MARC BRUNI directed the Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award winning Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway, in the West End, US and UK Tours, and in Australia where he won the 2018 Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Bruni’s other directing credits include Hey, Look Me Over!, Paint Your Wagon, Pipe Dream and Fanny for City Center Encores!, The Explorers Club (Manhattan Theater Club), The Sound of Music (Chicago Lyric Opera), The Music Man and How to Succeed in Business... (Kennedy Center), Old Jews Telling Jokes (Westside Theatre and Royal George in Chicago- Jeff Award nom for Direction), Trevor (Writers Theatre), Roman Holiday (Golden Gate), Other People’s Money (Long Wharf), Presto Change-o (Barrington Stage) Ordinary Days (Roundabout Underground), and 8 shows for the St. Louis MUNY including Singin’ in the Rain, My Fair Lady, The Music Man and The Sound of Music (Two Kevin Kline Nominations for direction). He won the NYMF Award for Best Direction for his production of Such Good Friends. Graduate of Dartmouth College and member of SDC.