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Thomas Kail was born on 30 January, 1978 in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., is an American musician and theatre director. Discover Thomas Kail's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

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Occupation Director
Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 30 January 1978
Birthday 30 January
Birthplace Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Michelle Williams (m. 2020)

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Thomas Kail Net Worth

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1965

Kail directed Eric Simonson's play Lombardi, based on Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi through a week in the 1965 season, as he attempts to lead his team to the championship.

1977

Thomas Kail (born January 20, 1977) is an American theatre director, known for directing the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musicals In the Heights and Hamilton, garnering the 2016 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the latter.

1995

Kail grew up in Alexandria, Virginia and graduated from Sidwell Friends School in 1995 and subsequently from Wesleyan University in 1999.

He remains good friends with Lin-Manuel Miranda, with whom he co-created the freestyle hip-hop group Freestyle Love Supreme.

Kail is Jewish.

2006

Kail began a relationship with theatre actress Angela Christian in 2006; they divorced in 2019.

2007

Kail directed the 24 Hour Plays benefit performances in 2007 and 2008, where "6 short plays are written, rehearsed, directed, and performed in 24 hours."

In 2007, he directed Julia Jordan's A Bus Stop Play, and Beau Willimon's Zusammenbruch in 2008.

Both shows played at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway.

Kail directed the hit Broadway musical In the Heights, which garnered him a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical.

2008

The musical premiered on Broadway, starting in previews on February 14, 2008, with an official opening on March 9, 2008, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

2009

Kail directed Broke-ology, which played from October 5, 2009, to November 22, 2009, at the Lincoln Center Theater Off-Broadway.

This play garnered Kail an AUDELCO Award nomination for Best Director of a Dramatic Production.

Kail also staged the world premiere at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

In 2009, Kail also directed the New York City Center's Encores! production of the musical The Wiz.

2010

Lombardi officially premiered on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre on October 21, 2010.

2011

He then directed the Off-Broadway run of Nathan Louis Jackson's When I Come to Die, which ran in January and February 2011.

Kail reunited with Lombardi playwright Eric Simonson on Magic/Bird, a new play chronicling the intertwined life stories of basketball Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

2012

The play premiered on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre on March 21, 2012, in previews, officially on April 11, 2012, and closed on May 12, 2012.

Kail directed, with the cast that featured Kevin Daniels as "Magic" Johnson and Tug Coker as Larry Bird.

2015

Kail continued his collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, directing the musical Hamilton in 2015, both Off-Broadway and on Broadway, for which he won a Tony Award.

2016

Kail directed Grease: Live for Paramount Television, screened live on Fox on January 31, 2016; the world premiere of Dry Powder with Hank Azaria, Claire Danes, John Krasinski and Sanjit De Silva which ran from March to May 2016 at The Public Theater in New York City; and Tiny Beautiful Things, also at The Public, from November to December 2016.

2018

Kail was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2018.

On July 5, 2018, FX announced an eight-episode order for a limited-series entitled Fosse/Verdon, with Sam Rockwell playing the role of Bob Fosse and Michelle Williams playing the role of Gwen Verdon.

On October 25, 2018, it was reported that Thomas Kail would direct at least four of the series' eight episodes and he would go on to direct a total of five episodes.

Kail was nominated for Outstanding Directing – Movies for Television and Limited Series by the Directors Guild of America for the episode "Nowadays."

In May 2023, it was announced that Kail would direct a live action adaptation of the Disney animated film Moana, making his narrative feature directorial debut.

2019

In December 2019, it was announced that he was engaged to Fosse/Verdon actress Michelle Williams, who was expecting their first child together; they married in March 2020.

Their son, Hart, was born by June that year.

In May 2022, Williams revealed she is pregnant with their second child together, who was born later in 2022.

Kail and Williams are raising their two young children with Judaism, and Williams (who is not Jewish) is studying the religion herself.

Williams also has a daughter from a previous relationship with Heath Ledger.

After graduating from Wesleyan University, Kail became assistant stage manager at New Jersey's American Stage Company.