Rob Ashford

Born in Orlando, Florida and raised in Beckley, West Virginia, Ashford attended Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in the pre-law program, graduating in 1982. He became interested in theatre with his work in the theatre department, and went on to study dance at Pittsburgh's Point Park University Conservatory of Performing Arts, graduating in 1983.{{cite web |title=Tony Award-Winning Choreographer to Deliver Point Park University's 50th Commencement Address |url=https://www.pointpark.edu/news/tony-awardwinning-choreographer-to-deliver-point-park-universitys-50th-commencement-address |website=pointpark.edu |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=March 31, 2010}} He performed in the Pittsburgh theatre scene while in college, appearing with such companies as Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh In Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 204. {{ISBN|978-0-8229-4330-3}}. Retrieved June 6, 2011 After graduation, Ashford moved to New York City, where he shared an apartment with friend and fellow choreographer Kathleen Marshall.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |title=Playbill On-Line's Brief Encounter with Rob Ashford |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/playbill-on-lines-brief-encounter-with-rob-ashford-com-103105 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=July 23, 2002}}

As a dancer, Ashford made his Broadway debut in the 1987 Lincoln Center revival of Anything Goes starring Patti LuPone. Productions of The Most Happy Fella (1992), Crazy for You (1992), My Favorite Year (1992) (also Dance Captain), Victor/Victoria (1995) (also Dance Captain) and Parade (1998) (also Dance Captain and Assistant Choreographer) followed.{{cite web |title=Rob Ashford (Choreographer) |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/rob-ashford-vault-0000004937 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022}}

Ashford began working as a choreographer when Rob Marshall sent Ashford to re-stage Kiss of the Spider Woman in Buenos Aires.Cramer, Lyn.[https://books.google.com/books?id=tU0DAAAAQBAJ&q=Rob+Ashford Interview, Rob Ashford] "Creating Musical Theatre: Conversations with Broadway Directors and Choreographers", (books.google.com), 2013, {{ISBN|1408184591}}, pp. 4 and 7 He next served as Associate Choreographer to Kathleen Marshall on the Broadway revival of Ring Round the Moon in 1999{{cite web |title=Ring Round the Moon (Broadway, Belasco Theatre, 1999) |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/ring-round-the-moon-belasco-theatre-vault-0000010761 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022}} the 1999 Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate, and Seussical in 2000.{{cite web |title=Rob Ashford |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/rob-ashford-69612 |website=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=July 1, 2022}}

Ashford won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Choreography for the Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002).{{cite web |last=Simonson |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Simonson |title=2002 TONY AWARD: Choreography, ROB ASHFORD, Thoroughly Modern Millie |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/2002-tony-award-choreography-rob-ashford-thoroughly-modern-millie-com-106188 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=June 2, 2002}} Additional Broadway choreography credits include the Roundabout Theatre production of The Boys from Syracuse at the American Airlines Theatre in 2002,{{cite web |last=Simonson |first=Robert |title=Dromio, Dromio: Roundabout Opens Revised Boys from Syracuse Aug. 18 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/dromio-dromio-roundabout-opens-revised-boys-from-syracuse-aug-18-com-109911 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=August 18, 2002}} The Wedding Singer (2006) (Tony Nomination),{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=The Wedding Is Off: New Musical Wedding Singer to Close in December |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/the-wedding-is-off-new-musical-wedding-singer-to-close-in-december-com-135844 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=October 25, 2006}} Curtains (2007) (Tony Nomination),{{cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Ernio |title=Curtains Up: Kander and Ebb Musical to Play Broadway with Pierce and Monk |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/curtains-up-kander-and-ebb-musical-to-play-broadway-with-pierce-and-monk-com-136065 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=November 2, 2006}} Cry-Baby (2008) (Tony Nomination){{cite web |last=Murray |first=Matthew |title=Broadway Review: Cry-Baby |url=https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/world/CryBaby.html |website=Talkin' Broadway |date=April 24, 2008}} and Evita starring Ricky Martin (2012) (Tony Nomination).{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title='Goodnight and Thank You': Broadway Revival of Evita Ends Run Jan. 26 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/goodnight-and-thank-you-broadway-revival-of-evita-ends-run-jan-26-com-201883 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=January 26, 2013}}

