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{{short description|American singer, composer and musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Shaina Taub
| image             = ShainaTaub-byPhilipRomano.jpg
| caption           = Taub in 2022
| birth_date        = {{Birth year and age|1988}}
| birth_place       = [[United States]]
| genre             = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[cabaret]]
| occupation        = Musician, actress, singer, composer
| instrument        = Piano, vocals, accordion
| years_active      = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) -->
| label             =
| associated_acts   = [[David Shiner (clown)|David Shiner]]<br>[[Bill Irwin]]
| spouse            = Matt Gehring
| website           = {{URL|shainataub.com}}
}}
'''Shaina Taub''' is an American actress, singer, musician, and [[Tony Award]]-winning composer.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Review: Shaina Taub, Prolific Earth Mother, and Friends|last=Holden |first=Stephen|authorlink=Holden, Stephen|date=March 27, 2015|access-date=October 23, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/arts/music/review-shaina-taub-prolific-earth-mother-and-friends.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://americantheatrewing.org/the-scene/meet-shaina-taub/ |title=Meet Shaina Taub: 2014 Jonathan Larson Grants Recipient |last= |first= |date=April 16, 2014 |website= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=October 23, 2016 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theintervalny.com/interviews/2016/08/an-interview-with-shaina-taub/ |title=An Interview with Shaina Taub |last=Myers |first=Victoria |date=August 22, 2016 |website=The Interval |publisher= |access-date=October 23, 2016 |quote=}}</ref>
==Biography==
Taub graduated from [[New York University Tisch School of the Arts]] in 2009.<ref name=tisch>{{cite web|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/drama/news/tisch-drama-alum-shaina-taub--09-receives--100-000-kleban-prize-|title=Tisch Drama Alum Shaina Taub '09 Receives $100,000 Kleban Prize|publisher=tisch.nyu.edu|date=January 10, 2019}}</ref> She is Jewish.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/suffs-creator-shaina-taub-cites-jewish-text-in-tony-awards-acceptance-speech/|title='Suffs' creator Shaina Taub cites Jewish text in Tony Awards acceptance speech |first=Philissa |last=Cramer |date=June 17, 2024 |publisher=[[Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle]] }}</ref> She is married to Matt Gehring.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McHenry |first=Jackson |date=June 6, 2020 |title=Shaina Taub Describes Being Arrested on Her Stoop |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/shaina-taub-arrested-on-her-stoop-by-nypd.html |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref>
== Career ==
Taub composed and starred in three adaptations of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] plays for [[The Public Theater|The Public Theater's]] Public Works program: ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' in both 2016 and 2018<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/theater/review-twelfth-night-anything-goes-in-love-and-shakespeare.html|title=Review: 'Twelfth Night,' Anything Goes in Love and Shakespeare|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|date=September 4, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 24, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and ''[[As You Like It]]'' in 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/theater/as-you-like-it-public-works.html|title=Review: 'As You Like It' Creates a Sanctuary City in Central Park|last=Soloski|first=Alexis|date=September 4, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 24, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Taub has appeared [[Off-Broadway]] in the revival of the revue show ''[[Old Hats]]'' in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/old-hats-theater-review-867319|title='Old Hats': Theater Review|last=Scheck |first=Frank|date=February 18, 2016|access-date=October 23, 2016|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/theater/review-old-hats-mime-and-mayhem-from-irwin-and-shiner.html|title=Review: 'Old Hats,' Mime and Mayhem From Irwin and Shiner|last=Genzlinger |first=Neil|authorlink=Neil Genzlinger|date=February 18, 2016|access-date=October 23, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> [[Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812|''Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812'']] as [[Maria Bolkonskaya|Princess Mary]] (2013),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/legit/news/here-lies-love-great-comet-shatter-records-in-lortel-nominations-1201151316/|title='Here Lies Love,' 'Great Comet' Shatter Records in Lortel Nominations|last=Cox|first=Gordon|date=April 1, 2014|work=Variety|access-date=October 24, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Hadestown (musical)|''Hadestown'']] as a Fate (2016).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/legit/reviews/hadestown-review-1201782036/|title=Off Broadway Review: 'Hadestown'|last=Stasio|first=Marilyn|date=May 24, 2016|work=Variety|access-date=October 24, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=Shaina Taub Extends Solo Residency at Joe's Pub with Three Additional Shows |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Shaina-Taub-Extends-Solo-Residency-at-Joes-Pub-with-Three-Additional-Shows-20230913 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 2022, her original musical ''[[Suffs]]'', based on [[suffragists]] and their American [[women's suffrage in the United States|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 theatre|Broadway]] in April 2024 to positive reviews. Taub won Tony Awards in 2024 for Best Book and Best Score.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/awards/news/tony-awards-winners-2024-1236039539/#! |title=Tony Awards: 'Stereophonic,' 'Merrily We Roll Along,' 'The Outsiders,' and 'Appropriate' Take Top Prizes |last1=Lang |first1=Brent |last2=Woerner |first2=Meredith |date=June 16, 2024 |website=variety.com |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref>
Alongside [[Elton John]] on music, Taub penned the lyrics for the 2022 [[The Devil Wears Prada (musical)|musical adaptation]] of the 2006 film ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]'', based on [[Lauren Weisberger]]'s 2003 [[The Devil Wears Prada (novel)|novel of the same name]]. It enjoyed a limited run in Chicago in 2022, and a new production is opened in [[London]]'s [[West End theatre|West End]] in October 2024. In November, she reprised the role of Emma Goldman in [[New York City Center]]’s [[Ragtime (musical)|''Ragtime'']].
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Result
|-
|2014
|[[Lucille Lortel Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lortelaward.com/2014nominees.htm|title=2014 Nominations|website=Lortelaward.com|access-date=2017-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508081340/http://www.lortelaward.com/2014nominees.htm|archive-date=2014-05-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|Outstanding Featured Actress<br>in a Musical
|''[[Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2019
|rowspan=4|[[Drama Desk Awards]]
|MTI Award For Outstanding Music
|''Twelfth Night''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2022
|Outstanding Lyrics
|rowspan=7|''[[Suffs]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=6|2024
|Outstanding Music
|{{win}}
|-
|Outstanding Orchestrations
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Outer Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=2024-05-13 |title=Stereophonic Leads 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards, Wins Best Play; See the Full List of Winners |url=https://playbill.com/article/stereophonic-leads-2024-outer-critics-circle-awards-wins-best-play-see-the-full-list-of-winners |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Playbill |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
|{{won}}
|-
|Outstanding Score<br>(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Tony Awards]]
|Best Original Score
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Book of a Musical
|{{won}}
|}
* 2014 [[Jonathan Larson]] Award recipient<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/sara-cooper-zach-redler-and-shaina-taub-presented-with-2014-jonathan-larson-grants-april-7-com-216910|title=Sara Cooper, Zach Redler and Shaina Taub Presented with 2014 Jonathan Larson Grants April 7|last=Hetrick|first=Adam|website=Playbill|language=en|date=April 7, 2014|access-date=October 24, 2017}}</ref>
* 2017 [[Fred Ebb]] Award recipient<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/brian-stokes-mitchell-presents-the-fred-ebb-award-_83303.html |title=Brian Stokes Mitchell Presents Fred Ebb Award to Shaina Taub |last= |first= |date=November 28, 2017 |website=TheaterMania |publisher= |access-date=November 29, 2017 |quote=}}</ref>
* 2019 [[Ed Kleban|Kleban Prize]], most promising lyricist award which includes a $100,000 monetary award<ref name=tisch/>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://shainataub.com/}}
* [http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/42960 Internet Off-Broadway database]
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