Kathleen Marshall

{{Short description|American choreographer, director, and creative consultant}}

{{for multi|the solicitor and legal scholar|Kathleen Marshall (solicitor)|the Australian veterinarian|Kathleen Marshall (veterinarian)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|9|28}}

| birth_place = Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.

| alma_mater = Smith College (1985)

| occupation = Choreographer, creative consultant, theatre director

| spouse = {{marriage|Scott Landis|2009}}

| relatives = Rob Marshall (brother)

| years_active = 1993–present

| children = 2

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Kathleen Marshall (born September 28, 1962){{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udCClf6JJQoC&q=%22kathleen+marshall%22+%22september+28+1962%22&pg=PA148|title=The Art of the American Musical: Conversations with the Creators |editor=Bryer, Jackson R. |editor2=Davidson, Richard A.|place=New Brunswick, NJ|publisher=Rutgers University Press|page=148|isbn=0813536138|year=2005}} is an American director, choreographer, and creative consultant.

Early life, career

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Marshall graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1980 and Smith College in 1985. She worked in the Pittsburgh theatre scene when she was younger, performing with such companies as Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh In Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 204. {{ISBN|978-0-8229-4330-3}}. She began her Broadway career as an assistant to her brother Rob,{{cite news|last=Rawson|first=Christopher|title=Two Marshalls win Governor's Awards for the Arts|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/in-the-wings/two-marshalls-win-governors-awards-for-the-arts-498459/|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=August 22, 2007}} the choreographer of Kiss of the Spider Woman, in 1993. The two also collaborated on She Loves Me (1993), Damn Yankees (1994), Victor/Victoria (1995) and Seussical (2000).{{cite news | author=Christopher Rawson | title=City native Kathleen Marshall continually lands directing jobs | url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06031/646848.stm | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=January 31, 2006 | access-date=August 11, 2008}} She was the artistic director for the Encores! series of staged musical revivals from 1996 through 2000. During that time, she choreographed The Boys from Syracuse, Li'l Abner and Call Me Madam and both directed and choreographed Babes in Arms and Wonderful Town.Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/53402-Kathleen-Marshall-Steps-Down-From-Encores-Viertel-is-New-Artistic-Director "Kathleen Marshall Steps Down From Encores!, Viertel is New Artistic Director"], playbill.com, June 9, 2000 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021115615/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/53402-Kathleen-Marshall-Steps-Down-From-Encores-Viertel-is-New-Artistic-Director |date=October 21, 2012 }}

Marshall was a judge on the NBC reality series Grease: You're the One That I Want!. Viewers' votes selected the stars of the August 2007 Broadway revival of Grease, which she directed and choreographed.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GREASE_to_Close_on_Broadway_January_4_2009_20081203 |title=GREASE to Close on Broadway January 4, 2009 |website=Broadwayworld.com |access-date=January 18, 2010}}

The Encores! production of Wonderful Town transferred to Broadway in November 2003Simonson, Robert. [https://www.playbill.com/article/wonderful-wonderful-murphy-goes-on-the-town-as-bernstein-revival-opens-on-broadway-nov-23-com-116486 "Wonderful, Wonderful: Murphy Goes on the Town as Bernstein Revival Opens on Broadway, Nov. 23"], playbill.com, November 23, 2003 and ran until January 2005, with both direction and choreography by Marshall. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography,Hernandez, Ernio.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86126-Two-for-Tony-and-Tony-for-Two-Kathleen-Marshall-Brian-MacDevitt-and-Tony-Kushner-Earn-Double-Nominations "Two for Tony and Tony for Two: Kathleen Marshall, Brian MacDevitt and Tony Kushner Earn Double Nominations"], playbill.com, May 16, 2004 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021115627/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86126-Two-for-Tony-and-Tony-for-Two-Kathleen-Marshall-Brian-MacDevitt-and-Tony-Kushner-Earn-Double-Nominations |date=October 21, 2012 }} and won for Best Choreography. She was the director and choreographer of the Broadway revival of Pajama Game which opened in February 2006 and which was the Broadway acting debut of Harry Connick Jr.Simonson, Robert and Jones, Kenneth, [https://www.playbill.com/article/hey-there-the-pajama-game-is-played-once-more-on-broadway-com-131003 "Hey There: 'The Pajama Game' Is Played Once More on Broadway"], playbill.com, February 23, 2006

