Opening night of THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL : LIVE April 19, 2024 on the Pink Carpet thanks to Broadway Podcast Network. Cast, Crew, Creative of the Broadway musical inspired by Huey Lewis' music. I said "like" and "incredible" a lot - sorry, I was excited.
Gordon Greenberg
Greenberg recently directed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Geffen Playhouse starring Calista Flockhart and Zachary Quinto It was widely praised.
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Greenberg recently directed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Geffen Playhouse starring Calista Flockhart and Zachary Quinto It was widely praised. Entertainment Weekly called it "A brilliantly staged riveting portrait of toxic domestic bliss." Variety (magazine) said "A fearless Calista Flockhart tears into Zachary Quinto in the inspired 60th Anniversary Revival." The Los Angeles Times called it "Unerringly good...Quinto and Flockhart expose something infinitely fragile in Albee's shatterproof play." It won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Revival.
He is currently creating and Co-Executive Producing "Most Talkative", a new comedy television series for NBC and Blumhouse based on Andy Cohen's coming of age in St. Louis and writing a new musical about Pablo Picasso with Stephen Schwartz (composer) and Caridad Svich for Antonio Banderas.
He co-wrote (with Steve Rosen) and directed Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors! which was recorded as a radio play starring John Stamos, Laura Benanti, Annaleigh Ashford, Alex Brightman, Ashley Park, James Monroe Iglehart, Christopher Sieber, Richard Kind and Rob McClure It will premiere Off-Broadway in fall, 2023.
Their new play, Crime & Punishment, A Comedy was commissioned by the Old Globe Theatre and was part of the Powers Festival. It will premier there in summer of 2023.
He directed the American premier of Piaf/Dietrich, A Legendary Affair for Mirvish in Toronto, which opened to rave reviews, was extended three times and was nominated for 7 Dora Awards and won Best Musical Production.
He directed the Broadway adaptation of Irving Berlin's film Holiday Inn. Greenberg also co-wrote the adaptation (with Chad Hodge). Produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company and Universal Pictures Stage Productions, the show was well received by critics, with Variety noting that "the 1942 film has gotten a complete and first-class stage redo [...] turning this shaky fixer-upper into prime property."
His revival of Guys And Dolls received excellent reviews and was nominated for six Olivier Awards. It premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre and then ran in London's West End at the Savoy Theatre then at the Phoenix Theatre, where it starred Rebel Wilson. In his review for the New York Times, Ben Brantley called it "Pure, unforced pleasure...a boozy bawdy party."
Greenberg directed and adapted the revised production of Working (adapted and revised with composers Stephen Schwartz and Lin-Manuel Miranda). The revival was presented at Broadway in Chicago's Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, as well as the 59 E 59 Theatre in New York, the Old Globe in San Diego and Asolo Repertory Theatre.
Greenberg revised and directed the Drama Desk Award-winning revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Drama League nominations for Best Revival of a Musical), which garnered excellent reviews. Charles Isherwood of the New York Times called it a "powerful revival" and Elysa Gardner of USA Today wrote that Greenberg "captures what made Brel's oeuvre at once distinctly of a certain place and time and enduringly universal."
He directed the new stage adaptation of Tangled for Disney.
He has written original movie musicals for Nickelodeon called Emerald City Music Hall and another for The Disney Channel titled Scramble Band, with Michael Weiner.
His other work includes Johnny Baseball at Williamstown Theatre Festival,
Formerly an actor, Greenberg appeared in the Broadway productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Grease; The Little Prince and the Aviator; and Off-Broadway in Peacetime; Names; City Suite; Show Me Where the Good Times Are; and on television in Shaky Ground, Knots Landing, Living Single, Step By Step; and on film in New York City Serenade directed by Frank Whaley.
Greenberg produced and directed commercials for J. Walter Thompson from 1991 to 1993. He served as the artistic director of Musical Theatre Works in New York City from 1997 to 2000, and currently serves as artistic director of the Broadway Teachers Workshop.
Greenberg adapted (with Steve Rosen) and directed The Secret Of My Success, a musical comedy based on the 1987 movie of the same name, as a Broadway musical for Universal Pictures. The musical was mid-run for its world premiere and pre-Broadway tryout at the Paramount Theatre in March 2020 with Sydney Morton (Christy Lockhart) and Billy Harrigan Tighe (Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield) as leads when production was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. It had been scheduled to run from February 21 – March 29, and the final performance was March 12, as Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker shut down all performance venues starting March 13.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Gordon Greenberg has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
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Gordon Greenberg has written 3 shows including Holiday Inn (Book), Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors (Co-Author), Rope (Adapator).
and Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Baker's Wife.
Podcasts
Ep 144- The Director of "The Heart Of Rock & Roll" Gordon Greenberg Stops In!
We have a good one for you today! Do you want to know what a director does? Well Gordon Greenberg is here to tell you! Gordon has directed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in London’s West End, written for television and stage, and developed, directed and produced new works for arts institutions across America.
#6 - Gordon Greenberg - Helping AKB Write His Next Young Adult Novel
One might call Gordon Greenberg the driving force behind this sucker (pun intended). He sits down with Andrew for what very well might be the final episode of the podcastula for awhile (what is a podcastula, anyway?).
Ep289 - Gordon Greenberg: Fail Early, Fail Fast
If grit, talent, and perseverance were a person, it would be in the form of Gordon Greenberg. The multifaceted artist looks back at his younger years, sharing his first creative moment, and anecdotes about his journey which includes secretly taking a bus and walking into a producer’s office in the hopes of getting offered a role.
Episode 341: Gordon Greenberg gets Broadwaysted!
Blah! Blah! I vant to direct your play! Play along as Gordon Greenberg (@GordonGreenberg - Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors) joins Bryan and Kimberly for beer, broadway talk, theatre games, bad puns, and red wine. Grab tickets for Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors HERE.
#14 - Kate Baldwin, Julia Murney, Gordon Greenberg, Brad Oscar
Andrew Lippa may have the biggest mic in the room, but does he have the biggest knowledge of obscure Broadway music? Find out if the size of the mic matters in this week's Game Show competition with special guests Kate Baldwin, Julia Murney, Gordon Greenberg, and Brad Oscar.
#11 - Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors (Live: BPN Town Hall)
To celebrate the premier of the star-studded radio horror comedy play "DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS, Deep Dive Broadway hosted a Live Town Hall Event with cast members Alex Brightman, Ashley Park, James Monroe Iglehart, Rob McClure, Christopher Sieber, Richard Kind, Alan Tudyk, Kathy Fitzgerald, Orville Mendoza and writer/director Gordon Greenberg & writer Steve Rosen.