He directed and choreographed Promises, Promises starring Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth in 2010 (Tony Nomination for Best Choreography){{cite web |last=Brantley |first=Ben |title=Back in the '60s: Let's Tryst Again |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/theater/reviews/26promises.html |website=The New York Times |date=April 26, 2010}} and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Daniel Radcliffe and John Laroquette in 2011,{{cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |title='Been A Long Day': How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Closes On Broadway May 20 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/been-a-long-day-how-to-succeed-in-business-without-really-trying-closes-on-broadway-may-20-com-193742 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=May 20, 2012}} receiving Tony Nominations for Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography of a Musical.{{cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |title=Just the List: 2011 Tony Award Nominees |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/just-the-list-2011-tony-award-nominees-com-178847 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=May 3, 2011}} He also directed Scarlett Johansson in the 2012 revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway.{{cite web |title=Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Broadway Play – 2013 Revival |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-493492 |website=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=July 1, 2022}}

For the New York City Center Encores! staged concert series, Ashford has choreographed:{{cite web |title=Encores! Previous Seasons |url=http://www.nycitycenter.org/content/stage/enc_prev.aspx |website=nycitycenter.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629152059/http://www.nycitycenter.org/content/stage/enc_prev.aspx |archive-date=June 29, 2012}} Tenderloin (2000), Bloomer Girl (2001),{{cite web |last=Finkle |first=David |title=Bloomer Girl |url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/bloomer-girl_1303.html |website=TheaterMania |date=March 23, 2001}} A Connecticut Yankee (2001),{{cite web |last=Portantiere |first=Michael |title=A Connecticut Yankee |url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/a-connecticut-yankee_1244.html |website=TheaterMania |date=February 12, 2001}} and Pardon My English (2004).{{cite web |last=Brantley |first=Ben |title=THEATER REVIEW; It's Springtime for Dresden In a Bubbly Era of Inhibition |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/27/theater/theater-review-it-s-springtime-for-dresden-in-a-bubbly-era-of-inhibition.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=March 27, 2004}}

He directed and choreographed a 2010 pre-Broadway production of Leap of Faith at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles.{{cite web |last=Verini |first=Bob |title=Leap of Faith |url=https://variety.com/2010/legit/reviews/leap-of-faith-1117943792/ |website=Variety |date=October 5, 2010}}

In April 2015, Ashford directed and choreographed an acclaimed production of Carousel for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, starring Laura Osnes and Steven Pasquale.{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=Laura Osnes and Steven Pasquale Take a Ride on a Carousel in Chicago, Starting Tonight |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/laura-osnes-and-steven-pasquale-take-a-ride-on-a-carousel-in-chicago-starting-tonight-com-346419 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=April 10, 2015}} Ashford served as the choreographer of the musical Frozen.{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Gordon | url = https://variety.com/2017/legit/news/frozen-musical-casting-broadway-1202032304/ | title = 'Frozen' Musical Sets Casting, New Choreographer on Way to Broadway | work = Variety | date = April 17, 2017}}

Off-Broadway credits include Pardon My English (2004), The Thing About Men (2003), Bloomer Girl (2001), A Connecticut Yankee (2001), and Time and Again (2001).{{cite web |title=Rob Ashford |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Rob-Ashford/ |website=BroadwayWorld}}

In London, Ashford's directing credits include: Parade at the Donmar Warehouse (2007){{cite web |last=Wolf |first=Matt |title=Rob Ashford's journey: From dance steps to leader of the band |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/arts/28iht-lon29.1.7283067.html |website=The New York Times |date=August 28, 2007}} (Olivier Nominations for Best Director and Best Theatre Choreographer)[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98374/olivier-winners-2008/ "Olivier Winners 2008"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402000032/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98374/olivier-winners-2008/ |date=2013-04-02 }} olivierawards.com, accessed February 3, 2014 and A Streetcar Named Desire in 2009 at the Donmar Warehouse starring Rachel Weisz (Olivier nomination, Best Revival).[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item110508/olivier-winners-2010/ "Olivier Winners 2010"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210154929/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item110508/Olivier-Winners-2010/ |date=2015-02-10 }} olivierawards.com, accessed February 4, 2014 He directed a revival of Anna Christie, starring Jude Law and Ruth Wilson at the Donmar Warehouse in 2011.{{cite web |last=Shenton |first=Mark |title=Jude Law Stars in Rob Ashford's Anna Christie at Donmar Warehouse, Opening Aug. 9 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/jude-law-stars-in-rob-ashfords-anna-christie-at-donmar-warehouse-opening-aug-9-com-181565 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=August 9, 2011}} This production won the Olivier Award for Best Revival.[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item169174/olivier-winners-2012/ "Olivier Winners 2012"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102233358/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item169174/olivier-winners-2012/ |date=2014-11-02 }} olivierawards.com, accessed February 3, 2014 Ashford co-directed, with Jason Moore, the West End production of Shrek The Musical, which ran from 2011 to 2013 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.{{cite web |title=Shrek The Musical to close at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/17830/news/shrek-the-musical-to-close-at-the-theatre-royal-drury-lane-in-london/ |website=WestEndTheatre.com |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=September 3, 2012}} For the Manchester International Festival, Ashford directed Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston in Macbeth in 2013.{{cite web| title = Macbeth | url = https://mif.co.uk/whats-on/macbeth/ | website = mif.co.uk | publisher = Manchester International Festival | access-date = July 1, 2022 }} The production transferred to the Park Ave Armory in New York City for a limited run in June 2014.{{cite news | last = Purcell | first = Carey | url = https://www.playbill.com/article/immersive-production-of-macbeth-with-kenneth-branagh-closes-at-park-avenue-armory-june-22-com-322757 | title = Immersive production of Macbeth, With Kenneth Branagh, closes at Park Avenue Armory June 22 | work = Playbill | date = June 14, 2014 | access-date = July 1, 2022 }}