Marshall directed and choreographed a Broadway revival of Cole Porter's Anything Goes beginning in April 2011, with Sutton Foster starring as Reno Sweeney.Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/149578-Bon-Voyage-Anything-Goes-With-Sutton-Foster-and-Joel-Grey-Opens-on-Broadway "Bon Voyage! 'Anything Goes', With Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, Opens on Broadway"], playbill.com, April 7, 2011 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613213644/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/149578-Bon-Voyage-Anything-Goes-With-Sutton-Foster-and-Joel-Grey-Opens-on-Broadway |date=June 13, 2011 }} Marshall was nominated for the Tony Award for both directing and choreography and won for choreography.Jones, Kenneth, [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/151725-War-Horse-Book-of-Mormon-Anything-Goes-Normal-Heart-Win-2011-Tony-Awards "War Horse, Book of Mormon, Anything Goes, Normal Heart Win 2011 Tony Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614175423/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/151725-War-Horse-Book-of-Mormon-Anything-Goes-Normal-Heart-Win-2011-Tony-Awards |date=June 14, 2011}}, Playbill.com, June 12, 2011 She was the director and choreographer of the musical Nice Work If You Can Get It which opened on Broadway in April 2012.

She directed the musical adaptation of the film, Ever After, for Papermill Playhouse’s 2015-16 season.[http://broadwayworld.com/article/Kathleen-Marshall-to-Helm-Broadway-Bound-EVER-AFTER-Musical-20120515 "Kathleen Marshall to Helm Broadway-Bound EVER AFTER Musical"], broadwayworld.com, May 15, 2012
- [http://playbill.com/news/article/165992-Kathleen-Marshall-Will-Direct-Broadway-Debut-of-Ever-After-Based-On-1998-Cinderella-Film "Kathleen Marshall Will Direct Broadway Debut of Ever After, Based On 1998 Cinderella Film"], playbill.com {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518001557/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/165992-Kathleen-Marshall-Will-Direct-Broadway-Debut-of-Ever-After-Based-On-1998-Cinderella-Film |date=2012-05-18 }}

She directed the new television movie of Once Upon a Mattress which was broadcast on ABC in December 2005.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/96831-Once-Upon-a-Mattress-Directed-by-Kathleen-Marshall-Airs-on-ABC-TV-Dec-18 "'Once Upon a Mattress,' Directed by Kathleen Marshall, Airs on ABC-TV Dec. 18"], playbill.com, December 18, 2005 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021115803/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/96831-Once-Upon-a-Mattress-Directed-by-Kathleen-Marshall-Airs-on-ABC-TV-Dec-18 |date=October 21, 2012 }}

In 2021, Marshall served as the director and choreographer for the London revival of Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre.{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=2021-08-04 |title=Sutton Foster Is Reno Sweeney in London's Anything Goes, Opening August 4 at the Barbican |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/sutton-foster-is-reno-sweeney-in-londons-anything-goes-opening-august-4-at-the-barbican |access-date=2021-09-25 |website=Playbill}}{{cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Lindsay| date=2021-08-04| title=Anything Goes, Starring Sutton Foster, Extends Run in London|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/201085/anything-goes-starring-sutton-foster-extends-run-in-london/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Broadway}} For her work in the production, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer.Hall, Margaret [https://www.playbill.com/article/eddie-redmayne-and-cabaret-win-big-at-the-2022-olivier-awards-see-the-complete-list-of-winners "Eddie Redmayne and Cabaret Win Big at the 2022 Olivier Awards; See the Complete List of Winners"], playbill.com, April 10, 2022

In 2023, Marshall directed and choreographed the world premiere of Sinatra: The Musical at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Personal life

In February 2009, Marshall received the Smith College Medal in honor of her work.

Marshall and Scott Landis, a producer and former agent, were married in September 2009.Copage, Eric V, [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/fashion/weddings/04vows.html "Vows. Kathleen Marshall and Scott Landis"], The New York Times, October 1, 2009 They have two children, Ella and Nathaniel, twins, who were born in May 2010.

Stage productions

Source: Internet Broadway Database[http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=1296 "Kathleen Marshall Listing"] accessed June 14, 2011

