Toby Simkin is an independent theatre producer with 4 decades of award-winning experience and a proven track record in production of commercial theatre in Broadway theatre, in London’s West End and globally.

The only Broadway theatre expert based in China with over a decade maintaining a company in China.  For Nederlander, he led the China touring productions 42nd Street; Elton John & Tim Rice’s AIDA, LUMA, FAME, and managed theatres in Taiwan, Istanbul and Xi’an.  Executive Producer of various national tours and New York shows including Savion Glover.  For TML, producing touring productions of Jekyll & Hyde, The Rocky Horror Show and La Nova at the Birds Nest (National Stadium) in Beijing.

Toby has consulted on the design and masterplan of various Broadway theatre venues throughout China, as well as venues in Turkey, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and the USA.

In Broadway theatres, the Tony® Award winning productions on Broadway of I Am My Own Wife (and London & US tour), Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Death of a Salesman (including London) and the Tony nominated productions of The Crucible and The Price.  Also on Broadway, Victor/Victoria starring Julie Andrews, Production Supervisor for the Liverpool / Toronto / Broadway transfer of Blood Brothers, along with management or marketing for over 120 Broadway shows.  A global theatre producer, Toby produced or managed many other shows & events including The Three Tenors in 1994 (Vancouver), Vaclav Havel’s Temptation in 1990 (London), The Shanghai Ballet’s White Haired Girl in 1989 (tour) Liza Minnelli concert in 1995 (Vancouver), The Promised Love symphonic recording in 1991 (Leningrad) Relatively Speaking in 1987 (Washington DC) and The Long and the Short and the Tall in 1981 (Australia).

Toby is credited with leading the Broadway theatre industry into cyberspace in the early 1990s. Toby is also Producer of the award-winning Chinese motion picture, Three Grams of a Dream. Toby has extensive multi-cultural experience within Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, England & the United States, Toby has show production experience from design concept through final performance, with hands on experience with all facets of theatrical production and operations.

Mr. Simkin has had the pleasure of working with many Oscar®, Tony® and Grammy® award winning stars in Broadway theatres and globally including: Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Sir Elton John, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jerry Lewis, Brad Little, Peter Shaffer, Kate Reid, Davis Gaines, Stephanie Lawrence, John Candy, Marvin Hamlisch, Carol Burns, Billie Brown, Stephen Schwartz, Martin Short, Dame Eileen Atkins, Eugene Levy, Wayne Cilento, Andrea Martin, Sylvester McCoy, Laura Linney, Keith Michell, Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Savion Glover, Dame Julie Andrews & Liam Neeson.

For 12 years, prior to relocating to China, Toby was a consultant to Music Theatre International, the leading licensor of the majority of musical theatre. Toby often lectures on theatrical production, management and marketing in major educational institutions and at arts conferences worldwide.