His choreography credits include Evita (2007 Olivier Nomination, Best Theatre Choreographer),[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98375/olivier-winners-2007/ "Olivier Winners 2007"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004173158/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98375/olivier-winners-2007/ |date=2014-10-04 }} olivierawards.com, accessed February 3, 2014 Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre starring Ewan McGregor and Jane Krakowski (2006 Olivier nomination for Best Theatre Choreographer),[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98373/olivier-winners-2006/ "Olivier Winners 2006"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229044604/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98373/olivier-winners-2006/ |date=2014-12-29 }} olivierawards.com, accessed February 3, 2014 and Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Shaftesbury Theatre (2004 Olivier nomination for Best Theatre Choreographer).[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98547/olivier-winners-2004/ "Olivier Winners 2004"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117001422/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98547/Olivier-Winners-2004/ |date=2012-01-17 }} olivierawards.com, accessed February 3, 2014 He directed and choreographed a musical version of the film Finding Neverland{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |title=Borle, O'Hara, Kudisch, Peil, Moran, Davi Appeared in Finding Neverland Reading |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/borle-ohara-kudisch-peil-moran-davi-appeared-in-finding-neverland-reading-com-161651 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=June 8, 2009}} which premièred in autumn 2012 at Curve, Leicester.

Royal National Theatre choreography credits include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (2004){{cite web |last=Inverne |first=James |title=National Theatre's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Opens July 9 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/national-theatres-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum-opens-july-9-com-120764 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=July 9, 2004}} and Once in a Lifetime in 2005.{{cite web |title=Once in a Lifetime (2005) |url=http://catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Performance&id=PERF6708&pos=1 |website=catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk |access-date=February 4, 2014}}

He directed and choreographed the new Gershwin musical A Damsel In Distress for Chichester Festival Theatre in 2015.{{cite web |last=Shenton |first=Mark |title=New Gershwin Musical A Damsel in Distress Opens Tonight With Summer Strallen, Richard Fleeshman |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/new-gershwin-musical-a-damsel-in-distress-opens-tonight-with-summer-strallen-richard-fleeshman-com-350984 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=June 10, 2015}} In 2016, he co-directed The Winter's Tale with Branagh in a production that starred Branagh and Judi Dench,{{cite web |title=The Winter's Tale |url=http://www.branaghtheatre.com/the-winters-tale/ |website=BranaghTheatre.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015204429/http://www.branaghtheatre.com/the-winters-tale/ |archive-date=October 15, 2015}} and he also directed Branagh in The Entertainer, for London's West End.{{cite web |title=The Entertainer |url=http://www.branaghtheatre.com/the-entertainer/index.php |website=BranaghTheatre.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422022027/http://www.branaghtheatre.com/the-entertainer/index.php |archive-date=April 22, 2015}}

Film credits include staging the musical numbers for the Bobby Darin biopic Beyond the Sea starring Kevin Spacey,{{cite web |title=Beyond-the-Sea Credits |url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/290328/Beyond-the-Sea/credits |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629205627/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/290328/Beyond-the-Sea/credits |archive-date=June 29, 2015}} Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West and Ted 2,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/26/movies/ted-2-with-movie-trailer-seth-macfarlane-narrates-a-scene.html?_r=0|title='Ted 2' (With Movie Trailer): Seth MacFarlane Narrates a Scene|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 25, 2015|last1=Murphy|first1=Mekado}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038936/|title = Rob Ashford|website = IMDb}} and the Disney film Cinderella directed by Kenneth Branagh.{{cite web |title=Oscar Production Team Announced |url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/academy-announces-oscar-production-team-665004/ |website=Deadline |date=January 15, 2014}}

