Founded in 2019 by nine-time Tony Award-winning producers Sue Wagner and John Johnson, WJP has earned a reputation as a trailblazing and relentlessly prolific producorial force on Broadway and beyond. They continue to redefine the theatrical landscape by championing bold new works, attracting world-class talent, creating history-making events, and striking a rare balance between artistic ambition and commercial appeal.
WJP has produced both the most Tony Award-nominated play of all time (Stereophonic) and the highest-grossing play of all time (Good Night, and Good Luck, starring George Clooney, which also made history with its live broadcast on CNN — a Broadway first — viewed by a global audience of more than 7 million).
In 2022, they led the The Lehman Trilogy to a Tony sweep, with five wins including Best Play, Best Direction of a play for Sam Mendes, and best Leading Actor in a play for Simon Russell Beale. The next year, they achieved the unthinkable, mounting BAM’s production of The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, starring Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan, on Broadway in a record-breaking three weeks.
The youth movement they helped spark with their production John Proctor is the Villain redefined the face of Broadway. They’ve also been a central force in the resurgence of Off-Broadway, bringing to smaller stages a series of highly acclaimed and profitable works, including the world premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are, in 2023 and the sensation-causing production of Vanya starring Andrew Scott in 2025.
Current projects include Oedipus, starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville; the US Tour production of Stereophonic; Dog Day Afternoon, starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach; Gruesome Playground Injuries, starring Nicholas Braun and Kara Young; and All Out: Comedy About Ambition by Simon Rich. Next season will include Dreamgirls, directed and choreographed by Camille A. Brown, and the new musical, Imitation of Life, written by Academy Award and 13-time Grammy Award winner John Legend and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, and directed by Liesl Tommy.
Wagner and Johnson began their multi-decade partnership working for the legendary producer Liz McCann on the Tony Award–winning 2005 revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? They’ve since gone on to produce nine Tony-winning productions, including Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, A Raisin in the Sun, Skylight, The Humans, Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge, and Hello, Dolly!.
In total, they have amassed more than 50 Broadway and Off-Broadway credits, including (in addition to the aforementioned) Passing Strange; Equus; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Hair; End of the Rainbow; Betrayal; A Delicate Balance; The Merchant of Venice; Larry David’s Fish in the Dark; Bright Star; Shuffle Along; The Front Page; A Doll’s House Part 2; Meteor Shower; Three Tall Women; Carousel; The Waverly Gallery; Hillary and Clinton; Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus; Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool; Almost Famous; Ain’t No Mo’; Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella; Danny and the Deep Blue Sea; Lempicka; Here We Are; Once Upon a Mattress; The Roommate; Eureka Day; Swept Away; The Big Gay Jamboree; Hold On To Me Darling; All In; Elf; and All Nighter.
Wagner and Johnson also produced The Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall from 2001 to 2008, the roller disco experience The DiscOasis in Central Park, the live tour of podcast phenomenon Men In Blazers, and the history-making performance of To Kill a Mockingbird for an audience of 18,000 New York City public school students at Madison Square Garden.
