Walter Bobbie won the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as director of the international hit Chicago which and has become the longest-running revival in Broadway history. Recent directing includes David Ives's New Jerusalem, Venus in Fur, and The School for Lies, all at Classic Stage Company, Ives' The Other Woman at EST, as well as Jeff Talbott's The Submission at MCC, Evan Smith's The Savannah Disputation at Playwrights Horizons, Christopher Durang's The Marriage of Bette & Boo at the Roundabout, and Terrence McNally's Golden Age at the Kennedy Center. Broadway credits include White Christmas, High Fidelity, Sweet Charity, Twentieth Century, Footloose, and A Grand Night for Singing. Bobbie is also an actor who appeared in a range of plays and musicals from the original cast of Grease to Shaw's Getting Married at Circle in the Square, Assassins at Playwrights Horizons, I Love My Wife, Going Up, A History of the American Film, Driving Miss Daisy, Café Crown, and Lincoln Center's Anything Goes, among others. He received a Drama Desk nomination for his performance as Nicely-Nicely in 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls, and Drama Desk, Outer Critics' Circle and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for his performance in David Ives's Polish Joke at Manhattan Theatre Club. Bobbie was Artistic Director for City Center's acclaimed Encores!, and serves on the Executive Board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
Walter Bobbie, Bright Star
Walter Bobbie, Venus in Fur
Walter Bobbie, Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Walter Bobbie, Sweet Charity
Walter Bobbie, Polish Joke
Walter Bobbie, Polish Joke
Walter Bobbie, Polish Joke
Walter Bobbie, Footloose
Walter Bobbie, Chicago
Walter Bobbie, Chicago
Walter Bobbie, Chicago
Walter Bobbie, Chicago
Walter Bobbie, A Grand Night for Singing
Walter Bobbie , Crazy for You
Walter Bobbie has appeared on Broadway in 11 shows.
Walter Bobbie has not appeared in the West End.
Walter Bobbie has received several nominations for his work in theater. These include: - Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Bright Star - Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for Venus in Fur - Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Irving Berlin's White Christmas - Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Sweet Charity - Outstanding Featured Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Polish Joke - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Polish Joke - Outstanding Featured Actor (The Lortels) for Polish Joke - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Footloose - Best Director (Olivier Awards) for Chicago - Best Director - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Chicago - Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Chicago - Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Chicago - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for A Grand Night for Singing - Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Crazy for You.
Walter Bobbie has won the following awards: Outstanding Featured Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Polish Joke; Best Director - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Chicago; Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Chicago; and Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Chicago.
Walter Bobbie has written 2 shows including A Grand Night for Singing (Conceiver), Footloose (Bookwriter).
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