For television, Ashford has choreographed tributes to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Hermann, Meryl Streep, Barbara Cook, Shirley MacLaine, and Tom Hanks for The Kennedy Center Honors. He was the choreographer for the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007 and 2009, and also a co-producer for 2011, 2012 and 2014.{{cite news |title=Rob Ashford - Filmography |work=The New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/413665/Rob-Ashford/filmography#mostrecenttv |access-date=February 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309022051/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/413665/Rob-Ashford/filmography#mostrecenttv |archive-date=March 9, 2014}} He collaborated with filmmaker Baz Luhrmann on a production number featuring Hugh Jackman and Beyoncé Knowles for The 81st Annual Academy Awards,{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=Ashford to Help Luhrmann Stage Oscar Number for Host Jackman |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/ashford-to-help-luhrmann-stage-oscar-number-for-host-jackman-com-157578 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=February 2, 2009}} and won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography.{{cite web |last1=Hetrick |first1=Adam |title=Theatre Veterans Collect Top Prizes at 2009 Emmy Awards |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/133040-Theatre-Veterans-Collect-Top-Prizes-at-2009-Emmy-Awards |website=Playbill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719042216/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/133040-Theatre-Veterans-Collect-Top-Prizes-at-2009-Emmy-Awards |archive-date=July 19, 2012 |date=September 20, 2009}} He also served as choreographer for the 85th Academy Awards (2013), 86th Academy Awards (2014), and the 87th Academy Awards (2015).{{cite web |last=Champion |first=Lindsay |title=Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Director Rob Ashford to Choreograph 2013 Oscar Ceremony |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/165358/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-director-rob-ashford-to-choreograph-2013-oscar-ceremony/ |website=Broadway.com |date=November 8, 2012}}{{cite web |title=Oscar® Production Team Announced |url=https://www.oscars.org/news/oscarr-production-team-announced |website=Oscars.org |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=January 15, 2014}} In December 2013, Ashford was stage director and choreographer of NBC's live television presentation, The Sound of Music Live!, and received a DGA Award Nomination,{{cite news |title=The Sound of Music Live! |work=The New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/5306218/The-Sound-of-Music-Live-/details |access-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306170304/http://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/5306218/The-Sound-of-Music-Live-/details |archive-date=March 6, 2014}} and an Emmy Award nomination. Ashford then did the same for NBC's Peter Pan Live! in 2014, for which he received another DGA Award Nomination.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038936/awards?ref_=nm_awd|title = Rob Ashford - Awards|website = IMDb}}

Asford choreographed the opening number of the 2013 Tonys, "Make it Bigger".{{cite web |title=Tonys Opening Number Makes 2013 Year-End Lists |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/news/tonys-opening-number-makes-2013-year-end-lists/ |website=TonyAwards.com |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=December 26, 2013}}

Ashford choreographed a new production of Candide at the Theatre du Chatelet (with subsequent productions at La Scala, Milan and The English National Opera). He directed The Barber of Seville for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, which began performances on February 1, 2014.{{cite web |last=Purcell |first=Carey |title=Rob Ashford-Helmed The Barber of Seville, Starring Nathan Gunn, Begins Feb. 1 at Lyric Opera of Chicago |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/rob-ashford-helmed-the-barber-of-seville-starring-nathan-gunn-begins-feb-1-at-lyric-opera-of-chicago-com-214401 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=February 1, 2014}} He directed and choreographed Carmen at the Houston Grand Opera in April and May 2014.{{cite web |title=Houston Grand Opera launches 2014 with exceptional line-up |url=http://operamusicbroadcast.com/2013/12/31/houston-grand-opera-launches-2014-with-exceptional-line-up/ |website=OperaMusicBroadcast.com |access-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221051747/http://operamusicbroadcast.com/2013/12/31/houston-grand-opera-launches-2014-with-exceptional-line-up/ |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |date=December 31, 2013}}

Ashford is on the executive committee of The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers,{{cite web |title=Executive Board |url=http://sdcweb.org/about/board/ |website=sdcweb.org |access-date=February 4, 2014}} Board of Trustees of The Joyce Theater,{{cite web |title=Board of Trustees |url=https://www.joyce.org/board-trustees |website=joyce.org |access-date=July 1, 2022}} Artists' Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors, and has been an associate director at The Old Vic since 2012.{{cite web |last=Shenton |first=Mark |title=Sheridan Smith to Star in Hedda Gabler at London's Old Vic; Rob Ashford Joins Theatre as Associate Director |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/sheridan-smith-to-star-in-hedda-gabler-at-londons-old-vic-rob-ashford-joins-theatre-as-associate-director-com-194572 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=June 12, 2012}}

