Today’s guest is a Broadway veteran, who has appeared in the original New York casts of Ragtime and Candide, joined the long running A Chorus Line, and toured nationally in Urinetown, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ and Cabaret (where he understudied the legendary Joel Grey). 

in 2011, he inaugurated Paramount Theatre’s Broadway Series as Artistic Director with President and CEO, Tim Rater, with their critically acclaimed production of My Fair Lady. 

With a subscriber base then of 12,500 patrons, it has grown to 40,000 subscribers; The largest subscription based theatre in the country!

In 2015, Paramount became Jeff Award eligible. Since then, the theatre has garnered over 150 nominations with 30 wins, including three Best Musical Awards for Les Misérables, West Side Story, and Sweeney Todd, the last two of which, he also won Jeff Awards for Best Director.

Finally, he remains the sole honoree to have won Jeff Awards as an actor, choreographer and director. 

This season, the Paramount holds the record for the most Jeff nominations in a single season with 26, breaking its previous record of 18 during the 2016-17 season. Paramount’s current production of Million Dollar Quartet is running into its second year at the venue’s new Stolp Island Theatre.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Jim Corti. Now let’s go to the top of the show!