Hal Luftig Productions

Being a producer means being part muse, part financier, and part facilitator. More than anything, it means being someone who helps creative people turn a concept into art. That collaborative process is what has kept Hal inspired and driven since he first began his career. After receiving an MFA in Arts Management from Columbia's School of the Arts, Hal started his career off-Broadway in downtown Manhattan, working in some of New York's most storied and venerable theaters. There, he created fertile ground for up-and-coming talents like Eric Bogosian and Charles Busch, in shows like Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll and The Lady in Question. Soon, Hal began to produce on Broadway, as well. His shows have included Ariel Dorfman's Death & the Maiden, George Wolf's Jelly's Last Jam, Tony Kushner's Angels in America, the 20th Anniversary production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart at the Public Theater, the unexpurgated revival of The Diary of Anne Frank, Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel's Movin' Out, the work of comic geniuses like Whoopi Goldberg & Kathy Najimi, and Tony Award-winning new musicals like Kinky Boots and Thoroughly Modern Millie, as well as revivals of delightful classics like Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I, Bock & Harnick’s Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, and Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite. The artists whose work he has produced have themselves moved on to win their own awards and run important institutions. Hal has gone on to be one of the leading producers in New York and around the globe. He has won five Tony Awards, including two as lead producer, and two Olivier Awards, also as lead producer. In 2016, Hal Luftig received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, SUNY Oneonta.