Famed director Jerry Zaks' film 'Who Do You Love' is set to open in theaters in Spring of 2010. 'Who Do You Love' is a biopic of the record producer Leonard Chess written by Peter Martin Wortmann and Robert Conte, and directed by Zaks. Leonard Chess was played by Alessandro Nivola and other cast included David Oyelowo. It was filmed in New Orleans in 2008, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Zaks upcoming project is directing the world premiere of the Randy Newman musical project, "Harps and Angels," which is set to close out the Mark Taper Forum's 2010 season next fall.
He recently directed Chazz Palminteri's A Bronx Tale on Broadway as well as the acclaimed City Center Encores! productions of Girl Crazy and Stairway to Paradise and the National Tour of 101 Dalmatians. He will soon direct Michael Feinstein and Dame Edna in All About Me for its Broadway premiere. He has received four Tony® Awards, four Drama Desks, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, on Obie and an NAACP Image Award nomination for his national tour of The Tap Dance Kid. He has directed more than 30 productions in New York, including Guys and Dolls (Tony Award), Six Degrees of Separation (Tony Award), Lend Me A Tenor (Tony Award), House of Blue Leaves (Tony Award), A Funny Thing...Forum (Tony Award nomination), Smokey Joe's Café (Tony Award nomination), Anything Goes (Tony Award nomination), La Cage aux Folles (Tony Award, Outstanding Musical Revival), The Foreigner (Obie Award), The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Obie Award), The Caine Mutiny Court Marshal, Little Shop of Horrors, The Man Who Came to Dinner, A Bad Friend, The Front Page, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Assassins (Drama Desk nomination), Wenceslas Square, Sister Mary Ignatius..., and Beyond Therapy. Since 1990 he has been proudly affiliated with Jujamcyn Theaters.
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