the long-running musical comedy "Nunsense" and its offspring. "Nunsense" has been performed in hundreds of theatres of all sizes across the country and around the world and was recently on a highly successful National Tour. To date, "Nunsense" has returned a profit of almost 4,000% on its original investment. He managed a National Tour of "Nunsense" starring Sally Struthers, and last season, a tour of "Nunset Boulevard" starring Cindy Williams.
Gindi Theatrical Management recently produced the off-Broadway thriller "Dust" starring Richard Masur and Hunter Foster. Last fall he managed "The Last Smoker In America," a new musical. In his capacity as General Manager, he serves the function of "line producer" for plays and musicals: negotiating with agents and attorneys regarding authors' options, theatre leases, directors, designers, cast and crew; preparing the production and operating budgets and making sure such guidelines are strictly adhered to; conferring with the productions' design teams and the scenery, costume and lighting shops on all technical aspects of the productions; working with press agents and advertising agencies to develop the marketing and publicity plans proper for each production and generally being available to the producers as consultant on all production and financial matters.
Mr. Gindi began working independently as a General Manager in 1982 with "It's Better With a Band" at Sardi's. He has served as General Manager for numerous showcase productions and workshops, one of which became "Nunsense."
Roger Gindi has been involved in theatrical management since 1973. He spent eight years with the New York Shakespeare Festival serving as Company Manager on such shows as "Runaways," "For Colored Girls...," "A Chorus Line" and "I'm Getting My Act Together...," including their Public Theater runs as well as their commercial transfers off and on Broadway. In 1981, with the commercial transfer of "March of The Falsettos" from Playwrights Horizons, Mr. Gindi began his association with Gatchell and Neufeld, Ltd., where he worked as Company Manager on numerous shows including "Beyond Therapy," "Hurlyburly," "Song & Dance," "Smile," "Cats" and "Starlight Express."- IMDb Mini Biography By: Roger Gindi
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