Jason Moore (b. October 22, 1970) is an American director of theatre and television. He was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas and later studied at Northwestern University.
Moore's career began on Broadway as the resident director of Les Misérables at the Imperial Theatre.
In March 2003, Moore directed the musical Avenue Q, which opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre and then moved to Broadway at the John Golden Theatre in July 2003. He was nominated for a 2004 Tony Award for his direction. Moore also directed productions of the musical in Las Vegas and London and the show's national tour. Moore directed the 2005 Broadway revival of Steel Magnolias[1] and Shrek the Musical which opened on Broadway in 2008.[2] He directed the concert of Jerry Springer — The Opera at Carnegie Hall in January 2008.[3]
Moore, Jeff Whitty, Jake Shears, and John "JJ" Garden are working together on a new musical based on Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City. The musical premiered at the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, California in May 2011 and ran through July 2011.[4]
For television, Moore has directed episodes of Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, Everwood, and Brothers & Sisters. As a writer, Moore wrote the play The Floatplane Notebooks with Paul Fitzgerald. A staged reading of the play was presented at the New Play Festival at the Charlotte, North Carolina Repertory Theatre in 1996, with a fully staged production in 1998.[5]