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Edwin Sherin (born January 15, 1930) is an American theatre and television director and producer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Edwin Sherin )〕 Sherin's wife is actress Jane Alexander and his stepson is the similarly dubbed Jace Alexander, with whom he has collaborated on the television legal drama/police procedural ''Law & Order'' on thirty-two (32) separate occasions. He has directed many episodes of the television drama ''Law & Order'', as well as directing for the stage, mainly on Broadway, including ''The Great White Hope'', which starred Alexander in both the theater and film versions. ==Biography== Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,〔(Edwin Sherin profile at FilmReference.com ); accessed April 10, 2011〕 He began his theatrical career as an actor, playing small roles on Broadway in ''A Desert Incident'', ''Face of a Hero'', and ''Romulus''.〔(Ed Sherin profile at IBDb ); accessed April 10, 2011〕 He met Alexander while serving as the resident director at Washington, DC's Arena Stage, where he cast her and James Earl Jones in ''The Great White Hope''. In 1968, he directed the play and its two stars on Broadway,〔Barnes, Clive.("'The Great White Hope'" ) ''The New York Times'', October 4, 1968〕 and the production marked the start not only of his Broadway directorial career, but a long professional and personal relationship with Alexander as well. He directed Alexander in ''The First Monday in October'' on Broadway in 1978,〔("''The First Monday in October'' listing" ) InternetBroadwayDatabase, accessed April 10, 2011〕 ''Hedda Gabler'' at the Hartman Theatre (Connecticut) in 1981〔Gussow, Mel.("Theater:Jane Alexander Plays 'Hedda Gabler'" ) ''The New York Times'', October 2, 1981,〕 in the American Playhouse television movie ''A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz'', in 1991.〔("Variety Review" ) ''VARIETY TV REV 1991-92 17'' (books.google.com), JTaylor & Francis, 1994, ISBN 0-8240-3796-0, July 17, 1991 (no page number)〕 and in the Broadway revival of ''The Visit''.〔Rich, Frank.("'The Visit'; Revenge and Common Greed As the Root of Much Evil" ) ''The New York Times'', January 24, 1992〕 While working at the Arena Stage, Sherin directed many plays, including ''The Wall'' (1963-1964), ''Galileo'' (1964-1965), ''St. Joan'' (1965 - 1966), ''Macbeth'' (1966-1967), ''The Iceman Cometh'' (1967-1968), and ''King Lear'' (1968-1969).〔("Arena Stage, Production History" ) arenastage.org, accessed April 10, 2011〕 Sherin won the 1969 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director for ''The Great White Hope''〔("1968-1969 15th Drama Desk Awards" ) dramadesk.com, accessed April 10, 2011〕 and was nominated for a 1974 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (''Find Your Way Home''). ''The Time of Your Life'' was revived in March 17, 1972 at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles where Henry Fonda, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Thompson, Strother Martin. Jane Alexander, Richard X. Slattery, Lewis J. Stadlen and Pepper Martin were among the cast with Sherin directing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WorldCat )〕 In 1974, Sherin directed a revival of ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' at London's Piccadilly Theatre with Claire Bloom, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, and Morag Hood.〔Kolin, Philip C.("London, 1974" ) ''Williams: A streetcar named desire'', Cambridge University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-521-62610-2, p. 97〕 In 2009 directed Thom Thomas's A MOON TO DANCE BY at The Pittsburgh Playhouse and at The George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, N.J. starring Jane Alexander. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin Sherin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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