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Ivo van Hove

born 1958

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Ivo van Hove is a Belgian theatre director. He is known for his Off-Broadway avant-garde experimental theatre productions. For over twenty years, he served as the director of the Toneelgroep Amsterdam. On Broadway, he has directed revival productions of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, and The Crucible, Lee Hall's Network in 2018, and Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's West Side Story in 2020. Among his numerous awards he has received a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award for A View from the Bridge. He was made a Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France in 2004, and a Commander in the Order of the Crown in 2016.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
October 28, 1958
Heist-op-den-Berg
Citizenship

Belgium

Occupations & fields
theatre directordirectordirector
Awards & honours
Laurence Olivier AwardsTony Award for Best Direction of a PlayMolière AwardsProscenium prizeChevalier des Arts et des LettresDrama League Award
Field and occupation
belgický divadelní režisér
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