12 Facts About Tina Landau

Tina Landau was born on May 21,1962 and is an American playwright and theatre director.

Tina Landau later attended the American Repertory Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.

Tina Landau was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical, and the production won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical.

Tina Landau made her Broadway debut directing the 2001 revival of Bells Are Ringing with Faith Prince, and in 2009 she returned to Broadway with the Steppenwolf production of Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts.

For SpongeBob SquarePants, Tina Landau was nominated for the 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical at the 72nd Tony Awards.

Tina Landau won Best Director of a Musical at both the 2018 Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the production won for Best Musical in both awards as well.

Tina Landau has taught at Yale University and the Yale School of Drama, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and Columbia University.

Tina Landau was named one of the "Out 100 of 2009" by OUT Magazine.

Tina Landau was named a 2007 USA Ford Fellow and granted $50,000 by United States Artists, an arts advocacy foundation dedicated to the support and promotion of America's top living artists.

Tina Landau received a 2018 Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical for SpongeBob SquarePants at the 72nd Tony Awards.

Tina Landau won awards for Best Direction of a Musical at the 2018 Drama Desk Awards, Drama League Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards as well.

In 2022, Tina Landau was featured in the book 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre, with a profile written by theatre scholar David Roman.