Walter Bobbie

Born

November 18, 1945 (age 63)
Scranton, Pennsylvania

Occupation

Awards won
Tony Awards
Best Direction of a Musical 1997 Chicago
Other awards
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director of a Play 1997 Chicago

Walter Bobbie (born 18 November 1945) is an American dancer, choreographer, theatre director and occasional actor. He attended The Catholic University of America.

Bobbie was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He created the role of "Roger" in the original Broadway production of Grease, and he also starred on Broadway as "Nicely-Nicely Johnson" in the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls starring Nathan Lane, Faith Prince and Peter Gallagher.

He became a director/choreographer and directed the Broadway revivals of Twentieth Century with Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche, Chicago with Ann Reinking and Bebe Neuwirth, and Sweet Charity with Christina Applegate, and the Rodgers and Hammerstein revue A Grand Night for Singing, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical. He directed High Fidelity in 2006. He directed and co-wrote the book of Footloose on Broadway.

Bobbie is the former artistic director of New York City Center Encores! concert series.

Walter Bobbie will direct the New York premiere of The Savannah Disputations by Evan Smith at the Off-Broadway theatre Playwrights Horizons. The comedy costars Marylouise Burke, Dana Ivey, Kellie Overby and Reed Birney. The production runs from February 6, 2009 through March 15.

External links

Walter Bobbie at the Internet Broadway Database
Walter Bobbie at the Internet Movie Database
Walter Bobbie at Allmovie
Playwrights Horizons

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

Arthur Laurents (1975) · Michael Bennett (1976) · Martin Charnin (1977) · Peter Masterson / Tommy Tune / Stephen Schwartz (1978) · Harold Prince (1979) · Harold Prince (1980) · Wilford Leach (1981) · Tommy Tune (1982) · George Abbott (1983) · James Lapine (1984) · Wilford Leach (1986) · Mike Ockrent (1987) · Harold Prince (1988) · Tommy Tune (1990) · Scott Ellis (1991) · Jerry Zaks (1992) · Des McAnuff (1993) · Nicholas Hytner (1994) · Harold Prince (1995) · Christopher Renshaw (1996) · Walter Bobbie (1997) · Julie Taymor (1998) · Matthew Bourne (1999) · Michael Blakemore (2000) · Susan Stroman (2001) · Michael Mayer (2002) · Jack O'Brien (2003) · Joe Mantello (2004) · James Lapine (2005) · John Doyle (2006) · Michael Mayer (2007) · Bartlett Sher (2008)

v • d • e Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

Michael Bennett (1976) · Gene Saks (1977) · Richard Maltby, Jr. (1978) · Harold Prince (1979) · Harold Prince (1980) · Wilford Leach (1981) · Tommy Tune (1982) · Trevor Nunn (1983) · Arthur Laurents (1984) · Des McAnuff (1985) · Wilford Leach (1986) · Trevor Nunn / John Caird (1987) · Harold Prince (1988) · Jerome Robbins (1989) · Tommy Tune (1990) · Tommy Tune (1991) · Jerry Zaks (1992) · Des McAnuff (1993) · Nicholas Hytner (1994) · Harold Prince (1995) · George C. Wolfe (1996) · Walter Bobbie (1997) · Julie Taymor (1998) · Matthew Bourne (1999) · Michael Blakemore (2000)

Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)

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