Most recently was an artist in residence for EMK Productions in Seoul, South Korea where he has choreographed and/or co-directed Rebecca The Musical, The Man Who Laughs, Xcalibur, Monte Cristo, Yeston/Kopit's Phantom! as well as Marie Antoinette, Hamlet: The Rock Opera and The Last Kiss. He has also served as Artistic Supervisor for Elisabeth. In the USA he directed what the NY Times hails as a “joyous” production of Anything Goes starring Andrea McArdle and Sally Struthers for Gateway and Ogunquit Playhouses as well as a sold-out run of White Christmas for the Ogunquit Playhouse at the Music Hall. At Ogunquit he also directed and choreographed Joseph…, starring Clay Aiken (winning Broadway World awards for best direction and choreography) as well as Singin’ in the Rain which received an IRNE nomination for best choreography. As a Stage Director he Directed and/or Choreographed Joseph… at North Shore Music Theatre, Singin’ in the Rain, Grey Gardens, Yankee Doodle & The Rocky Horror Show at the Ordway; The Student Prince at Paper Mill Playhouse; Zorba & H.M.S. Pinafore for the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Violet, Candide & Drood with Connecticut Repertory; Always Patsy Cline, The Who's Tommy, Evita, It’s a Fabulous Life, Chicago, Zombie Prom, The Merry Widow, People Like Us, They’re Playing Our Song and many others. As an Associate Director &/or Choreographer: Laughing Room Only (Broadway), White Christmas, Wonderful Town, Sound of Music, (5th Ave Theatre), Yankee Doodle Dandy (5th Ave, Dallas Summer Musicals, Theatre of the Stars) Camelot & Rags (Paper Mill), Nefertiti (Parker Playhouse) Crazy for You (Musical Theatre West) & The Music Man (CLOSBC). As an arts administrator he was the Associate Producer for the Ogunquit Playhouse and the Associate Artistic Director for the Ordway Center or the Performing Arts. He’s also enjoyed a career on the stage as well. Most notably in the final national tour of Hello, Dolly! With Carol Channing. The Minneapolis Star Tribune lauded him as the Outstanding Director of a Musical of 2007
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