Kirk Browning

Career Overview

Kirk Browning has 78 screen credits in a career dating back to 1951. Signature works include Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, The Grapes of Wrath, The House of Blue Leaves. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

78

Birth Date

1921-03-28

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
• 

  The Grapes of Wrath
• 

  The House of Blue Leaves
• 

  La Forza del Destino - Metropolitan Opera
• 

  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Live on Stage
• 

  Elixir of Love

Frequent Collaborators

• Stephen Sondheim (1 collaborations)
• Liza Minnelli (1 collaborations)
• Bernadette Peters (1 collaborations)
• Patti LuPone (1 collaborations)
• Glenn Close (1 collaborations)
• Betty Buckley (1 collaborations)
• Bill Irwin (1 collaborations)
• Victor Garber (1 collaborations)
• Paul Gemignani (1 collaborations)
• Susan Stroman (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (78 credits)

  • Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy – Stravinsky & Rachmaninov

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve

    director

    directing
    2006
  • The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Death of a Salesman

    director

    directing
    2000
  • A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere

    director

    directing
    1998
  • New York City Opera: The Merry Widow

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

    director

    directing
    1991
  • The Grapes of Wrath

    director

    directing
    1991
  • New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

    director

    directing
    1990
  • William Shakespeare's Hamlet

    director

    directing
    1990
  • Our Town

    director

    directing
    1989
  • An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti

    director

    directing
    1988
  • A Walk in the Woods

    director

    directing
    1988
  • The House of Blue Leaves

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Turandot

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Die Fledermaus

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Candide

    director

    directing
    1986
  • New York City Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    director

    directing
    1986
  • The Gospel at Colonus

    director

    directing
    1985
  • Tosca

    director

    directing
    1985
  • You Can't Take it With You

    director

    directing
    1984
  • La Forza del Destino - Metropolitan Opera

    director

    directing
    1984
  • Ernani

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Alice in Wonderland

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Lucia di Lammermoor

    director

    directing
    1983
  • The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

    director

    directing
    1983
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Fifth of July

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Horowitz in London

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Working

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Idomeneo

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Puccini: La bohème

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Il trittico

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Live on Stage

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Elixir of Love

    director

    directing
    1981
  • L'Elisir d'Amore

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Samson et Dalila

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Big Blonde

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Puccini: Manon Lescaut

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Don Carlo

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Don Pasquale

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Tosca - Metropolitan Opera

    director

    directing
    1978
  • Tartuffe

    director

    directing
    1978
  • Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci

    director

    directing
    1978
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

    director

    directing
    1978
  • Horowitz at the White House

    director

    directing
    1978
  • The Royal Family

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Rigoletto

    director

    directing
    1977
  • The Prince of Homburg

    director

    directing
    1977
  • La Bohème

    director

    directing
    1977
  • The Taming of the Shrew

    director

    directing
    1976
  • New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Copland Conducts Copland

    director

    directing
    1976
  • The Time of Your Life

    director

    directing
    1976
  • La Traviata

    director

    directing
    1976
  • The Rules of the Game

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

    director

    directing
    1975
  • A Touch of the Poet

    director

    directing
    1974
  • June Moon

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Enemies

    director

    directing
    1974
  • The Daughter of the Regiment

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Great Performances

    - The Gospel at Colonus (Episode 4) (1985) ... director directing

    - Alice in Wonderland (1983) ... director directing

    - June Moon (1974) ... director directing
    1971
  • The Violent Universe

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Damn Yankees

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Amahl and the Night Visitors

    director

    directing
    1963
  • Noah and the Flood

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Christmas Tree

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Mayerling

    director

    directing
    1957
  • The Letter

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Amahl and the Night Visitors

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Amahl and the Night Visitors

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms

    director

    directing
    1951
  • America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers

    assistant director

    directing
    1951