Director achieves a rare feat on Broadway

Tony winner Alex Timbers sees four of his productions run simultaneously.

- By Mark KENNEDY

Fifteen years ago, rising theater director Alex Timbers achieved a remarkable feat: Still only in his early 30s, he had two shows running simultaneously on Broadway.

As 2026 dawned, Timbers eclipsed that mark — with four.

Timbers’ latest, “All Out: Comedy About Ambition,” joined his hits “Beetlejuice,” “Just in Time” and “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” the 2020 best musical winner that also earned him a Tony Award for directing. (Timbers’ quadruple ended Saturday when “Beetlejuice” ended its run.)

“If I step back and think about what unites the shows, it's probably they’re all trying to be joy-forward experiences and shows where the audience is acknowledged,” says Timbers, now 47.

Previous directors to enjoy four simultaneous Broadway productions include Joe Mantello in 2016, Casey Nicholaw also in 2016 and Susan Stroman in 2001. Trevor Nunn did it twice, in 1988 and 1995.

Timbers’ work often combines highbrow and lowbrow, sincerity and subversion. His recent Broadway works span a jukebox musical, a wacky movie adaptation, a spare and starry staged reading and a memoryplay-meets-biomusical.