Swinging on a Star (1995) – choreographer
1776 (1997) – choreographer
Kiss Me, Kate (1999) – choreographer
Ring Round the Moon (1999) – choreographer
Follies (2001) – choreographer
Wonderful Town (2003) – director/choreographer
Little Shop of Horrors (2003) – choreographer
Two Gentlemen of Verona (2005) - director/choreographer, Public TheaterSimonson, Robert, [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94694-Two-Gentlemen-of-Verona-Opens-Before-the-Ladies-and-Gentlemen-of-New-York-City-Aug-25 "'Two Gentlemen of Verona' Opens Before the Ladies and Gentlemen of New York City Aug. 25"], playbill.com, August 25, 2005 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219175747/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94694-Two-Gentlemen-of-Verona-Opens-Before-the-Ladies-and-Gentlemen-of-New-York-City-Aug-25 |date=December 19, 2011 }}
The Pajama Game (2006) – director/choreographer
Grease (2007) director/choreographer
Calvin Berger (2010) director/choreographer, George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New JerseyGans, Andrew,[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/132385-Kathleen-Marshall-to-Direct-George-Streets-Calvin-Berger "Kathleen Marshall to Direct George Street's 'Calvin Berger'"], playbill.com, August 31, 2009 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021115713/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/132385-Kathleen-Marshall-to-Direct-George-Streets-Calvin-Berger |date=October 21, 2012 }}
Anything Goes (2011) director/choreographer
Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012) director/choreographerJones, Kenneth, [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/165219-Nice-Work-the-New-Gershwin-Musical-Starring-Matthew-Broderick-and-Kelli-OHara-Opens-on-Broadway Nice Work, the "New" Gershwin Musical Starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara, Opens on Broadway"], playbill.com, April 24, 2012 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426214402/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/165219-Nice-Work-the-New-Gershwin-Musical-Starring-Matthew-Broderick-and-Kelli-OHara-Opens-on-Broadway |date=April 26, 2012 }}
In Transit, (2016) director/choreographerGans, Andrew, [http://www.playbill.com/article/in-transit-new-a-cappella-musical-begins-broadway-previews# " 'In Transit', New A Cappella Musical, Begins Broadway Previews"], playbill.com, November 10, 2016
Anything Goes (2021) director/choreographer, Barbican Theatre
Sinatra: The Musical (2023) director/choreographer, Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Awards and nominations

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1996 \|Drama Desk Awards \|Outstanding Choreography \|Swinging on a Star \|{{nom}}
rowspan=3\|2000 \|Tony Award \|Best Choreography \|rowspan=3\|Kiss Me, Kate \|{{nom}}
Drama Desk Awards \|Outstanding Choreography \|{{nom}}
rowspan=2\|Outer Critics Circle Award \|rowspan=2\|Outstanding Choreography \|{{nom}}
2001 \|Follies \|{{nom}}
2002 \|Laurence Olivier Awards \|Best Theatre Choreographer \|Kiss Me, Kate \|{{nom}}
2003 \|Primetime Emmy Awards \|Outstanding Choreography \|The Music Man \|{{nom}}
rowspan="6"\|2004 \| rowspan=2\|Tony Award \| Best Direction of a Musical \| rowspan="6"\|Wonderful Town \| {{nom}}
Best Choreography \| {{win}}
rowspan=2\|Drama Desk Award \| Outstanding Director of a Musical \| {{nom}}
Outstanding Choreography \| {{Won}}
rowspan=2\|Outer Critics Circle Award \| Best Director of a Musical \| {{nom}}
Outstanding Choreography \| {{Won}}
rowspan="6"\| 2006 \| rowspan=2\|Tony Award \|Best Direction of a Musical \| rowspan="6"\| The Pajama Game \| {{nom}}
Best Choreography \| {{win}}
rowspan=2\|Drama Desk Award \| Outstanding Director of a Musical \| {{nom}}
Outstanding Choreography \| {{Won}}
rowspan=2\|Outer Critics Circle Award \| Best Director of a Musical \| {{nom}}
Outstanding Choreography \| {{Won}}
rowspan="7"\| 2011 \| rowspan=2\|Tony Award \|Best Direction of a Musical \| rowspan="7"\| Anything Goes \| {{nom}}
Best Choreography \| {{win}}
rowspan=2\|Drama Desk Award \| Outstanding Director of a Musical \| {{nom}}
Outstanding Choreography \| {{Won}}
rowspan=2\|Outer Critics Circle Award \| Best Director of a Musical \| {{nom}}
Outstanding Choreography \|{{won}}
Astaire Awards \|Outstanding Choreographer in a Broadway Show \|{{nom}}
rowspan="7"\| 2012 \| rowspan=2\|Tony Award \|Best Direction of a Musical \| rowspan="7"\| Nice Work If You Can Get It \| {{nom}}
Best Choreography \| {{nom}}
rowspan=2\|Drama Desk Award \| Outstanding Director of a Musical \| {{nom}}
Outstanding Choreography \| {{nom}}
rowspan=2\|Outer Critics Circle Award \| Best Director of a Musical \| {{nom}}
Outstanding Choreography \|{{nom}}
Astaire Awards \|Outstanding Choreographer in a Broadway Show \|{{nom}}
rowspan="2"\| 2022 \|rowspan=2\|Laurence Olivier Awards \| Best Director \| rowspan="2"\| Anything Goes \| {{nom}}
Best Theatre Choreographer \| {{Won}}

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1996

|Drama Desk Awards

|Outstanding Choreography

|Swinging on a Star

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rowspan=3|2000