Jerry Mitchell

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Jerry Mitchell
Born	Paw Paw, Michigan, USA
Occupation	Theatre director, choreographer

Jerry Mitchell is an American theatre director and choreographer.

Early life and education

Born in Paw Paw, Michigan, Mitchell later moved to St. Louis where he pursued his acting, dancing and directing career in theatre. He graduated from the Fine Arts college at Webster University in St. Louis. Today, Mitchell resides in New York City and St. Louis.

Broadway career

Mitchell's early Broadway credits were as a dancer in The Will Rogers Follies and revivals of Brigadoon and On Your Toes. He is openly gay.^[1][2]

Mitchell's first production as sole choreographer was the 1999 revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which he followed with The Full Monty.

Mitchell created and for many years directed the annual Broadway Bares benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.^[3] In addition to the theatre, he has choreographed for films such as Camp, In & Out and Drop Dead Gorgeous. He garnered an Emmy Award nomination for his work on The Drew Carey Show.

In 2003 Mitchell was named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch". His most recent project, for which he serves as both director and choreographer, is Legally Blonde: The Musical, which opened in April 2007, and currently serves as a mentor on Bravo's reality competition Step It Up and Dance.^[4]

Mitchell is currently working on a stage show for Las Vegas, Peepshow, and was involved in workshops for the stage musical version of the film Catch Me If You Can.^[4][5][6]

Stage work

• Three Men on a Horse (1993 revival)
• Grease (1994 revival)
• Jekyll & Hyde (1999 Second National Tour)
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999 Revival)
• The Rocky Horror Show (2000 revival)
• The Full Monty (2000)
• Hairspray (2002 Broadway) (2007 West End)
• Imaginary Friends (2002)
• Gypsy (2003 revival)
• Never Gonna Dance (2003)
• La Cage aux Folles (2004 revival)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005)
• Legally Blonde: The Musical (2007)
• Peepshow (2008)
• Catch Me If You Can (2009 Seattle, 2010 Broadway)
• Love Never Dies (2010 West End)

Awards

• 2005 Tony Award for Best Choreography – La Cage aux Folles
• 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography – La Cage aux Folles

References

1. ^ Jerry Mitchell (April 2, 2008) (transcript). An Interview with "Step It Up & Dance"’s Jerry Mitchell. Interview with John Polly. AfterElton. http://www.afterelton.com/people/2008/4/jerrymitchell?page=0%2C2. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
2. ^ Jerry Mitchell (June 2007) (transcript). Broadway One On One: Jerry Mitchell. Interview with Michael Rupert. Pride Entertainment. http://prideentertainment.net/page2.aspx. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
3. ^ Adam Hetrick (June 26, 2008). "Mitchell to Sign Broadway Bares Backstage Pass at Barnes and Noble June 27". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119017.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Robert Simonson (April 16, 2008). "Playbill.com's Brief Encounter With Jerry Mitchell". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/116817.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
5. ^ BWW News Desk (November 18, 2008). "Mel B and Kelly Monaco Join Jerry Mitchell's Upcoming Vegas Based 'PEEP SHOW'!". BroadwayWorld. http://broadwayworld.com/article/Mel_B_and_Kelly_Monaco_Join_Jerry_Mitchells_Upcoming_Vegas_Based_PEEP_SHOW_20081118. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
6. ^ Gans, Andrew and Hernandez, Ernio (December 3, 2007). "Catch Me If You Can Reading Set for 2008". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113220.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 

External links

Dance portal

• Jerry Mitchell at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jerry Mitchell at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Mitchell, Jerry
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Short description	American theatre director and choreographer
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Place of birth	Paw Paw, Michigan, USA
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