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Email: userich1@yahoo.com |
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| 2020 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| The Bodyguard (Dates TBD due to Covid-19) | Riverside Theater/Walnut Street Theater |
| Five Guys Named Moe | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| Rocky (Dates TBD due to Covid-19) | Walnut Street Theater |
| The Garden of the Finzi Continis (Dates TBD due to Covid-19) | New York City Opera |
| 9 to 5 (Dates TBD due to Covid-19) | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| 2019 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| Legally Blonde | Riverside Theater/Walnut Street Theater |
| Beehive | Riverside Theater |
| An American in Paris | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| Starlight Express | Marymount Manhattan College |
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| Stonewall: the Opera | New York City Opera |
| Dear Erich | New York City Opera |
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| The Circus Animals! | Staged Reading, York Theater |
| 2018 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| Mamma Mia! | Riverside Theater/Walnut Street Theater |
| Il Pigmalione / Pygmalion | New York City Opera |
| Anything Goes | Westchester Broadway Theatre |
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| Turandot | Opera Hong Kong |
| 2017 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| Chicago | Riverside Theater |
| Saturday Night Fever | Riverside Theater/Walnut Street Theater |
| Los Elementos | New York City Opera |
| Annie Get Your Gun | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| Evita | Casa Manana |
| 2016 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| Gypsy | Sharon Playhouse |
| Sister Act | Riverside Theater/Walnut Street Theater |
| Singin’ in the Rain | North Shore Music Theater |
| Saturday Night Fever | Riverside Theater/Walnut Street Theater |
| Beatsville | NYU Steinhardt |
| 2015 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| Memphis | Riverside Theater/Walnut Street Theater |
| My Fair Lady | Sharon Playhouse |
| Saturday Night Fever | North Shore Music Theater |
| Showboat | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| 2014 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| Victor/Victoria | Theater Under The Stars |
| Mary Poppins | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| The Wizard of Oz | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| CATS | Casa Manana |
| Hairspray | Florida Studio Theater |
| 2013 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| Camelot | Theater Under The Stars |
| Guys and Dolls | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| CATS | North Shore Music Theater |
| CATS | North Carolina Theater |
| Miss Saigon | North Shore Music Theater |
| Castle Walk | NYMF Festival |
| 2012 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| Oliver! | North Carolina Theater |
| 9-5 | North Shore Music Theater |
| Hairspray | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| George M! | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| Can Can | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| Miracle on 34th Street | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| CATS | National Tour (Troika) |
| 2011 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| The King and I | North Shore Music Theater |
| Oliver! | Sacramento Music Circus |
| Singin’ In The Rain | Westchester Broadway Theater |
| Evita | Casa Manana Theater |
| CATS | National Tour (Troika) |
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| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | St. Clements Theater |
| 2010 | |
| Director/Choreographer | |
| Curtains | Walnut Street Theater |
| Joseph...Dreamcoat | Sacramento Music Circus |
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Sacramento Music Circus |
| Oliver! | Pittsburgh CLO |
| CATS | National Tour (Troika) |
| Pre 2010 and notable: | ||
| Broadway: | In My Life, 2005, Music Box Theatre, Choreographer | |
| National Tours: | CATS, 2001-2012 Troika productions, Director/Choreographer Joseph...Dreamcoat, 1998, 1999 Troika productions, Choreographer My Fair Lady, 2001 Troika productions, Choreographer |
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| National Tours: | CATS, 2001-2012 Troika productions, Director/Choreographer My Fair Lady, 2001 Troika productions, Choreographer Joseph...Dreamcoat, 1998, 1999 Troika productions, Choreographer |
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| International: | CATS, 1991-2001 Copenhagen, Sao Paulo, Rio, Buenos Aires, Mexico City Joseph...Dreamcoat, Mexico City, Director/Choreographer The Full Monty, Mexico City, Director/Choreographer Jesus Christ Superstar. Mexico City, Director/Choreographer |
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| Regional: | as director/choreographer | |
| Walnut Street Theatre (1997 to present) 15 productions North Shore Music Theatre (2003 to present) 11 productions Westchester Broadway Theatre (2002 to present) 18 productions Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (1998 to 2014) North Carolina Theatre (2008 to 2013) 6 productions Ogunquit Playhouse (2004, 2005) The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Beauty and the Beast |
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| Educator | ||
| New York University, New York NY | Adjunct Professor—Musical Theatre dance, spring semester 2015 Master Classes—Dance audition technique, 2010-2017 Vocal Performances 2017 Choreographer—Undergraduate Showcase 2014-2015 |
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| Manhattan Marymount College, New York NY |
Substitute Professor—Ballet, Theatre Jazz, Tap 2016 to present Adjunct Professor—Ballroom Dance for Actors, spring semester 1998 | |
| STEPS, New York, NY 2013-present |
Master Class and guest teacher—Theatre dance and Tap | |
| Broadway Dance Center, New York, NY 2014-present |
Guest teacher—Theatre dance and Tap | |
| Master Classes in Ballet and Theatre dance at private dance studios in Mexico City, Williamsburg, VA., Saratoga Springs and Buffalo, NY. | ||
| Performance | ||
| Broadway: | CATS, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 1st National Tours: Evita, On Your Toes, CATS |
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| Regional: | Anything Goes, George M!, Mame, Hello Dolly | |
| Education | ||
| University of Tennessee. 1974-1976 American College of Paris. 1976 London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. 1977-1979 SUNY Empire State College- BA in Theatre and Dance 2015 |
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| Awards | ||
| Barrymore award for “outstanding choreography” La Cage aux Folles Walnut Street Theatre Winner “outstanding choreography” award Castle Walk NYMF festival |
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