Biography

Roger L. Stevens was born on March 11, 1910. He is known for West Side Story (1961), Deathtrap (1982) and Boom! (1968). He died on February 3, 1998.

Won five Tony Awards: in 1962, with collaborator Robert Whitehead, as Best Producer (Dramatic) and as producer of Best Play winner "A Man for All Seasons," in 1971, a Special Tony Award; in 1983, as one of the producers of Best Reproduction (Play or Musical) winner "On Your Toes;" and in 1984, with Whitehead as producer of Best Reproduction winner "Death of a Salesman." He was nominated ten other times: in 1956, again with Whitehead, as producer of Best Play nominee "Bus Stop;" in 1958, with Whitehead and The Producers Theatre as producer of Best Play nominee "A Touch of the Poet;" also in 1962, as producer with Frederick Brisson and Gilbert Miller of Best Play nominee "The Caretaker;" in 1970, as one of the producers of Best Play nominee "Indians;" in 1972, as producer of Best Play nominee "Old Times;" in 1978, as producer with collaborator Alfred De Liagre Jr. of Best Play nominee "Deathtrap;" in 1979, as one of the producers of Best Play nominee "Bedroom Farce;" in 1991, as one of the producers of Best Play nominee "Shadowlands;" and, in 1994, as one of the producers of Best Play nominee "Broken Glass" and of Best Revival (Musical) nominee "She Loves Me

He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1988 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.