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Kathleen Marshall (born 1962) is an American choreographer, director, and creative consultant. ==Life and career== Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Marshall graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1980 and Smith College in 1985. She worked in the Pittsburgh theatre scene when she was younger, performing with such companies as Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.〔Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh In Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 204. ISBN 978-0-8229-4330-3. Retrieved 2011-06-06〕 She began her Broadway career as assistant to her brother Rob, the choreographer of ''Kiss of the Spider Woman'', in 1993. The two also collaborated on ''She Loves Me'' (1993), ''Damn Yankees'' (1994), ''Victor/Victoria'' (1995), and ''Seussical'' (2000). She was the artistic director for the Encores! Series of staged musical revivals from 1996 through 2000. During that time, she choreographed ''The Boys from Syracuse'', ''Li'l Abner'' and ''Call Me Madam'' and both directed and choreographed ''Babes in Arms'' and ''Wonderful Town''.〔Jones, Kenneth. (Kathleen Marshall Steps Down From Encores!, Viertel is New Artistic Director" ) playbill.com, June 9, 2000〕 Marshall served as a judge on the NBC reality series ''Grease: You're the One That I Want''. Viewer votes selected the stars of the August 2007 Broadway revival of ''Grease'', which she directed and choreographed. The ''Encores!'' production of ''Wonderful Town'' transferred to Broadway in November 2003〔Simonson, Robert. ("Wonderful, Wonderful: Murphy Goes on the Town as Bernstein Revival Opens on Broadway, Nov. 23" ) playbill.com, November 23, 2003〕 and ran until January 2005, with both direction and choreography by Marshall. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography,〔Hernandez, Ernio.(Two for Tony and Tony for Two: Kathleen Marshall, Brian MacDevitt and Tony Kushner Earn Double Nominations" ) playbill.com, May 16, 2004〕 and won for Best Choreography. She was the director and choreographer of the Broadway revival of ''Pajama Game'' which opened in February 2006 and marked the Broadway acting debut of Harry Connick, Jr.〔Simonson, Robert and Jones, Kenneth. ("Hey There: 'The Pajama Game' Is Played Once More on Broadway" ) playbill.com, February 23, 2006〕 Marshall directed and choreographed a Broadway revival of Cole Porter's ''Anything Goes'' beginning in April 2011, with Sutton Foster starring as Reno Sweeney.〔Jones, Kenneth. ("Bon Voyage! 'Anything Goes', With Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, Opens on Broadway" ) playbill.com, April 7, 2011〕 Marshall was nominated for the Tony Award for both directing and choreography and won for choreography.〔Jones, Kenneth. ("''War Horse'', ''Book of Mormon'', ''Anything Goes'', ''Normal Heart'' Win 2011 Tony Awards" ). Playbill.com, June 12, 2011〕 She is director and choreographer of the new musical ''Nice Work If You Can Get It'' which opened on Broadway in April 2012. She will direct the upcoming musical adaptation of the film, ''Ever After'', which is aiming for a run on Broadway in the 2015-16 musical theatre season.〔(Kathleen Marshall to Helm Broadway-Bound EVER AFTER Musical )〕〔(Kathleen Marshall Will Direct Broadway Debut of Ever After, Based On 1998 Cinderella Film )〕 She directed the new television movie of ''Once Upon a Mattress'' which was broadcast on ABC in December 2005.〔("'Once Upon a Mattress,' Directed by Kathleen Marshall, Airs on ABC-TV Dec. 18" ) playbill.com, December 18, 2005〕 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「Kathleen Marshall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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