Kim Poster (born 19 April 1957) is a London-based theatre producer[1] from New York City.

Kim Poster
Born (1957-04-19) 19 April 1957 (age 67)
Alma materNorthwestern University
Occupation(s)Theatre producer, attorney

Early life

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Kim Poster was educated in middle and high school at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic school for girls on East 91st Street, New York.[2] Poster returned to Convent of the Sacred Heart to give a talk about the first time she saw the play Amadeus, which she produced on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre. She was banned for five days from the concert hall at the Convent of the Sacred Heart for her views on Amadeus, the play. Poster said the issue arose as a result of "the musical scandal of it; well, the musical controversy, which the very same people who now come to opening night accept as truth."[3]

Kim Poster trained in acting and classical music in New York City, performing in off Broadway productions and singing as part of an ensemble with the New York Philharmonic musicians and L’Ensemble. She majored in Theatre and English at Northwestern University. She also earned a J.D. degree in New York City and became a member of the bars of New York in 1987 and California in 1989.

Career

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Poster acted as associate producer in on the original Broadway production of Grand Hotel: The Musical, having secured Paramount Picture's investment in the production. As Vice President of Productions at IRS Media, Poster oversaw various films including Tom & Viv, which received 2 Academy Award nominations. Poster relocated to London to produce theatre in 1993. In 2001 Poster established Stanhope Productions which produces projects in the London West End and on Broadway.[4] Poster’s productions have been nominated for Olivier, Evening Standard, Critic Circle Awards and Tony Awards, and received the 2002 Best Play Olivier Award for Jitney and the Best Revival Olivier Award for Long Day's Journey Into Night.[5]

On roles for leading actors, Poster, who produced Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke in London's West End in 2006, said that “one of the reasons producers revive Williams’ plays time and again is because he wrote brilliant roles that leading actresses want to play. Just as Lear is almost mandatory for a great actor, so Blanche du Bois in Streetcar and Amanda in The Glass Menagerie are iconic female roles.”[6]

Theatre Productions

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Year Title Cast
2015 The Importance of Being Earnest David Suchet
2014 Lights Out: WWI Centenary Commemorations (Theatre Consultant)
2014 Encounters: Performers on Performance Ruby Wax, Tim Minchin
2014 Carousel at the Arcola Theatre Gemma Sutton, Tim Rogers
2012 Uncle Vanya Ken Stott, Anna Friel, Samuel West, Laura Carmichael Broadway Buzz
2012 Long Days Journey Into Night David Suchet, Laurie Metcalf, Trevor White, Kyle Soller Tatler
2010 An Ideal Husband Samantha Bond, Alexander Hanson, Elliot Cowan The Stage
2010 All My Sons David Suchet, Zoe Wanamaker Playbill
2010 Wet Weather Cover Michael Brandon London Theatre Land
2009 Prick Up Your Ears Matt Lucas
2009 A View From The Bridge Ken Stott, Mary Elizabeth Masterantonio, Hayley Atwell Playbill
2009 Carousel Lesley Garrett, Alexandra Silber
2009 The Black and White Ball Katherine Kingsley
2007 Fiddler on the Roof Henry Goodman The Stage
2007 Summer and Smoke Rosamund Pike
2006 Tom and Viv Will Keen, Frances O'Connor
2005 Epitaph for George Dillon Joseph Fiennes
2005 The Rubenstein Kiss Samantha Bond, Will Keen
2005 Telstar Con O'Neill
2004 Beckett Dougray Scott
2004 Singular Sensations Michael Ball, Barbara Cook, Michael Fienstein
2003 Brand Ralph Fiennes
2003 Through the Leaves Simon Callow, Ann Mitchell
2003 A Woman of No Importance Rupert Graves
2003 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Whoopi Goldberg, Charles Dutton
2002 Mrs Warren's Profession Rebecca Hall, Brenda Bleythn
2002 The York Realist Lloyd Owen, Richard Coyle, Anne Reid
2002 Lady Windermere's Fan Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson
2002 Jitney Anthony Chisholm, Paul Butler, Willis Burks, Stephen McKinley Henderson
2001 An Inspector Calls Edward Peel
2001 The Royal Family Dame Judi Dench. Harriet Walter, Julia McKenzie, Toby Stephens, Emily Blunt
1999 Lenny Eddie Izzard
1998 Amadeus David Suchet, Michael Sheen
1996 Tolstoy F. Murray Abraham

Film Productions

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Year Title Cast
2015 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST David Suchet
2001 A Woman’s a Helluva Thing Angus Macfadyen
1994 Tom & Viv Miranda Richardson, Willem Dafoe
1992 One False Move Billy Bob Thornton
1986 Man Facing South East Lorenzo Quinteros

References

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  1. ^ "The Stage 100". The Stage. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Public Lives". The New York Times. 16 December 1999. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Kim Poster - Amadeus". New York Times. 16 December 1999.
  4. ^ "Kim Poster Theatre Credits". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. ^ Amer, Matthew. "LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT TRIUMPHS". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Wild about Williams". Whats On Stage. Retrieved 5 March 2007.
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