He has worked with some of the best directors and actors in Hollywood: in Robert Rodriguez’s Desperadowith Salma Hayek and the sequel Once Upon a Time in Mexicowith Johnny Depp in Original Sinwith Angelina Jolie in Alan Parker’s Evitawith Madonna (for which he received his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor) in Martin Campbell’s The Mask of Zorro, along with Catherine Zeta-Jones (second Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor), and the sequel The Legend of Zorro in Neil Jordan’s Interview with the Vampirewith Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphiawith Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in Bille August’s The House of the Spiritswith Meryl Streep and Glenn Close and in Brian de Palma’s Femme Fatale.He was nominated for his third Golden Globe for Best Actor for his work as the infamous Pancho Villa in HBO’s And Starring Pancho Villa as Himselfin 2003. Nine, directed by David Leveaux, also starred Chita Rivera. In 2003 he was nominated for a Tony for Best Musical Actor for Nine, his Broadway debut, a Roundabout Theater Company production inspired by Fellini’s 8½, which earned him the Drama Desk awards for Best Actor, and Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and Theater World awards. He made his directorial debut with Crazy in Alabama, a film starring Melanie Griffith. His second feature film as a director was El Camino de Los Ingleses( Summer Rain), a story about the passage from childhood to adulthood of a group of friends who are on vacation in the late 1970s.
In 2005 he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has been critically acclaimed for his roles in film, television, and theater, as well as his behind-the-camera work as a director. Since his entry into American cinema, Antonio Banderas has been one of the most prominent international actors of his generation.
In 2017, she won the Isabelle Stevenson Award for her commitment to future generations of artists through her work with NAAP and its theater education programs around the world. With the National Asian Artists Project (NAAP), her non-profit organization, she promotes the education and interest of the public and artists of Asian descent in musical theater, through the programs that the project offers, such as the musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel!, Hello Dolly!and Oliver!, all with an Asian cast. She has choreographed the shows Miss Saigon(KC Starlight), Mack and Mabel(Shaw Festival), Animal Crackers, South Pacific, Coconuts, Camelot and Damn Yankees, all at the Arena Stage in Washington DC. Assistant choreographer to Michael Bennett in the original production of this show, she has directed and choreographed several American and international companies: The King and Iand Bombay Dreams(national tours) Cinderellaby R&H (NYC Opera), Barnum(Australia) Carmen Jones(Kennedy Center), Porgy and Bess and Jesus Christ Superstar (European tour) Gypsy and A New Brain. She performed in a dozen Broadway shows before creating Connie’s role in A Chorus Line. The original Broadway production was produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, producer, in association with Plum Productions, Inc.Ī CHORUS LINE is presented in agreement with TAMS-WITMARK LLC 229 W. Through the musical numbers we find out about their dreams and best kept secrets, until we reach the culminating number, One, where the individual personalities of the dancers merge into a new and collective identity, that of the Chorus Line, constituting a company that seems to have no end.Īmerican General Management: Joe Christopher for RWS Entertainment Group. After a certain initial reluctance, they all end up talking about their past. So he asks them to introduce themselves and talk a bit about their lives. Seventeen of them are competing in the knockout round: Mike, Bobby, Sheila, Bebe, Maggie, Kristine, Al, Mark, Connie, Diana, Don, Judy, Richie, Greg, Cassie, Val and Paul.īut the hardest part is yet to come: Zach is looking for a powerful chorus line of four men and four women, and before making the final decision he wants to know more about the candidates. The director, Zach, and his assistant, Larry, are putting the candidates to the test. The show begins in the middle of an audition for a new musical production. We are in a Broadway theater in the mid-1970s.