Bio

David Binder is a producer who is committed to bringing new artists and audiences to the theater.  Credits include the first Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, starring Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad and Sanaa Lathan.  That production won two Tony Awards and was widely recognized for attracting a hugely diverse audience to Broadway.  More recently, David produced the Broadway premier of Moises Kaufman’s 33 Variations, which marked Jane Fonda’s return to the stage after a 45 year absence.

Off Broadway, at De La Guarda, a group of flying Argentines literally lifted a young, international crowd off its feet for more than six years. David is currently producing the Argentines’ new show, Fuerza Bruta, which is now in its third year of performances.   David is the original producer of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s rowdy, loud and ultimately sweet rock ‘n’ roll musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch.   With Lisa Kron’s Obie Award winning 2.5 Minute Ride and Danny Hoch’s Taking Over, David has showed his support for new writing that is polemical, political, and hilarious.

In 2007, David mounted The High Line Festival, curated by David Bowie, which featured performances by Arcade Fire, Air, Laurie Anderson, Meow, Meow, The Polyphonic Spree and, in his American stand-up comedy debut, Ricky Gervais.   The festival raised money and awareness for New York’s newest public space, The High Line.  More recently, he produced The New Island Festival, ten days of Dutch site-specific theater, dance, music and visual art on New York’s Governors Island.

He has produced five shows with the Donmar Warehouse, including Frost/Nixon and Mary Stuart on Broadway and Lobby Hero, Voyage Around My Father with Derek Jacobi, and Guys and Dolls with Ewan McGregor and Jane Krakowski, in the West End.

David has also produced numerous events around the globe from Bangkok to Broadway.  Credits include The Public Sings: A 50th Anniversary Celebration for the Public Theater and the Broadway reading of the The  Normal Heart, which featured Barbra Streisand, that was recorded and later released by Simon and Schuster Audio.

David is a four time Tony nominee.  He has been honored by Performance Space 122 and is the recipient of the Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Theatrical Producing. He is a frequent public speaker and is on the faculty of the Yale School of Drama.