Shaina Taub

Shaina Taub is an American actress, singer, musician, and Tony Award winning composer.

Biography
Taub graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2009. She is Jewish.

Career
Taub composed and starred in three adaptations of Shakespeare plays for The Public Theater's Public Works program: Twelfth Night in both 2016 and 2018 and As You Like It in 2017

Taub has appeared Off-Broadway in the revival of the revue show Old Hats in 2016, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 as Princess Mary (2013), and Hadestown as a Fate (2016).

She played the role of Emma Goldman in the Ragtime on Ellis Island concert.

She performed at Joe's Pub in Manhattan monthly during a solo residency.

In 2022, her original musical Suffs, based on suffragists and their American women's suffrage movement, premiered Off-Broadway at The Public Theater. Taub wrote the book, music, and lyrics, and also starred as Alice Paul. The show transferred to Broadway in April 2024 to positive reviews. Taub won Tony Awards in 2024 for Best Book and Best Score.

Alongside Elton John on music, Taub penned the lyrics for the 2022 musical adaptation of the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada, based on Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It enjoyed a limited run in Chicago in 2022 and a new production is scheduled to open in London's West End in October 2024.

Awards and nominations

 * 2014 Jonathan Larson Award recipient
 * 2017 Fred Ebb Award recipient
 * 2019 Kleban Prize, most promising lyricist award which includes a $100,000 monetary award