BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tony Brunch on May 2, 2012, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today's the spotlight's on dancing man Christopher Gattelli, nominated for Best Choreography for Newsies.
A Broadway vet, Gattelli has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Choreography for South Pacific and the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Choreography for Altar Boyz. He won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Choreograper for Altar Boyz and Bat Boy: The Musical. Additional Broadway credits include Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (2006), High Fidelity (2006), The Ritz (2007), and Sunday in the Park with George (Revival, 2008).
The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from the Beacon Theatre, on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 10, 2012.
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