Grover Dale
Birth Place: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Review: THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT at Théâtre Du Lido (Oct 22, 2025)
Interview: Grover Dale Reflects on a Life in the Theater (Oct 3, 2024)
Review: BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS WITH GLENN ROSENBLUM Part 2 at CVRep (Jul 22, 2024)
BIO
Dale's Broadway stage debut was in the 1956 musical Li'l Abner as a dancer. He appeared in the original cast of West Side Story as Snowboy, a member of the Jets gang. Other stage credits include the role of Andrew in Greenwillow, in which he also understudied Anthony Perkins as Gideon Briggs; Noël Coward's Sail Away, where he had the juvenile lead role of architect Barnaby Slade; and in Half a Sixpence, where he played Pearce, one of a quartet of 19th century London shop apprentices around whom the show is structured.
Dale made his film debut in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (as Jam). He also appeared in Half a Sixpence (Pearce), The Young Girls of Rochefort (Bill), and The Landlord (Oscar).
Dale was nominated for the Tony Award twice: for his choreography of Billy, a 1969 musical version of the Herman Melville novella, Billy Budd, and his direction of The Magic Show. As co-director of Jerome Robbins' Broadway, he shared Best Director Tony Award with the famed director-choreographer Jerome Robbins. He also received an Emmy Award nomination for his choreography of Barry Manilow's 1985 television musical Copacabana. In 1992 he became publisher/editor of Dance & Fitness magazine. In 1999 Dale founded the website, Answers4Dancers.com, whose stated goal is "to empower dancers and choreographers to think, to grow, and to create satisfying careers for themselves..."
STAGE CREDITS
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Awards and Nominations
Grover Dale, Mail
Grover Dale, The Magic Show
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Grover Dale, Billy
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Grover Dale, Billy
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Grover Dale has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.
Grover Dale has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Grover Dale's first West End show was Sail Away which opened in 1962
Outstanding Choreography (Drama Desk Awards) for Mail, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Magic Show, Best Choreography (Tony Awards) for Billy and Outstanding Choreography (Drama Desk Awards) for Billy.
Grover Dale has won the Tony Award for Best Choreography for Billy and also received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography for the same show, Billy.
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