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Casey Nicholaw |
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Casey Nicholaw
Co-director and choreographer of Broadway's The Book of Mormon, Casey Nicholaw, talks about his initial reaction on reading the irreverent new musical and how it was to work with Matt Parker and Trey Stone, heretofore most experienced with work in animation for South Park. Nicholaw also talks about his early work at the San Diego Junior Theatre, his decision to leave California at age 19 and embark on a career in New York without even a completed college degree under his belt; his early acting gigs regionally and his later New York appearances in the original companies of Crazy for You, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Victor/Victoria, Steel Pier and Seussical; how he gathered his friends to start building piece to showcase his choreographic skills; how a gig as a replacement choreographer for Encores! 2004 Bye Bye Birdie led directly to his Broadway choreographic debut with Spamalot and how that immediately led to his directing debut with The Drowsy Chaperone; his work on the still developing Minsky's and Robin and the Seven Hoods back in California; and what he might have up his sleeve for the stage adaptation of Disney's Aladdin, debuting this summer in Seattle.
Original air date - April 20, 2011
Running Time - 58:11
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