Jeff Calhoun
Broadway: Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde, Grey Gardens, Deaf West's Big River (2004 Tony Honor, Excellence in Theatre), Brooklyn, Bells Are Ringing (2001 Revival), Annie Get Your Gun (1999 Tony Award, Best Revival), Grease (1994 Tony nomination, Best Choreography), Tommy Tune Tonite! , The Will Rogers Follies.
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BIO
Broadway: Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde, Grey Gardens, Deaf West's Big River (2004 Tony Honor, Excellence in Theatre), Brooklyn, Bells Are Ringing (2001 Revival), Annie Get Your Gun (1999 Tony Award, Best Revival), Grease (1994 Tony nomination, Best Choreography), Tommy Tune Tonite!, The Will Rogers Follies.
West End/International: Disney's High School Musical 1 & 2: On Stage!.
Regional/National tour: Jekyll & Hyde, Upcoming National Tour; Disney's Newsies, Paper Mill Playhouse; Jane Austen's Emma: A Musical Romantic Comedy (2011 Craig Noel Award, Outstanding Resident Musical), The Old Globe; Bonnie & Clyde (2009 San Diego Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Musical and Outstanding Director of a Musical), Asolo Rep Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse; Dolly Parton's 9 to 5: The Musical, 1st National Tour; Deaf West's Pippin, Mark Taper Forum; Disney's High School Musical: On Tour!, Disney Theatrical; The Civil War and Shenandoah, Ford's Theatre. Ford's Theatre Associate Artist.
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STAGE CREDITS
Productions
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Jeff Calhoun
Connection
Movies
[ 1982 ] Aggie
[ 1986 ] choreographer
[ 1989 ] choreographer
[ 1990 ] choreographer
Awards and Nominations
Jeff Calhoun, Between the Lines
winner
Jeff Calhoun, Newsies
Jeff Calhoun, Newsies
Jeff Calhoun, Newsies the Musical
Jeff Calhoun, The Civil War
Jeff Calhoun, Big River:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
winner
Jeff Calhoun, Big River
Jeff Calhoun, Grease
Jeff Calhoun, Grease
Videos
Exclusive: Watch the Trailer for JEFF ROSS: TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE Netflix Special
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-03-20 09:00:40
Video: Jeff Ross Discusses Bringing His Life Story to Broadway in TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-07-25 14:28:03
Video: Jeff Ross Reveals Inspiration Behind Title of Broadway's TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-07-15 15:59:44
Video: 'Why Can't We Be Both?' from Goodspeed's A COMPLICATED WOMAN
by Joshua Wright - 2024-05-21 13:53:04
Video: Jeff Calhoun Opens Up About His Most Personal Project- A COMPLICATED WOMAN
by Backstage Live with Richard Ridge - 2024-05-14 15:14:50
Video: Creative Team of A COMPLICATED WOMAN on Bringing the Show To Goodspeed
by Joshua Wright - 2024-05-09 12:30:59
Video: Watch 'I Chose Love' in Rehearsals For Goodspeed's A COMPLICATED WOMAN
by Joshua Wright - 2024-05-08 11:44:42
Video: Watch Footage of A COMPLICATED WOMAN in Rehearsal at Goodspeed
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-05-04 16:26:43
Video: First Look at the World Premiere of HIS STORY: THE MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild - 2023-05-25 10:45:57
Video: Jeff Calhoun & Eamon John Foley Are Getting Ready to Tell HIS STORY in Dallas
by Backstage Live with Richard Ridge - 2023-05-05 10:38:06
Video: Meet the Director of HIS STORY: THE MUSICAL, Jeff Calhoun
by Nicole Rosky - 2023-05-04 09:58:59
VIDEO: Get a First Look at BETWEEN THE LINES, Now Playing Off-Broadway
by Stephi Wild - 2022-08-09 13:02:02
Photos & Video: First Look at Arielle Jacobs, Julia Murney & More in BETWEEN THE LINES Opening Off-Broadway Tonight
by Show Highlights - 2022-07-11 15:35:44
BETWEEN THE LINES Announces Jodi Picoult Meet the Author Nights
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2022-03-21 10:00:20
News
by Jenna Pastuszek - Oct 10, 2026
Heading to a musical theatre audition? In the first of a two-part series, a Broadway voice teacher explains what to bring and how to prepare. If you've never been to a professional musical theatre audition, it can feel like a mysterious black box. What really happens in the room where it happens? What do I bring in with me? Will they really count my bars and yell at me for having 35? Why is everyone in the hallway holding a binder? Who do I talk to if I have questions?
