5/24: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLES REPOLE Theatre World Award: Very Good Eddie (Tony nominee) Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY Mr. Repoles Broadway credits include: Very Good Eddie, Whoopee! (Drama Desk nomination), Doubles, and the direction of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Repoles directing experience ranges from Broadway to the Kennedy Center to Carnegie Hall to regional theatre. He has helmed concert versions of DuBarry Was a Lady with Faith Prince and Robert Morse, and Call Me Madam with Tyne Daly for the New York City Center Encores! series. Since 1999, he has conceived and directed the annual fund-raising gala for the 92nd Street Y which included working with such performers as Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, Angela Lansbury, Bebe Neuwirth, Jerry Herman, Carol Channing, and Elaine Stritch. At present, Repole is the Chairperson of the Drama, Theatre, and Dance Department at Queens College in Flushing, New York, where he teaches Acting, Directing, and Musical Theatre Workshop. He also has directed many main stage productions there.
Posted on: Sat, 24 May 2014 18:45:45 +0000
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