Gordon Greenberg

Gordon Greenberg (born July 7) is an American director, producer, actor, and writer.

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Education

Greenberg attended Stanford University and NYU Film School Tisch School of the Arts, as well as The Lincoln Center Directors Lab, The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and Stagedoor Manor.

Career

Greenberg has directed, created and produced musicals, including the acclaimed revised production of Working (with Stephen Schwartz (composer) and Lin-Manuel Miranda at the Broadway in Chicago Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower [1][2] , the Old Globe in San Diego; [3]; Asolo Repertory Theatre);[4] the revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Drama League noms);[5][6][7] and conceived Pirates!, or Gilbert & Sullivan Plunder'd with Nell Benjamin and John McDaniel;[8][9][10] Half a Sixpence;[11] Happy Days (with Garry Marshall);[12] The Baker's Wife;[13] 1776;[14] Jesus Christ Superstar;[15] Peter Pan (national tour); and contemporary dramas, including Of Blessed Memory (King's Head Theatre); Immaculate Misconception by Carl Djerassi.

Greenberg co-wrote the show Band Geeks [1] [2] for Goodspeed Musicals and is currently writing a television pilot for Davis Entertainment and a new musical entitled THE BOOK OF LOVE based on Emma. He has appeared in the Broadway productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Grease (musical); The Little Prince and the Aviator; and Off-Broadway in Peacetime; Names; City Suite; Show Me Where the Good Times Are; and on television in Shaky Ground, Knots Landing, Living Single, Step By Step (TV series); and on film in New York City Serenade, directed by Frank Whaley (with Todd Barry).

Greenberg produced and directed commercials for J.Walter Thompson from 1991 to 1993. He served as the Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Works in New York City from 1997 to 2000, and he currently serves as Artistic Director of the Broadway Teachers Workshop.[16]

Current projects

Greenberg is currently co-creating and directing "Disney's Believe," a new musical for Disney Creative Entertainment with Kirsten Childs.

He is also the director of the new musical "We The People: America Rocks," written by Joe Iconis, Brad Alexander, Kevin Del Aguila, Eli Bolin, Sam Forman, Tommy Newman, Ryan Scott Oliver, Adam Overett, Erik Weiner, Mark Weiner, and Jordan Allen-Dutton. It is being choreographed by Michele Lynch, and the music is directed and arranged by J. Oconer Navarro. The show's associate director is Wes Grantom and the shows assistant director is Adam Quinn. The show stars actors, Badia Farha, Abe Goldfarb, F. Michael Haynie, Jamie LaVerdiere, Colin Campbell McAdoo, Justin Flagg and Brittany N. Williams. It is scheduled to open at the off-Broadway Lucille Lortel Theater.

Greenberg is scheduled to direct and/or write, "Ben Folds Project (The Producing Office)," "Jacques Brel (West End London 2011)," "Working (Broadway In Chicago 2011)," "33 Variations (Capital Rep)," "The Man Plan, Farewell My Concubine (China)" and several television projects.

Quotes

Greenberg has noted that "I’d had a long-standing love for Gilbert and Sullivan. Gilbert and Sullivan, in their day, were the Saturday Night Live or the Jon Stewarts, the social and political satirists that people looked to for a good laugh."[17]

On re-working Working, Greenberg said: "Stephen [Schwartz] gave me free rein to go back to the original book. So I brought him a big stack of index cards and I spread them all out over his living room and I said, 'How about this?' And then he reshuffled them and said, 'How about that.' And I reshuffled them, again and said, 'How about this and that?'"[18]

References

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  2. ^ Jones, Chris (2011-03-02). ?pagewanted=print; "working-broadway-playhouse-chicago-review-studs-terkel -Chicago Tribune". leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com. http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2011/03/working-broadway-playhouse-chicago-review-studs-terkel.html ?pagewanted=print;. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  3. ^ By (2009-03-16). "Theater Review: Working - Theater and Musical Production Reviews". Variety.com. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939880.html?categoryid=33&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
  4. ^ By (2008-05-20). "Theater Review: Working - Theater and Musical Production Reviews". Variety.com. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937222.html?categoryid=33&cs=1&query=Working+Asolo. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
  5. ^ Gardner, Elysa (2006-04-04). "Curtains rise on off-Broadway, regional fare". Usatoday.Com. http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/news/2006-04-04-off-broadway_x.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
  6. ^ "Resurrecting Jacques Brel - March 28, 2006 - The New York Sun". Nysun.com. 2006-03-28. http://www.nysun.com/arts/resurrecting-jacques-brel/29916/. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
  7. ^ Isherwood, Charles (2006-03-28). "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris - Review - Theater - New York Times". Theater2.nytimes.com. http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/03/28/theater/reviews/28brel.html?pagewanted=print;. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
  8. ^ By (2007-06-14). "Theater Review: Pirates! - Theater and Musical Production Reviews". Variety.com. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933913.html?categoryid=33&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
  9. ^ By (2006-11-05). "Theater Review: Pirates of Penzance - Theater and Musical Production Reviews". Variety.com. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117932044.html?categoryid=33&cs=1&query=Pirates+Goodspeed. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
  10. ^ Gates, Anita (2006-11-26). "Pirates of Penzance - Review - Theater - New York Times". Theater2.nytimes.com. http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/26cttheater.html. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
  11. ^ Teachout, Terry (2008-08-29). "This Time His Higgins Sings - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121996136923381217.html. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
  12. ^ Siegel, Naomi (2007-10-07). "Give Me an ‘Aaaayy’ - New York Times". Tv.nytimes.com. http://tv.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/07theatnj.html?scp=4&sq=%22gordon+greenberg%22&st=nyt. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
  13. ^ Siegel, Naomi (2005-04-24). "THEATER REVIEW; Heartbreak and Baguettes in Provence". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E5D81731F937A15757C0A9639C8B63. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
  14. ^ Siegel, Naomi (2009-04-23). "Theater Review - Despite an Arduous Start, ‘1776’ Educates and Entertains - NYTimes.com". New Jersey: Theater2.nytimes.com. http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/nyregion/new-jersey/26theatnj.html?scp=1&sq=%22gordon+greenberg%22&st=nyt. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
  15. ^ The New York Times. http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9C04E1D6103DF933A15751C1A96E958260. 
  16. ^ "About Us". Broadway Teachers Workshop. http://www.broadwayteachersworkshop.com/about-us/. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
  17. ^ http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/season/0809/pirates/interview.pdf
  18. ^ "Working the Musical Reworked - 2008-2009". Musicalschwartz.com. 2009-04-12. http://www.musicalschwartz.com/working-reworked.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 

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