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Michael Bennett (April 8, 1943 – July 2, 1987) was an American musical theatre director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows and was nominated for an additional eleven. Bennett choreographed Promises, Promises, Follies and Company.
The 1966 Broadway production was a flop but introduced choreographer Michael Bennett in his Broadway debut. Based on Mississippi author Borden Deal's 1959 novel The Insolent Breed, the story centers on Shade Motley, a fiddler who arrives in a small Southern town and shocks the stern community with his exuberant love of hillbilly music and life ...
After eleven previews, the Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett, opened on December 14, 1978 at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 116 performances. The sets were by Robin Wagner, and Theoni V. Aldredge designed the costumes. The production was Bennett's first project following A Chorus Line three years earlier.
As conceived by Bennett "with stunning energy and inventiveness", [1] "Turkey Lurkey Time" is a dance performed by three secretaries at an office Christmas party. Their infectious singing and gyrations build into a frenetic chorus dance, as the office staff copy the trio, climaxing with some atop the office desks.
A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical conceived by Michael Bennett with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.. Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line.
Bob Avian, the dancer-turned-choreographer who played an integral role in such pivotal Broadway musicals as A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Company, Follies and Miss Saigon, died of cardiac arrest ...
Michael Bennett (theater) (1943–1987), American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer Mike Bennett (writer) (born 1962), British script writer, playwright and record producer Michael Bennett (book series) , a series of thriller books by best-selling author James Patterson
Democratic Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet claims state and local tax (SALT) deduction benefits “the wealthiest people in these very blue states in the east and west coasts.” Verdict: True The ...