Roger L. Stevens - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	12-March-1910
Place of Birth	Detroit (Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America, Area code 313)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Roger Stevens, R. L. Stevens, Roger Lacey Stevens
Profession	Theatrical producer, Arts Administrator, Businessperson
Roger Lacey Stevens was an American theatrical producer, arts administrator, and a real estate executive. He is the founding Chairman of both the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and National Endowment for the Arts. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Stevens was educated at The Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut and at the University of Michigan. He produced more than 100 plays and musicals over his career, including West Side Story, Bus Stop, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In 1971, he received Special Tony Award for his body of work. Stevens was the General Administrator of the Actors Studio as well as one of the producers of the Playwrights Company, a member of the board of the American National Theatre and Academy, and one of the members of a Broadway producing company he founded in 1953 with Robert Whitehead, and Robert Dowling. In 1961, he was asked by President John F. Kennedy to help establish a Natural Cultural Center, and became Chairman of Board of Trustees of what was eventually named the Kennedy Center from 1961 to 1988. In 1965, he received an appointment from President Lyndon Johnson as first Chairman of the National Council on the Arts later named the National Endowment for the Arts.

Awards by Roger L. Stevens

Check all the awards nominated and won by Roger L. Stevens.

1994

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Broken Glass
Tony Award for Best Play	The Kentucky Cycle
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play	The Kentucky Cycle

1991

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Shadowlands

1989

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play	The Cocktail Hour Outstanding New Play

1988

Kennedy Center Honors

1984

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival

Honored for : Death of a Salesman

Tony Award for Best Revival

Honored for : Death of a Salesman

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Revival	Death of a Salesman
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival	Death of a Salesman

1983

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival

Honored for : On Your Toes

Tony Award for Best Revival

Honored for : On Your Toes

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Revival	On Your Toes
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival	On Your Toes

1979

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Bedroom Farce

1978

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Deathtrap

1977

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play (American)

Honored for : A Texas Trilogy: The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play (American)

Honored for : A Texas Trilogy: Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play (American)

Honored for : A Texas Trilogy: The Oldest Living Graduate

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play (American)	A Texas Trilogy: Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play (American)	A Texas Trilogy: The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play (Foreign)	No Man's Land
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play (American)	A Texas Trilogy: The Oldest Living Graduate

1976

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival

Honored for : The Royal Family

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival	The Royal Family

1975

Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience

Honored for : London Assurance

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience	London Assurance

1972

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Old Times

1971

Special Tony Award

1970

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Indians

1962

Tony Award for Best Play

Honored for : A Man for All Seasons

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	A Man for All Seasons
Tony Award for Best Play	The Caretaker

1956

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Bus Stop

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