Tom Kirdahy is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning theatre producer on Broadway and in the West End as well as a lawyer. After almost 20 years of providing free legal services to people with HIV/AIDS, he transitioned into theatrical producing with productions including Anastasia, Head Over Heels, Mothers and Sons (Tony nomination), It's Only a Play, and The Visit (Tony nomination) on Broadway, and The Inheritance (Olivier Award for Best New Play), The Jungle, Master Class, and Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? in the West End. He recently produced the musical, Hadestown, which opened on Broadway in 2019 and subsequently won 8 Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. He is the producer of the Olivier Award-winning play, The Inheritance, on Broadway and a new 2019 off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors.  He also recently produced the Broadway revival of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon.

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How to work with stars and how not to work with stars.

Whether or not he goes into the chat rooms during previews for a new show.

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