David Armstrong is the host and producer of "David Armstron's Broadway Nation" podcast which is part of the
Broadway Podcast Network. From 2000 to 2018 he served as the Executive Producer and artistic director of
The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle. During his tenure there he has guided The 5th Avenue to a position as one of the nation's leading musical theater companies, acclaimed for both its development and production of new works and its innovative stagings of classic musicals. As a director, he staged 5th Avenue productions of
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris',
A Room With a View';
Oliver!', ''Candide'',
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Sweeney Todd
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HAIR
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A Little Night Music
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Company
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Hello, Dolly!'',
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Anything Goes'',
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MAME
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Pippin'',
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The Secret Garden
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''Vanities'',
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White Christmas'',
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The Rocky Horror Show
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
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and ''
Saving Aimee''.
He made his Broadway directing debut in November 2012 with the musical
Scandalous', which started at The 5th Avenue as ''Saving Aimee''.
Armstrong's work has been seen in New York, Los Angeles and at regional theaters including
The Kennedy Center
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Ordway Center,
Ford's Theatre
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Cincinnati Playhouse, and New Jersey's
Paper Mill Playhouse
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. From 1990 through 1995, he served as artistic director o
Cohoes Music Hallin upstate NY. Armstrong has also written the books for the musicals ''The Wonder Years'' (winner of seven Drama-Logue Awards),
Gold Rush', and
Yankee Doodle Dandy!'
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American theatre directors
Artists from Seattle
Place of birth missing (living people)