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SAM PINKLETON
LIKES TO BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
SOMETIMES THERE'S DANCING.
CONTACT
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IF IT'S ABOUT THEATER / LIVE PERFORMANCE:
DI GLAZER / CAA
(212) 556-6662

DIANA.GLAZER@CAA.COM
IF IT'S ABOUT FILM / TV / MUSIC / COMMERCIAL:
STEVE GAETO / BLOC LA
(323) 954-7730

STEVEGAETO@BLOCAGENCY.COM
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Sam Pinkleton is a Tony Award-nominated director and choreographer known for making peskily genre-defying theater work and big-hearted, human-powered spectacles. Born and raised in small town Virginia, he most recently directed Cole Escola's sold out downtown sensation Oh, Mary! and choreographed Stephen Sondheim's final musical Here We Are at The Shed. Other recent work includes a new stage production of The Wizard Of Oz at ACT in San Francisco (with surprise guests including Sister Roma, the Bay Area Intertribal Dancers, and the San Francisco Gay + Lesbian Freedom Marching Band), the undefinable dance-driven club experience Untitled DanceShowPartyThing for Virgin Voyages (created with Ani Taj), the world premiere of Noah Diaz’s You Will Get Sick starring Linda Lavin (Roundabout Theater Company), a new production of the Go-Go’s musical Head Over Heels, starring Alaska 5000 and Lea DeLaria (created with Jenny Koons for Pasadena Playhouse), the world premiere of Jeanine Tesori and David Henry Hwang’s Pulitzer Prize Finalist Soft Power (The Public Theater / Center Theater Group), and a revival of Liz Swados’ groundbreaking musical Runaways, reconceived as a youth-led civic spectacular in Central Park. His work on Broadway includes the electropop epic Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 with Josh Groban (Tony Award Nomination), Macbeth with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, the musical adaptation of Amélie, a revival of Machinal with Rebecca Hall, and the world premieres of Heisenberg and Significant Other. He has created new work in collaboration with Courtney Love, Todd Almond, The Dutch National Opera, the NYC Department of Education, Carnegie Hall, James Corden, BAM, Soho Rep, Anne Washburn, The Civilians, David Adjmi, Swing Left, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Pig Iron Theater Company, Cirque du Soleil, Nickelodeon, and the late Liz Swados and Michael Friedman. The New York Times has described his work as “gloriously geeky”, “delightfully droll”, and “how the Ramones might have danced if Bob Fosse choreographed them.” He does not own any dance shoes.
SAM PINKLETON IS A TONY AWARD-NOMINATED DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER CREATING WORK THAT BELIEVES BETTER WORLDS ARE POSSIBLE.
WHAT'S NEW
  • Cole Escola's OH, MARY! is enjoying an extended run at the Lucille Lortel Theater through May 12. Tickets and more here.
  • Sam choreographed HERE WE ARE, the final musical by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Joe Mantello and written with David Ives, at The Shed.
  • THE END, Joshua Oppenheimer's bonkers musical film about the last humans on earth choreographed by Sam + Ani Taj and starring Tilda Swinton will premiere in 2024.
  • THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR, a deranged new holiday tradition created with Randy Blair—enjoyed an explosive run at Pasadena Playhouse in December featuring surprise appearances by nine year old piano prodigies, an 86-piece marching band and color guard, inflatable dinosaurs, and a community choir of Jewish elders.
  • The relentlessly undefinable UNTITLED DANCESHOWPARTYTHING, conceived and created with Ani Taj, is sailing the seas with Virgin Voyages, causing the New York Times to generously consider what the world would look like if cruise ship entertainment didn’t make you panic.
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MORE ABOUT SAM HERE
You Will Get Sick / Roundabout Theater Company
James Corden and Company / CBS Upfronts
Untitled DanceShowPartyThing / Virgin Voyages
Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! / Lucille Lortel Theater
ONTHEFLOOR / Ace Hotel New York
Head Over Heels / Pasadena Playhouse
Trouble in Tahiti / Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
Significant Other / The Booth Theater, Broadway
Courtney Love in Kansas City Choir Boy / Prototype Festival
Amélie, A New Musical / Walter Kerr Theater, Broadway
Runaways / New York City Center
Soft Power / The Public Theater
A Midsummer Night's Dream / Deutsche Oper Berlin
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play / Playwrights Horizons