Kathleen Marshall
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| Kathleen Marshall | |
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| Born | 1962 (age 49–50) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Choreographer, dancer, theatre director |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Spouse | Scott Landis (2009–present) |
Kathleen Marshall (born 1962) is an American choreographer, director, and creative consultant.
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[edit] Life and career
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Marshall graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School and Smith College. She worked in the Pittsburgh theatre scene when she was younger, performing with such companies as Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.[1] She began her Broadway career as assistant to her brother Rob, the choreographer of Kiss of the Spider Woman, in 1993. The two also collaborated on She Loves Me (1993), Damn Yankees (1994), Victor/Victoria (1995), and Seussical (2000).[2] She was the artistic director for the Encores! Series of staged musical revivals from 1996 through 2000. During that time, she choreographed The Boys from Syracuse, Li'l Abner and Call Me Madam and both directed and choreographed Babes in Arms and Wonderful Town.[3]
Marshall served as a judge on the NBC reality series Grease: You're the One That I Want. Viewer votes selected the stars of the August 2007 Broadway revival of Grease, which she directed and choreographed.[4]
In February 2009, Marshall received the Smith College Medal in honor of her work.
The Encores! production of Wonderful Town transferred to Broadway in November 2003 and ran until January 2005, with both direction and choreography by Marshall. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography,[5] and won for Best Choreography.
Marshall directed and choreographed a new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's Anything Goes beginning previews in February 2011, with Sutton Foster starring as Reno Sweeney. Marshall was nominated for the Tony Award for both directing and choreography and won for choreography.[6]
She directed the new television movie of Once Upon a Mattress which was broadcast on ABC in December 2005.[7]
[edit] Stage productions
Sources:Internet Broadway Database[2][8]
- Anything Goes (2011) Director/Choreographer
- Calvin Berger (2010) Director/Choreographer, George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey[9]
- Grease (2007) Director/Choreographer
- The Pajama Game (2006) – Director/Choreographer
- Two Gentlemen of Verona (2005) - Director/Choreographer, Public Theater[10]
- Little Shop of Horrors (2003) – Choreographer
- Wonderful Town (2003) – Director/Choreographer
- Follies (2001) – Choreographer
- Ring Round the Moon (1999) – Choreographer
- Kiss Me, Kate (1999) – Choreographer
- 1776 (1997) – Choreographer
- Swinging on a Star (1995) – Choreographer
[edit] Awards and nominations
Source:Internet Broadway Database[8]
- Awards
- 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography – Wonderful Town
- 2004 Tony Award for Best Choreography – Wonderful Town
- 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography – The Pajama Game
- 2006 Tony Award for Best Choreography – The Pajama Game
- 2011 Tony Award for Best Choreography - Anything Goes
- Nominations
- 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography – Swinging on a Star
- 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography – Kiss Me, Kate
- 2000 Tony Award for Best Choreography – Kiss Me, Kate
- 2002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Choreography – Kiss Me, Kate[11]
- 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography – The Music Man
- 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical – Wonderful Town
- 2004 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Wonderful Town
- 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical – The Pajama Game
- 2006 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – The Pajama Game
- 2011 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Anything Goes
[edit] References
- ^ Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh In Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 204. ISBN 978-0-8229-4330-3. Retrieved 2011-06-06
- ^ a b Christopher Rawson (31 January 2006). "City native Kathleen Marshall continually lands directing jobs". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06031/646848.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. Kathleen Marshall Steps Down From Encores!, Viertel is New Artistic Director" playbill.com, June 9, 2000
- ^ "GREASE to Close on Broadway January 4, 2009". Broadwayworld.com. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GREASE_to_Close_on_Broadway_January_4_2009_20081203. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio.Two for Tony and Tony for Two: Kathleen Marshall, Brian MacDevitt and Tony Kushner Earn Double Nominations" playbill.com, May 16, 2004
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. "War Horse, Book of Mormon, Anything Goes, Normal Heart Win 2011 Tony Awards". Playbill.com, June 12, 2011
- ^ "'Once Upon a Mattress,' Directed by Kathleen Marshall, Airs on ABC-TV Dec. 18" playbill.com, December 18, 2005
- ^ a b "Kathleen Marshall Listing" Internet Broadway Database, accessed June 14, 2011
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Kathleen Marshall to Direct George Street's 'Calvin Berger'" playbill.com, August 31, 2009
- ^ Simonson, Robert."'Two Gentlemen of Verona' Opens Before the Ladies and Gentlemen of New York City Aug. 25" playbill.com, August 25, 2005
- ^ "Olivier Winners 2002" olivierawards.com, accessed June 14, 2011
- . http://www.smith.edu/rallyday/about.php. Retrieved 2009-02-17.[dead link]
[edit] External links
- Kathleen Marshall at the Internet Broadway Database
- Kathleen Marshall at the Internet Movie Database
- Kathleen Marshall – Downstage Center interview
- Working in the Theatre video seminar, September 1999
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