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Greenberg recently directed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Geffen Playhouse starring Calista Flockhart and Zachary Quinto It was widely praised. Entertainment Weekly called it "A brilliantly staged riveting portrait of toxic domestic bliss." Variety (magazine) said "A fearless Calista Flockhart tears into Zachary Quinto in the inspired 60th Anniversary Revival." The Los Angeles Times called it "Unerringly good...Quinto and Flockhart expose something infinitely fragile in Albee's shatterproof play." It won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Revival.



He is currently creating and Co-Executive Producing "Most Talkative", a new comedy television series for NBC and Blumhouse based on Andy Cohen's coming of age in St. Louis and writing a new musical about Pablo Picasso with Stephen Schwartz (composer) and Caridad Svich for Antonio Banderas.

He co-wrote (with Steve Rosen) and directed Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors! which was recorded as a radio play starring John Stamos, Laura Benanti, Annaleigh Ashford, Alex Brightman, Ashley Park, James Monroe Iglehart, Christopher Sieber, Richard Kind and Rob McClure It will premiere Off-Broadway in fall, 2023.

Their new play, Crime & Punishment, A Comedy was commissioned by the Old Globe Theatre and was part of the Powers Festival. It will premier there in summer of 2023.

He directed the American premier of Piaf/Dietrich, A Legendary Affair for Mirvish in Toronto, which opened to rave reviews, was extended three times and was nominated for 7 Dora Awards and won Best Musical Production.

He directed the Broadway adaptation of Irving Berlin's film Holiday Inn. Greenberg also co-wrote the adaptation (with Chad Hodge). Produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company and Universal Pictures Stage Productions, the show was well received by critics, with Variety noting that "the 1942 film has gotten a complete and first-class stage redo [...] turning this shaky fixer-upper into prime property."

His revival of Guys And Dolls received excellent reviews and was nominated for six Olivier Awards. It premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre and then ran in London's West End at the Savoy Theatre then at the Phoenix Theatre, where it starred Rebel Wilson. In his review for the New York Times, Ben Brantley called it "Pure, unforced pleasure...a boozy bawdy party."

Greenberg directed and adapted the revised production of Working (adapted and revised with composers Stephen Schwartz and Lin-Manuel Miranda). The revival was presented at Broadway in Chicago's Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, as well as the 59 E 59 Theatre in New York, the Old Globe in San Diego and Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Greenberg revised and directed the Drama Desk Award-winning revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Drama League nominations for Best Revival of a Musical), which garnered excellent reviews. Charles Isherwood of the New York Times called it a "powerful revival" and Elysa Gardner of USA Today wrote that Greenberg "captures what made Brel's oeuvre at once distinctly of a certain place and time and enduringly universal."

He directed the new stage adaptation of Tangled for Disney.

He has written original movie musicals for Nickelodeon called Emerald City Music Hall and another for The Disney Channel titled Scramble Band, with Michael Weiner.

His other work includes Johnny Baseball at Williamstown Theatre Festival,

Formerly an actor, Greenberg appeared in the Broadway productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Grease; The Little Prince and the Aviator; and Off-Broadway in Peacetime; Names; City Suite; Show Me Where the Good Times Are; and on television in Shaky Ground, Knots Landing, Living Single, Step By Step; and on film in New York City Serenade directed by Frank Whaley.

Greenberg produced and directed commercials for J. Walter Thompson from 1991 to 1993. He served as the artistic director of Musical Theatre Works in New York City from 1997 to 2000, and currently serves as artistic director of the Broadway Teachers Workshop.

Greenberg adapted (with Steve Rosen) and directed The Secret Of My Success, a musical comedy based on the 1987 movie of the same name, as a Broadway musical for Universal Pictures. The musical was mid-run for its world premiere and pre-Broadway tryout at the Paramount Theatre in March 2020 with Sydney Morton (Christy Lockhart) and Billy Harrigan Tighe (Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield) as leads when production was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. It had been scheduled to run from February 21 – March 29, and the final performance was March 12, as Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker shut down all performance venues starting March 13.

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STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1995
Ensemble [Replacement]

Tackaberry [Replacement]

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[Broadway, 2024]
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[Off-Broadway, 2023]
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[St. Louis, MO (Regional), 2017]
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[West End, 2017]
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[West End, 2016]
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[St. Louis, MO (Regional), 2015]
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[East Haddam, CT (Regional), 2014]
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[Off-Broadway, 2010]
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[Milburn, NJ (Regional), 2007]
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[East Haddam, CT (Regional), 2006]
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[New York, 2005]
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[Off-Broadway, 2005]
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[Milburn, NJ (Regional), 2005]
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[Regional (US), 2004]
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[Off-Broadway, 2004]
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[New York, 2004]
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 18, 2025

Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, is now open at Menier Chocolate Factory. Read the reviews for the production here and see what the critics are saying!
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by Cindy Marcolina - Mar 18, 2025

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by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2025

As rehearsals begin, the Menier Chocolate Factory has announced the full cast for for the UK premiere of Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Gordon Greenberg been in?

Gordon Greenberg has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.

How many West End shows has Gordon Greenberg been in?

Gordon Greenberg has not appeared in the West End.

How many shows has Gordon Greenberg written?

Gordon Greenberg has written 2 shows including Holiday Inn (Book), Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors (Co-Author).

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