David Armstrong (director)


David Armstrong is the Executive Producer and Artistic Director of The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle. Since his appointment in 2000, he has guided The 5th Avenue to a position as one of the nation's leading musical theater companies, acclaimed for both its development and production of new works and its innovative stagings of classic musicals. As a director, he staged 5th Avenue productions of ; ; , Candide,, HAIR, A Little Night Music, Company, Hello, Dolly!, Anything Goes, MAME, Pippin, The Secret Garden, Vanities, White Christmas, The Rocky Horror Show, Yankee Doodle Dandy and Saving Aimee.
He made his Broadway directing debut in November 2012 with the musical, .
Mr. Armstrong’s work has been seen in New York, Los Angeles and at regional theaters including The Kennedy Center, Ordway Center, Ford's Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, and New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse. From 1990 through 1995, he served as artistic director of in upstate NY. Armstrong has also written the books for the musicals The Wonder Years, , and