In 2011, the New York Observer listed Ashford as number 42 on "The New Power Gays: NYC’s Top 50" list;{{cite web|title=Scott Rudin, Larry Kramer, Rob Ashford & More Named to New York Observer{{'}}s Top 50 'Power Gays'|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/156864/scott-rudin-larry-kramer-rob-ashford-more-named-to-new-york-observers-top-50-power-gays/|website=Broadway.com|access-date=May 11, 2018|date=June 22, 2011}} Ashford was selected for Out magazine's "Out 100" in 2013.{{cite web|title=The Out 100: Rob Ashford|url=https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/out100-2013/2013/11/13/out100-rob-ashford|website=Out.com|access-date=May 11, 2018|date=November 13, 2013}}

In February 2019, it was announced that Ashford would direct a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical Sunset Boulevard, starring Glenn Close reprising her on-stage role as Norma Desmond.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Glenn-Close-To-Star-In-Rob-Ashford-Directed-SUNSET-BOULEVARD-Musical-Film-20190228|work=BroadwayWorld|first=Alexa|last=Criscitiello|title=Confirmed! Glenn Close To Star In Rob Ashford-Directed SUNSET BOULEVARD Musical Film!|access-date=March 1, 2019|date=February 28, 2019}} However, in 2024, it was confirmed that Ashford had left the project due to delays in production caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and studio Paramount Pictures putting the project in turnaround.{{cite web | url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/glenn-close-is-striking-in-all-black-at-varietys-power-of-women-event/ | title=Glenn Close Says 'Sunset Boulevard' Remake is 'Moving Forward' | date=May 2, 2024 }} Ashford will direct the musical adaptation of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in the summer of 2024.{{cite web | url=https://www.goodmantheatre.org/2023-2024-season/ | title=2023/2024 Season }}

• Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) (Tony Award)
• The Boys from Syracuse (2002)
• The Wedding Singer (2006) (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award nomination)
• Curtains (2007) (Tony Award nomination)
• Cry-Baby (2008) (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award winner (Outstanding Choreography),{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=Drama Desk Winners Receive Trophies July 22 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/drama-desk-winners-receive-trophies-july-22-com-151802 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=July 22, 2008}} Fred and Adele Astaire Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award)
• Promises, Promises (2010) (Tony Award nomination for Choreography, Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination for Outstanding Choreographer){{cite web |title=Promises, Promises (Broadway, Broadway Theatre, 2010) |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/promises-promises-broadway-theatre-vault-0000012247 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022}}
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award nominations (Outstanding Director of a Musical and Outstanding Choreography),{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |title=Drama Desk Awards Go to Book of Mormon, Normal Heart, War Horse, Sutton Foster, Norbert Leo Butz |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/drama-desk-awards-go-to-book-of-mormon-normal-heart-war-horse-sutton-foster-norbert-leo-butz-com-177744 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=May 24, 2011}} Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, Astaire Award nomination) (2011)
• Evita (2012) (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, Astaire Award nomination){{cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |title=Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, Honoring Liza Minnelli, Presented June 4 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/fred-adele-astaire-awards-honoring-liza-minnelli-presented-june-4-com-194229 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=June 4, 2012}}
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2013){{cite web |last=Brantley |first=Ben |title=A Storm From the South, Brewing in a Bedroom |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/theater/reviews/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-at-richard-rodgers-theater.html |website=The New York Times |date=January 17, 2013}}
• Frozen (2018)

• Thoroughly Modern Millie (2003) (Olivier Award nomination)
• Guys and Dolls (2005) (Olivier Award nomination)
• Evita (2006) (Olivier Award nomination)
• Parade (2008) (Olivier Award nominations for Direction and Choreography)
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Royal National Theatre)
• Once in a Lifetime (2005) (Royal National Theatre)
• Candide (2008) – new production at the English National Opera{{cite web |last=Benedict |first=David |title=Candide |url=https://variety.com/2008/legit/reviews/candide-10-1200508759/ |website=Variety |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=June 26, 2008}} (With subsequent productions at La Scala, Milan and La Chatelet Theatre, Paris)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (2009, Donmar Warehouse){{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Kenneth |last2=Shenton |first2=Mark |title=Ashford-Directed Streetcar With Rachel Weisz Opens at Donmar |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/ashford-directed-streetcar-with-rachel-weisz-opens-at-donmar-com-163137 |website=Playbill |access-date=July 1, 2022 |date=July 28, 2009}} (Olivier Award nomination)
• Anna Christie (2011) (Olivier Award Best Revival)

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• [http://www.filmreference.com/film/39/Rob-Ashford.html Biography, filmreference.com]
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