Michael Mayer

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Bio
Michael Mayer served as a director and consulting producer for NBC's new musical drama "Smash." He directed the first three episodes of the series, including the pilot.
Mayer was most recently represented on Broadway with "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" , "American Idiot" and "Everyday Rapture." He received the 2007 Tony Award, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, for his production of "Spring Awakening," which also played in London, Vienna, Tokyo and Seoul.
His other Broadway credits include "Side Man" (Tony Award/Best Play, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (Tony Award/Best Musical), "A View from the Bridge" (Tony Award/Best Revival), "Uncle Vanya," "'night, Mother," "After the Fall," "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," and "Triumph of Love."
In addition to "Spring Awakening" at the Atlantic Theater Company, Mayer's off-Broadway credits include "Everyday Rapture," "Our House," "10 Million Miles," "Antigone in New York," "Baby Anger," "The Credeaux Canvas," and "Stupid Kids." Mayer also directed the national tours of "Spring Awakening," "Thoroughly Modern Millie," and "Angels in America," which won the Jefferson and Carbonell Awards. His regional work includes plays at the Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, Center Stage, and Yale Rep.
Mayer also directed the feature films "A Home at the End of the World" and "Flicka."
Appearances on CUNY TV
ATW's Working in the Theatre
- Production: "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (Spring 2002)
April 24, 2002 - Playwright/Director (Spring 1998)
April 30, 1998
CUNY TV Special
- 2014 Tony Preview
May 30, 2014
Theater Talk
- "Disgraced" playwright Ayad Akhtar, plus "Brooklynite"
February 7, 2015 - Billie Joe Amstrong (Green Day) the composer and lyricist of "American Idiot," Michael Mayer, director, on "American Idiot," based on the album by Green Day.
May 8, 2010 - Playwright Douglas Carter Beane on Xanadu, plus Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer and lyricist Steven Sater of Spring Awakening
September 22, 2007 - Director Michael Mayer and librettist Steven Sater on "Spring Awakening"; plus: "A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant"
December 23, 2006
THEATER: All the Moving Parts
- "A Beautiful Noise"
March 24, 2023
TimesTalks
- Billie Joe Armstrong & Michael Mayer
January 9, 2011

