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Jeff Whiting (born March 27, 1972 in Denver, Colorado) is an American theater director, choreographer, performer and entrepreneur. He has been involved in theatrical productions, concerts, operas and special events around the world. Whiting is also known for developing "Stage Write," an app that allows creation, duplication and editing of floorplan charts to facilitate stage choreography. == Biography == Whiting was born on March 27, 1972, in Denver, Colorado, the son of David L. Whiting and Bette Whiting (née Snelson). He was the third of five siblings. He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. At the age of 10, he was introduced to theater, dance, acting and singing, under Xan S. Johnson's tutoring at The University of Utah's Children's Theater program. In 1996 he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Dance Theater from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Whiting began his performing career immediately after graduation. He made his first professional appearance in 1996 as Quasimodo in Disney's ''Hunchback of Notre Dame'' at Disney/MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. In 1997, Whiting moved to New York City and performed in numerous regional theatrical productions. With a desire to create new works for the theater, Whiting began to find work as a director and choreographer. He was hired as an assistant director for the national tours of ''Hairspray'' and ''The Producers'', which is how he was introduced to Susan Stroman. In 2007, Stroman invited him to be assistant choreographer on the Broadway production of ''Young Frankenstein'', marking Whiting's first Broadway credit. He went on to collaborate with Stroman on several other projects. He was assistant director and choreographer on ''Happiness'' at Lincoln Center 〔 〕 and was associate director/choreographer on ''The Scottsboro Boys'', which received 12 Tony Nominations. He was also Diane Paulus' associate director on the Broadway revival of ''Hair'', which won the Tony Award for best musical revival. In 2013, Jeff was the Associate Director for Big Fish (musical). In addition to his work on Broadway, Whiting has directed numerous concerts and events. His work includes a series of concerts at Carnegie Hall with James Taylor (starring James Taylor, Bette Midler, Sting, Steve Martin and Tony Bennett) and "A Tribute to Susan Stroman" (co-hosted by Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane and produced by The Vineyard Theatre).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www2.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumnpics.cfm?colid=214416&photoid=272357 )〕 Opera credits include ''We Open In Paris'' at Glimmerglass Opera. Whiting has also directed and choreographed numerous events and shows for The Walt Disney Company in the USA, Brazil, Mexico and India. 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「Jeff Whiting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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