Scott Wise
{{short description|American actor and dancer}}
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| birth_place = Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
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- Kiel Junius (divorced)
- {{marriage|Elizabeth Parkinson|1999}}
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James Wise
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Scott Wise (born October 30, 1958) is an American theatre actor and dancer. He is known for his performances in the 1989 musical Jerome Robbins' Broadway, which earned him a Tony Award, and in the 2002 film Chicago.
Wise was nominated for three Tony Awards (winning one), two Drama Desk Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Helen Hayes Award in his career.
Life and career
Wise was born in Pocatello, Idaho, and grew up near Spokane, Washington, living briefly in Provo, Utah.{{cite news|last1=Witchel|first1=Alex|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/13/theater/a-dancer-s-life-after-a-tony-back-to-the-chorus.html?|title=A Dancer's Life: After a Tony, Back to the Chorus|work=The New York Times|date=April 13, 1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613072740/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/13/theater/a-dancer-s-life-after-a-tony-back-to-the-chorus.html|archive-date=June 13, 2015}}
Although a life-trained dancer, Wise first became seriously interested in dance as a career while studying to become an accountant at the University of Idaho at Moscow.{{cite news|author=Jennifer Dunning|title=Nine Who Have the Certain Something|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5D9173FF933A25750C0A96F948260| work=The New York Times|date=1989-03-10| 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."
Wise won the Tony Award in 1989 in the category of Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in the dance revue Jerome Robbins' Broadway. In that revue, 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 (1996)Viagas, Robert. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/david-merrick-threatens-to-sue-the-tonys-328903# "David Merrick Threatens To Sue the Tonys"] playbill.com, May 15, 1996 and Fosse (1999).{{IBDB name|65416}}McGrath, Sean. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/1999-tony-nominee-scott-wise-featured-actor-musical-fosse-82275?r=n# "1999 Tony Nominee: Scott Wise (Featured Actor, Musical, Fosse)"] playbill.com, June 3, 1999
In addition to playing the Drill Sergeant and Sergeant O'Leary in the rock ballet, Movin' Out (2002), Wise was Twyla Tharp's assistant choreographer and assistant director.[http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/3067/Movin-Out " 'Movin' Out' Broadway"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805050809/http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/3067/Movin-Out |date=2015-08-05 }} playbill vault.com, accessed July 28, 2015
Murray, Matthew. [https://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/MovinOut.html "Review. 'Movin' Out'" ] talkinbroadway.com, October 24, 2002 Wise choreographed the Off-Broadway musical A Class Act in 2000.Sommer, Elyse. [http://www.curtainup.com/classact.html "'A Class Act', Manhattan Theatre Club (11/12/00 performance) and Broadway (3/14/01 performance)"], CurtainUp.com, November 12, 2000 and March 14, 2001, accessed July 28, 2015 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, with whom he has a son.Simonson, Robert and Hernandez, Ernio. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90805-Original-Tony-Nominated-Star-Parkinson-to-Return-to-Broadways-Movin-Out-Feb-8 Original "Tony-Nominated Star Parkinson to Return to Broadway's 'Movin' Out 'Feb. 8"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110141455/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90805-Original-Tony-Nominated-Star-Parkinson-to-Return-to-Broadways-Movin-Out-Feb-8 |date=2013-11-10 }} playbill.com, February 8, 2005 His daughter, actress Savannah Wise, is from his first marriage, to dancer and choreographer Kiel Junius.Kaye, Kimberly. [http://www.broadway.com/buzz/134058/rock-star-savannah-wise-goes-from-broadway-baby-to-broadway-babe/# "Rock Star Savannah Wise Goes from Broadway Baby to Broadway Babe"] broadway.com, August 17, 2009
In October 2006, Wise and Parkinson opened their studio, FineLine Theatre Arts, in New Milford, Connecticut.[http://www.finelinetheatrearts.com FineLine Theatre Arts website], finelinetheatrearts.com; accessed July 28, 2015.
Stage credits
Source:Playbill Vault [http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/5040/Scott-Wise "Scott Wise Broadway Credits and Awards"] playbillvault.com, accessed July 29, 2015
- 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
- 1997 Lucky in the Rain (Goodspeed Opera House) Nassour, Ellis. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/scott-wise-gets-lucky-in-goodspeeds-new-musical-aug.-1-71143# "Scott Wise Gets Lucky in Goodspeed's New Musical, Aug. 1"] playbill.com, August 1, 1997
- 1999 Fosse
- 2002 Movin' Out
- 2015 Allegiance
References
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Category:American male musical theatre actors
Category:American male dancers