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 25, 2026
Coy Middlebrook has been appointed Artistic Director of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, overseeing artistic planning, programming, and education initiatives.
by Jenna Pastuszek - Sep 20, 2026
Ahh, September: falling leaves, pumpkin spice EVERYTHING, and back-to-school sales around every corner of the internet. It also marks the beginning of “fall audition season” — aka the time when regional theatres start booking their final shows of the year (i.e. holiday); Broadway is casting shows opening later in the ‘26-’27 season; and cruise ships are starting up their next nine-month contracts.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026
Broadway director and choreographer Richard J. Hinds has written an industry guide examining the path of the associate director and choreographer, drawing on his work on COME FROM AWAY, NEWSIES, and COMPANY.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2026
Michael James Scott will join the previously announced company of The Aspen Music Festival and School and Theatre Aspen's Guys and Dolls in Concert as ‘Nicely-Nicely Johnson'.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 22, 2026
If you missed lyricist Michael Colby's acclaimed two-part musical theatre event Cast of Characters during Urban Stages' Winter Rhythms Festival, you now have another opportunity to experience it. Learn more about how to stream here.
by Joshua Wright - Jun 9, 2026
Two River Theater and Deaf West Theatre released a trailer for ELEPHANT SHOES, a world premiere musical where spoken English and ASL intersect in a love story. The production closes June 28.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 9, 2026
The world premiere of Elephant shoes, a new musical from Two River Theater and Deaf West Theatre, has become the best-selling show in Two River's history. Get a first look at photos and video of the production.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 5, 2026
New York Theatre Barn and the Fire Island Pines Arts Project will join forces for the 5th annual season of Barn on Fire. The summer residency on Fire Island will make space for the original musicals Trick! The Musical and Café con Leche.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 28, 2026
Two River Theater and Deaf West Theatre will present a series of community events alongside their new musical Elephant Shoes, including a poetry slam, Juneteenth brunch, and Pride on the Plaza celebration in Red Bank, NJ.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 28, 2026
The Aspen Music Festival and School and Theatre Aspen have revealed the cast for their seventh annual co-production: a musical fable of Broadway, Guys and Dolls in Concert, starring Julie Benko, Christopher Sieber and more.
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2026
HIT SHOW, a new musical inspired by the 1963 kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr., will make its joint world premiere at The Carnegie and Southern Plains Productions, directed by Eamon Foley.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 6, 2026
Two River Theater and Deaf West Theatre are currently in rehearsals for Elephant Shoes, the new musical with a contemporary score and a blend of spoken English, ASL, and stage technology. See rehearsal photos!
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2026
Two River Theater held its 32nd Annual Gala at Park Loft, raising $320,000 and featuring live performances from the cast of world premiere musical ELEPHANT SHOES, a co-production with Deaf West Theatre.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 28, 2026
Two River Theater and Deaf West Theatre have revealed the full cast of Elephant Shoes, the new musical with a contemporary score and a blend of spoken English, ASL, and stage technology.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 21, 2026
Theatre Aspen revealed initial casting for Theatre Aspen’s 43rd summer season including Sylvia, Tony and Pulitzer Prize–winning musical A Chorus Line, and Grease.
by Gavin Glynn - Apr 17, 2026
Always feeling honored and blessed and believing in the arts and giving to the world, Jeffrey Polk took ten minutes to answer ten questions with Gavin Glynn about his influences on his continuing career as a much sought after dynamic live performer.
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 6, 2026
New York Theatre Barn will host A Seat at the Table: A Panel of Broadway Directors on April 21, featuring Tony nominees Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Camille A. Brown, Jeff Calhoun, and Moisés Kaufman at Open Jar Studios.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 31, 2026
At Two River Theater's 32nd Annual Gala on Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Park Loft in Oceanport on the Fort Monmouth campus, attendees will be treated to an exclusive sneak peek of the ground-breaking World Premiere musical Elephant Shoes.
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 20, 2026
The filmed version of Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride, the Broadway show written and performed by the comedian, will be coming to Netflix on March 24 and BroadwayWorld has your first look at the trailer for the special. Watch it now.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Jeff Calhoun has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.
Jeff Calhoun has not appeared in the West End.
Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Between the Lines, Best Direction of a Musical (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Newsies, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Newsies, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Newsies the Musical, Outstanding Director, Resident Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Civil War, Outstanding Director, Resident Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for Big River:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Big River, Outstanding Choreography (Drama Desk Awards) for Grease and Best Choreography (Tony Awards) for Grease.
Jeff Calhoun has won Best Direction of a Musical at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Newsies. He also received the Outstanding Director - Musical award at the Drama Desk Awards for Big River.
