Lucy Moss

Lucy Moss
Moss at the 75th Tony Awards in 2022
Moss at the 75th Tony Awards in 2022
BornLucy Amelia Nancy Moss
(1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 30)
Hammersmith, London, England
Occupation
  • Writer
  • director
  • composer
EducationGonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA)
Years active2014–present
Notable worksSix
Hot Gay Time Machine
Why Am I So Single?
Notable awardsTony Award for Best Original Score

Lucy Amelia Nancy Moss (born 13 January 1994) is a British musical theatre composer, lyricist, playwright, writer, and director best known for co-creating the hit musical Six with Toby Marlow.[1] As director of most Six productions, Moss became the youngest ever female director of a Broadway musical at 26.[2][3]

For its West End run, Six was voted Best New Musical of the Decade by readers of WhatsOnStage and received five Olivier Award nominations.[4][5] Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical with Jamie Armitage,[6] Moss alongside Marlow won the Tony Award for Best Original Score in 2022.[7]

Before theatres reopened in 2021, Moss directed the virtual benefit performance of Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical.[8] In 2022, Moss directed a new production of Legally Blonde: The Musical at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London.[9][10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Six--Lucy Moss & Toby Marlow was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Wood, Alex (31 January 2020). "Six's Lucy Moss makes Broadway history as youngest female director working on a musical". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. ^ Hemley, Matthew (31 January 2020). "Six director Lucy Moss breaks record to become youngest female director of a Broadway musical". The Stage. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  4. ^ Wood, Alex (31 December 2019). "The best new musicals of the decade...as voted for by you". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Wiegand, Chris (9 May 2022). "'There's a lot going on!' History-making director of musical Six celebrates Tony award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  7. ^ Putnam, Leah (12 June 2022). "SIX's Toby Marlow Makes History With Tony Win". Playbill. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  8. ^ Morales, Christina (31 December 2020). "Ratatouille,' the Musical: How This TikTok Creation Came Together". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  9. ^ Masso, Giverny (16 March 2022). "Courtney Bowman to lead cast of Legally Blonde at Open Air Theatre". The Stage. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  10. ^ Gans, Andrew (15 November 2021). "Lucy Moss to Direct New Production of Legally Blonde The Musical in London". Playbill. Retrieved 14 April 2022.