A five-time Tony Award winning director and choreographer most known for Crazy For You, Contact, The Scottsboro Boys, and The Producers. Her work has been honored with Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel and a record six Astaire Awards. She directed and choreographed The Producers, winner of a record-making 12 Tony Awards including Best Direction and Best Choreography. She co-created, directed and choreographed the Tony Award winning musical Contact for Lincoln Center Theater, which was honored with a 2003 Emmy Award for “Live from Lincoln Center”. She directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed musical The Scottsboro Boys on Broadway and in the West End, where it was honored with the 2014 Evening Standard Award for Best Musical. Other Broadway credits include Oklahoma!, Show Boat, Prince of Broadway, Bullets Over Broadway, Big Fish, Young Frankenstein, Thou Shalt Not, The Music Man, The Frogs, Big, Steel Pier, Picnic, and Crazy for You. Off-Broadway credits include: The Beast in the Jungle, Dot, Flora the Red Menace, And the World Goes 'Round, Happiness and The Last Two People on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville starring Mandy Patinkin and Taylor Mac. For ten years she choreographed Madison Square Garden’s annual spectacular A Christmas Carol. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut directing and choreographing The Merry Widow, starring Renée Fleming. Her London West End productions include Crazy For You, Oklahoma!, Show Boat, Contact, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein. For New York City Ballet, she created Double Feature, a full-length ballet featuring the music of Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson, and For the Love of Duke, featuring the music of Duke Ellington. ‍Other ballet credits include But Not For Me for the Martha Graham Company and Take Five…More or Less for Pacific Northwest Ballet. Her choreography received an Emmy Award nomination for the HBO presentation Liza – Live from Radio City Music Hall, starring Liza Minnelli. She received the American Choreography Award for her work in Columbia Pictures feature film Center Stage. She directed and choreographed The Producers: The Movie Musical, nominated for 4 Golden Globes. She directed and choreographed the Broadway bound Ahrens/Flaherty musical Marie for The 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle. In collaboration with the Williamstown Theatre Festival, she directed the play Photograph 51 for Audible. She is an Associate Director for Lincoln Center Theater and a member of the Board of Directors for the Ronald O. Perelman Center for the Performing Arts located at the World Trade Center. She is the recipient of the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater and an inductee of the Theater Hall of Fame in New York City. (Biography dated 05/18/2021 )   External Links: Official Website

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	The Beast in the Jungle	Vineyard Theatre	05/23/2018	Choreographer
2	The Beast in the Jungle	Vineyard Theatre	05/23/2018	Choreographer
3	The Scottsboro Boys	Vineyard Theatre	03/10/2010	Choreographer
4	Happiness	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater	03/30/2009	Choreographer
5	Contact	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater	10/07/1999	Choreographer
6	And the World Goes 'Round1	Westside Theatre/ Upstairs	03/18/1991	Choreographer
7	Slasher	Perry Street Theatre	08/03/1988	Choreographer

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	The Beast in the Jungle1	Vineyard Theatre	05/23/2018	Director
2	Dot2	Vineyard Theatre	02/21/2016	Director
3	The Scottsboro Boys3	Vineyard Theatre	03/10/2010	Director
4	Happiness4	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater	03/30/2009	Director
5	Contact5	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater	10/07/1999	Director

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Nikolai and the Others	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater	05/06/2013	Associate Director
2	Other Desert Cities	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater	01/13/2011	Associate Director

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Contact	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater	10/07/1999	Book
2	And the World Goes 'Round	Westside Theatre/ Upstairs	03/18/1991	Conceiver

		Award	Production	Function
1	NOMINATED	2019 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Choreographer	The Beast in the Jungle	Choreographer
2	WON	2018 Joe A. Callaway Award (SDCF), Excellence in Choreography	The Beast in the Jungle	Choreographer
3	WON	2010 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Choreographer	The Scottsboro Boys	Choreographer
4	NOMINATED	2010 AUDELCO Award, Director/Musical Production
5	NOMINATED	2010 AUDELCO Award, Choreography	The Scottsboro Boys	Choreographer
6	NOMINATED	2010 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical	The Scottsboro Boys	Director
7	NOMINATED	2010 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Choreography	The Scottsboro Boys	Choreographer
8	NOMINATED	2010 Joe A. Callaway Award (SDCF), Excellence in Choreography	The Scottsboro Boys	Choreographer
9	NOMINATED	2010 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical	The Scottsboro Boys	Director
10	NOMINATED	2010 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Choreographer	The Scottsboro Boys	Choreographer
11	NOMINATED	2009 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical	Happiness	Director
12	NOMINATED	2009 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Choreographer	Happiness	Choreographer
13	WON	2000 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director	Contact	Director
14	WON	2000 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical	Contact	Book
15	WON	2000 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Choreography	Contact	Choreographer
16	WON	1991 Joe A. Callaway Award (SDCF), Excellence in Choreography	And the World Goes 'Round	Choreographer
17	WON	1991 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Choreographer	And the World Goes 'Round	Choreographer