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WALTER BOBBIE's direction of the international hit Chicago won him Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. He is a three-time Tony nominee who directed the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity starring Christina Applegate, Twentieth Century starring Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche, High Fidelity, Footloose for which he also co-authored the book, and A Grand Night for Singing at the Roundabout, which he also conceived. Mr. Bobbie has also directed for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Sundance, the O'Neill Center, Goodspeed Opera House and Ensemble Studio Theatre where his production of David Ives' The Other Woman was the breakout hit of Marathon 2006. He is the former artistic director of Encores!, where he directed Fiorello, Chicago, Tenderloin and Golden Boy, and the Carnegie Hall concerts of Carousel starring Hugh Jackman and Audra McDonald and South Pacific starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Reba McEntire, which was filmed for public television. Mr. Bobbie's stage adaptation of Irving Berlin's White Christmas grew to three separate productions in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, and will celebrate its third season with productions in Minneapolis, Detroit and the United Kingdom. Mr. Bobbie is a member of the Executive Board of the Society Of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
Bio as of March, 2007.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - April, 1997 - Watch now.
Downstage Center (audio)
Walter Bobbie - March, 2007 - Listen Now.
SDCF Masters of the Stage (audio)
Conversation with Walter Bobbie and Sam Gold - April, 2012 - Listen Now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
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