jamie DEROY (producer)

Jamie deRoy started producing theater by accident…which has led to 12 Tony Awards and credits on 100+ Broadway and Off-Broadway shows including: Merrily We Roll Along, Spamalot, Gutenberg The Musical, Parade, Good Night Oscar, Leopoldstadt, The Play That Goes Wrong, among others. Upcoming: Stereophonic, Water for Elephants, and Tommy. Additional awards include nine MAC Awards, 12 Drama Desk Awards, four Audience Choice Awards, 11 Drama League Awards, three GLAAD Awards, four Back Stage Bistro Awards, numerous Telly Awards, and CaB Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She has been honored by Theatre Works/USA, Albert Einstein Spirit of Achievement, Ruth Kurtzman Benefit Award, and Primary Stages – twice! A frequent presence on the New York cabaret scene, Jamie has produced a series of nine Jamie deRoy & friends CDs on Harbinger and PS Classics. Her long-running variety shows have benefitted The Entertainment Community Fund. She also hosts a TV variety show, which has been on the air for well over 30 years. Onstage, she appeared with René Auberjonois in The Threepenny Opera, The Drunkard with musical direction by Barry Manilow, and as the magician McTrix in Someone’s Kissing Daddy. Jamie’s television producing credits include Jamie deRoy & friends, CityArts:TheBiggest Little Operas in Town (Emmy nomination), and the documentaries Broadway: The Golden Age, Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age, and Left Alone Rhapsody.