Ted Chapin

Ted Chapin is a producer, performer, presenter, and former president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.

Chapin has led and encouraged many Broadway productions and revivals, some of the most well-known including: "Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” “South Pacific” Broadway revival, “The King and I,” “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel.” He also approved many television productions such as “The Sound of Music Live!” on NBC and “Cinderella,” starring Whitney Houston and Brandy, on ABC. Chapin serves on several boards including: American Theatre Wing, Godspeed Musicals, New Music USA, New York City Center, Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, and the Tony Award Administration Committee.

He is the co-founder of the Encores! series at New York City Center, and was the producer of the 92nd Street Y’s Lyrics and Lyricists series for two seasons with programs saluting Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis Jr., Irving Berlin, and others.

Additionally, Chapin published his book Everything was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies in 2005, which discusses his involvement in the popular Broadway production Follies. His book won an ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award and a Special Jury Prize for Distinguished Achievement by the Theatre Library Association.

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Chapin was the co-founder and a chairman of the Advisory Committee of City Center's series Encores! since its beginning.

Chapin has been a visiting lecturer at several institutions including: Yale University, New York University, Columbia University, Belmont University, Lawrence University, St. Catherine's College in Oxford.

Chapin began his career coming out of Connecticut College with more than 5 years of experience working as a production or director's assistant on Broadway shows.

His career started with working on the production of shows like Follies, The Rothschilds, The Unknown Soldier and His Wife, and working as an assistant director to director Alan Arkin on Neil Simon’s original Broadway production of The Sunshine Boys and the CBS-TV production of George Furth's play Twigs with Carol Burnett.

In 2016, Chapin hosted NJTV’s American Songbook at NJPAC.

Chapin was chosen by the Rodgers and Hammerstein families to run the organization.

His job was to manage all of the various copyrights created by Richard Rodgers and/or Oscar Hammerstein II.

During his time there, he led many new major Broadway productions, including over twenty award-winning Broadway and London revivals.

Some of these Broadway and West End revivals include: "South Pacific", "The King and I", "Oklahoma!", and "Carousel".

He also approved many television productions such as “The Sound of Music Live!” on NBC and “Cinderella,” starring Whitney Houston and Brandy, on ABC.

Chapin's start in Broadway production was being a production or directorial assistant in the Broadways productions of Follies, The Rothschilds, and The Unknown Soldier and His Wife, as well as Leonard Bernstein’s Mass at the Kennedy Center, and Candide in San Francisco.

After becoming president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Chapin would lead and encourage many Broadway productions and revivals, including: "Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” “South Pacific,” “The King and I,” “State Fair,” “A Grand Night for Singing,” “Holiday Inn” “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel.” He also approved many television productions such as “The Sound of Music Live!” on NBC and “Cinderella,” starring Whitney Houston and Brandy, on ABC. Chapin hosted NJTV’s American Songbook at NJPAC in 2016, and moderated many Working in the Theater and Careers in the Theater.

Chapin serves on several boards including: The Musical Theater Project, American Theatre Wing, Godspeed Musicals, New Music USA, New York City Center, Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, and the Tony Award Administration Committee.