Walter Bobbie (born 18 November 1945, Scranton, Pennsylvania) is a dancer, choreographer, theatre director and occasional actor. He attended The Catholic University of America.
Bobbie 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.
Walter Bobbie is the former artistic director of New York City Center Encores! concert series.
External links
Walter Bobbie at the Internet Broadway Database
Walter Bobbie at the Internet Movie Database
Walter Bobbie at Allmovie
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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)
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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)
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