{"id":2628,"date":"2020-11-30T12:46:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T18:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1980sclassnews\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2020-11-30T12:46:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T18:46:35","slug":"bill-damaschke-85-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1980sclassnews\/2020\/11\/30\/bill-damaschke-85-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Damaschke &#8217;85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Damaschke &#8217;85 is the executive producer of\u00a0<em>Moulin Rouge!,<\/em> which has been nominated 14 Tony Awards including Best Musical.<\/p>\n<p>Despite indefinite postponement of the 74th Annual Tony Awards ceremony, the committee announced this year\u2019s nominations on October 15. In total, 18 musicals, plays and play revivals will be considered for awards.<\/p>\n<p>This year marks Damaschke\u2019s second time producing a Tony-nominated musical through his theatrical production company StoryKey Entertainment. His 2019 musical\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/news\/2019\/the-prom-nominated-for-seven-tonys.html\"><i>The Prom\u00a0<\/i>received seven Tony nominations\u00a0<\/a>in addition to dozens more from multiple organizations, including a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical.<\/p>\n<p>Damaschke has previously served as president of Animation and Family Entertainment at Skydance Media following two decades with DreamWorks Animation, where he rose from an entry-level production assistant to the company\u2019s chief creative officer.<\/p>\n<p><i>Moulin Rouge!\u00a0<\/i>The Musical is an adaptation of the 2001 film of the same name, directed by Baz Luhrmann. The musical tells the story of a depressed young writer who falls for a cabaret actress amid a world of splendor and romance.\u00a0<i>The Hollywood Reporter\u00a0<\/i>praised the production\u2019s \u201ceye-popping spectacle and off-the-charts energy,\u201d and\u00a0<i>Time Out New York\u00a0<\/i>described it as \u201cthe jukebox musical to end all jukebox musicals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with its Best Musical Tony nomination,\u00a0<i>Moulin Rouge!\u00a0<\/i>was also nominated for Best Book of a Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical \u2013\u2013 Aaron Tveit, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical \u2013\u2013 Karen Olivo, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical \u2013\u2013 Danny Burstein and Sahr Ngaujah, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical \u2013\u2013 Robyn Hurder, Best Direction of a Musical \u2013\u2013 Alex Timbers, Best Scenic Design of a Musical \u2013\u2013 Derek McLane, Best Costume Design of a Musical \u2013\u2013 Catherine Zuber, Best Lighting Design of a Musical \u2013\u2013 Justin Townsend, Best Sound Design of a Musical \u2013\u2013 Peter Hylenski, Best Choreography \u2013\u2013 Sonya Tayeh, and Best Orchestrations \u2013\u2013 Justin Levine, with Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen and Matt Stine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/news\/2020\/damaschke-produces-tony-nominated-musical-moulin-rouge.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2629\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1980sclassnews\/files\/2020\/11\/bill-damaschke-head-shot-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1980sclassnews\/files\/2020\/11\/bill-damaschke-head-shot-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1980sclassnews\/files\/2020\/11\/bill-damaschke-head-shot.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Damaschke &#8217;85 is the executive producer of\u00a0Moulin Rouge!, which has been nominated 14 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Despite indefinite postponement of the 74th Annual Tony Awards ceremony, the committee announced this year\u2019s nominations on October 15. 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