- Scott Wise
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occupation = Actor, director, choreographer
spouse = Elizabeth H. Parkinson (1999-present)
Kiel Junius (div.)
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tonyawards = Best Featured Actor in a Musical
1989 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway "Scott Wise is an American actor, director and
choreographer .Biography
Although a life-trained dancer, Wise first became seriously interested in dance as a career while studying to become an accountant. [cite news | author=Jennifer Dunning | title=Nine Who Have the Certain Something | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5D9173FF933A25750C0A96F948260| work=The New York Times | date= | accessdate=2008-07-06] He performed with the Joffrey II, then moved into musical theater in the early 1980s after auditioning for "
A Chorus Line " "as a dare more than anything." [cite web | title=Ask a Star: Scott Wise | url=http://nytimes.theatredirect.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=3261&pn=1 | work=filmreference | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-07-10]Wise won his
Tony Award in1989 in the category of Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in thedance revue "Jerome Robbins' Broadway ". Wise played multiple roles, including "Riff" in "West Side Story " and "Chip" in "On the Town". Wise was nominated twice more in the same category for his performances in "State Fair" and "Fosse ".In addition to playing the Drill Sergeant and Sergeant O'Leary in the rock
ballet , "Movin' Out ", Wise was alsoTwyla Tharp 's assistant choreographer and assistant director. Wise has also choreographed theOff-Broadway musical "A Class Act ", a regional production of The Who's Tommy and the national tour of "Leader of the Pack ".Personal life
Wise is married to dancer
Elizabeth Parkinson and together have one son. His daughter, dancer Savannah Wise is from his previous marriage to dancer and choreographerKiel Junius .In October 2006, Wise and Parkinson opened up their studio, FineLine Theatre Arts, in New Milford, Connecticut.
tage productions
* 1982 "
A Chorus Line "
* 1984 "Cats"
* 1985 "Song and Dance "
* 1988 "Carrie "
* 1989 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway "
* 1992 "Guys and Dolls "
* 1993 "The Goodbye Girl"
* 1994 "Damn Yankees "
* 1995 "Victor/Victoria"
* 1996 "State Fair"
* 1999 "Fosse "
* 2002 "Movin' Out "References
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* [http://www.finelinetheatrearts.com FineLine Theatre Arts]
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