Walter Bobbie Biography
Date Of Birth:
November 18, 1945 (75)
Bio:
Walter Bobbie won the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as director of the international hit Chicago which and has become the longest-running revival in Broadway history. Recent directing includes David Ives's New Jerusalem, Venus in Fur, and The School for Lies, all at Classic Stage ...
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Date of Birth:
November 18, 1945 (75)
Bio:
Walter Bobbie won the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as director of the international hit Chicago which and has become the longest-running revival in Broadway history. Recent directing includes David Ives's New Jerusalem, Venus in Fur, and The School for Lies, all at Classic Stage ...
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Latest News on Walter Bobbie
Walter Bobbie won the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as director of the international hit Chicago which and has become the longest-running revival in Broadway history. Recent directing includes David Ives's New Jerusalem, Venus in Fur, and The School for Lies, all at Classic Stage Company, Ives' The Other Woman at EST, as well as Jeff Talbott's The Submission at MCC, Evan Smith's The Savannah Disputation at Playwrights Horizons, Christopher Durang's The Marriage of Bette & Boo at the Roundabout, and Terrence McNally's Golden Age at the Kennedy Center. Broadway credits include White Christmas, High Fidelity, Sweet Charity, Twentieth Century, Footloose, and A Grand Night for Singing. Bobbie is also an actor who appeared in a range of plays and musicals from the original cast of Grease to Shaw's Getting Married at Circle in the Square, Assassins at Playwrights Horizons, I Love My Wife, Going Up, A History of the American Film, Driving Miss Daisy, Café Crown, and Lincoln Center's Anything Goes, among others. He received a Drama Desk nomination for his performance as Nicely-Nicely in 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls, and Drama Desk, Outer Critics' Circle and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for his performance in David Ives's Polish Joke at Manhattan Theatre Club. Bobbie was Artistic Director for City Center's acclaimed Encores!, and serves on the Executive Board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
Walter Bobbie Awards and Nominations
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Director of a Musical | ||
| Walter Bobbie, Bright Star | ||
| The Lortels - 2010 - Outstanding Director | ||
| Walter Bobbie, Venus in Fur | ||
| Drama Desk Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Director of a Musical | ||
| Walter Bobbie, Irving Berlin's White Christmas | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2005 - Outstanding Director of a Musical | ||
| Walter Bobbie, Sweet Charity | ||
Drama Desk Awards - 2003 - Outstanding Featured Actor - Play  |
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| Walter Bobbie, Polish Joke | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2003 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | ||
| Walter Bobbie, Polish Joke | ||
| The Lortels - 2003 - Outstanding Featured Actor | ||
| Walter Bobbie, Polish Joke | ||
| Tony Awards - 1999 - Best Book of a Musical | ||
| Walter Bobbie, Footloose | ||
| Olivier Awards - 1998 - Best Director | ||
| Walter Bobbie, Chicago | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1997 - Best Director - Musical |
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| Walter Bobbie, Chicago | ||
| Tony Awards - 1997 - Best Direction of a Musical |
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| Walter Bobbie, Chicago | ||
| Drama Desk Awards - 1996 - Outstanding Director - Musical |
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| Walter Bobbie, Chicago | ||
| Tony Awards - 1994 - Best Book of a Musical | ||
| Walter Bobbie, A Grand Night for Singing | ||
| Drama Desk Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | ||
| Walter Bobbie , Crazy for You | ||
