Stephen Brackett
Stephen Brackett is an American stage director best known for directing the Broadway musicals A Strange Loop, Be More Chill, and The Lightning Thief. For his work on A Strange Loop, Brackett received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical at the 75th Tony Awards.
Early life and education
Brackett has a BFA from New York University, where he attended Playwrights Horizons Theater School.Career
Brackett was assistant director to Annie Dorsen on the Public Theatre and Broadway productions of Passing Strange.Off-Broadway, Brackett has directed To My Girls, The Mad Ones, City Of, and Buyer & Cellar.
His Off-Broadway productions of A Strange Loop, and The Lightning Thief, all subsequently transferred to Broadway. A Strange Loop won the Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and Tony Award for Best Musical. For his efforts, Brackett was Tony-nominated for Best Direction of a Musical, and received the Best Director Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards.