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Yet the movie fails to provide a strong sense of either time or place. The Chaperone touches on various issues of the day, from prohibition, women's suffrage, and race relations - better in New York than in Kansas, we're led to believe - to the internment of German-born Americans like Joseph during World War I. His theatrical endeavors in development include Night at the Museum, The Princess Bride, Smash, and a sequel to The Drowsy Chaperone. Recent theatre projects include Hey Look Me Over (Encores), Half Time (Chicago, Paper Mill), The Sting (Paper Mill). But isn't she happily married to a prosperous lawyer (Campbell Scott)? That's where Norma's other secret figures into the plot, leading to a resolution that seems a lot more 2019 than 1922. The Prom was adapted into a Netflix film with an all-star cast. The head nun says no, but Norma is assisted by the orphanage's easygoing, sensitive, and incredibly helpful janitor, Joseph (Geza Rohrig).Ī widower with a young daughter, Joseph would be seem to be the ideal romantic prospect for Norma. When not extricating headstrong Louise from trouble in diners and speakeasies, Norma visits her early-childhood home in hopes of getting information about her birth parents. It turns out that the society matron was born down-and-out in New York, and spent her early years there in a nun-run orphanage.

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In fact, Norma has not one but two hidden agendas, which are revealed in a series of clunky, color-drained flashbacks. Additional New York credits: for City Center Encores! – the highly acclaimed productions of The Most Happy Fella, Anyone Can Whistle and Follies (direction/choreography).Norma's twin sons have grown into young men, so viewers might initially assume that their mom is simply bored with domestic life when she agrees to escort Louise to Manhattan. Other West End Credits as director/choreographer: Aladdin, Dreamgirls, The Drowsy Chaperone. for Best Direction and Choreography, Outer Critics Circle nom for Best Choreography) Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols (2005 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle noms.

for Best Direction and Choreography), Elf The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk noms. Best Direction and Choreography), Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten! (2015 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award noms. Other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: The Prom (2019 Tony nom, Best Direction), Mean Girls (2018 Tony noms. Represented on the West End as co-director/choreographer of The Book of Mormon. in the same categories for Choreography Olivier Award for Best Choreography). for Best Choreography), and co-director/choreographer of The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for co-director and noms. Represented on Broadway as director/choreographer of Disney’s Aladdin (2014 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award noms. A proud graduate of the University of Michigan musical theatre department, a proud member of Actors Equity Association, and a proud Jersey Girl. Original cast albums: The Prom, Finding Neverland, Unexpected Joy, Rated P, I Love You Because. Regional: The Humans (Aimee Blake, Pittsburgh Public), Funny Girl (Fanny/Riverside, FL), Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife, Alliance, Atlanta), The Little Mermaid (Ursula, Argyle, NY), Company (Amy, Pittsburgh Public), The Music Man (Marian, CT Rep), Oklahoma! (Ado Annie, OK Lyric), The Odyssey (Penelope & Circe, ArtPark, NY), Urinetown (Pennywise, Theatre Raleigh). Off-Broadway: I Love You, You’re Perfect Now Change, I Love You Because, Unexpected Joy, Rated P, The Marvelous Wonderettes. Other original Broadway companies: Finding Neverland, Title of Show, Cry-Baby, In My Life, and the 2016 revival of Falsettos. (she/her) Courtney is an original Broadway cast member of The Prom and is thrilled to be bringing this beautiful story across the US.

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