NATIONAL TOURS |
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| FOOTLOOSE – The 10th Anniversary Tour BEEHIVE – THE 60’S MUSICAL! CADDIE WOODLAWN |
Prather Entertainment Group " " ArtsPower National Touring Theatre |
OFF-BROADWAY |
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| PINS AND NEEDLES (w/ Karen Mason & Jim Walton) MARRY ME A LITTLE (w/ Sally Mayes & Brent Barrett) ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (MD: Phil Hall) BLESSINGS OF THE DAY (“Fresh Ink” Series) CARNIVAL IN MY DREAM... |
Jewish Repertory Theatre, NYC Queens Theatre in the Park, NYC Triad/Laurie Beechman/Zipper Theatres, NYC Primary Stages, NYC St. Bart’s Playhouse, NYC Vortex Theatre Company, NYC |
OPERA |
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| A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM opera a cappella (Ching; World Premiere) |
Opera Memphis, TN |
REGIONAL |
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| ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE (5 prods.) (w/ Sally Struthers) THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (8 Ostrander Award noms.) next to normal THE FULL MONTY (3 AriZoni Award nominations) ROMANCE / ROMANCE GREASE (2 prods.) SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ (2 prods.) I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE (3 prods.) JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR THE KING AND I (5 prods.) 1940 SWING! (Robby Award nomination) |
Virginia Musical Theatre, VA Playhouse on the Square, TN " " Phoenix Theatre, AZ Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA " " Foothills Theatre, Worcester, MA Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth, NH Albuquerque Civic Light Opera, NM " " CAST Theatre, Hollywood, CA |
STOCK |
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| THE SOUND OF MUSIC (w/ Rex Smith) FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (w/ Lewis J. Stadlen) " " (w/ Spiro Malas) " " PETER PAN (3 prods.)(w/ Robert Westenberg) FOOTLOOSE (w/ John Herrera) HAIRSPRAY (w/ Paul Vogt) AIDA (w/ Adrian Zmed) WEST SIDE STORY ANNIE GET YOUR GUN ANNIE (3 prods.) (w/ Beth Leavel) OLIVER! (2 prods.) ANNIE WARBUCKS (4 prods.) MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (2 Perry Award noms) DRIVING MISS DAISY PRELUDE TO A KISS |
Ogunquit Playhouse, ME KC Starlight/St. Louis MUNY WV Public Theatre Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick, ME The MUNY, St. Louis, MO Sacramento Music Circus, Sacramento, CA " " " " " " " " Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven, NJ Hampton Playhouse, Hampton, NH " " Bristol Valley Theater, Naples, NY " " |
DINNER THEATRE |
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| LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (3 prods.) (Connecticut Critics Circle Award: Outstanding Direction) FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (w/ Mike Burstyn) LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (w/ Tom Urich) |
Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Bridgeport, CT Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford, NY " " |
INDUSTRIALS |
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| SAMSUNG DIGITall (CES; Las Vegas Convention Center, NV); GUINNESS BEER: “POUR IT ON!” (Hilton Anatole – Dallas, TX); BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO: “STRIKE UP THE BRAND!” (Opryland Resort, Nashville, TN); ALCON: “THE POWER INSIDE” (Westin Resort, Scottsdale, AZ); SAM’S CLUB: “...ONE MEMBER AT A TIME” (Kansas City Convention Center, MO); TGI FRIDAYS (Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV); WAL~MART (Kansas City Convention Center, MO); GOODYEAR TIRES:THE NEXT GENERATION (Gaylord Resort, DC) | |
UNIVERSITY (as Guest Director / Multiple productions) |
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| New York University; University of Pennsylvania; Hofstra University, NY; University of New Mexico; SUNY Buffalo, NY; Cerro Coso College, CA; University of Findlay, OH; California University of PA | |
TRAINING |
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| DEGREE: BA Theatre/Dance – UCLA (Clifton Webb Award) | ACTING: Michael Beckett, Edward Morehouse |
| MUSICAL COMEDY: Edward Greenberg | CHOREOGRAPHY: Carol Scothorn |
| DANCE: Istvan Robovsky, Mia Slavenska, Peggy Ryan, Lynn Dally, Tanya Everett, Eddie Zawacki, Rich Rizzo, David Storey |
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AWARDS/NOMINATIONS |
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THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – The MUNY FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – Playhouse on the Square THE FULL MONTY A FUNNY THING HAPPENED… FORUM LA CAGE AUX FOLLES MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS HELLO, DOLLY! MY FAIR LADY 1940 SWING! SEUSSICAL SKILLS / OTHERExtensive experience with FIDDLER
ON THE ROOF (productions nationally / internationally) recreating Jerome Robbins choreography. |
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“Gary John La Rosa has staged this work with tender loving care and has turned choreography into sheer poetry.”
Michael Kaabe – atlanticville