Christopher Gattelli

Christopher Gattelli is an American choreographer, performer and theatre director.

Early life and career

Gattelli grew up in Bristol, Pennsylvania. He started dancing at the age of 8 and is a "Star Search" grand champion.Gattelli biography
feldentertainment.com, retrieved December 29, 2009 As a performer, he appeared in '' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' (revival) and the role of Pouncival in '' Cats''.

Choreographer

Christopher Gattelli is best known for his work on the 2012 Broadway musical '' Newsies''.

Gattelli has choreographed several special benefit concerts, including ''Chess'' (2003), '' Hair'' (also co-director, Actor's Fund, 2004), and ''Chance and Chemistry: A Centennial Celebration of Frank Loesser'' (also directed, Actors Fund, October 2009).

His work as choreographer for Broadway includes ''Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me'' (2006), '' High Fidelity'' (2006), '' The Ritz'' (2007), '' Sunday in the Park with George'' (Revival, 2008), '' South Pacific'' (2008), '' 13'' (2008), '' Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (2010), '' Godspell'' (2011), ''Newsies'' (2012), and the 2015 revival of '' The King and I''."Christopher Gattelli Broadway"
ibdb.com, accessed September 17, 2015

His Off-Broadway choreographic work includes ''Adrift in Macao'' (2007, also Philadelphia, PA 2005), ''How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes'' (also director, 2006), '' I Love You Because'' (2006), '' Altar Boyz'' (2005), ''tick, tick...BOOM!'''','' '' Dogfight'', and '' Bat Boy: The Musical'' (2001). In regional theatre he is the choreographer for '' The Baker's Wife'' ( Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey, 2005), ''Tom Jones'' (2004), ''tick, tick...BOOM!'' (2004, also London Fringe, 2005), ''Me and My Girl,'' and ''O. Henry's Lovers'' (Goodspeed Opera House, 2003). He directed Jim Henson's '' Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas'' at The Goodspeed Opera House, Connecticut in 2008, and choreographed Julie Andrews' ''The Great American Mousical'' there in 2012. His production of ''The Jungle Book'' played the Goodman Theatre and Huntington Theatre Company in 2013. He is the director of the musical spoof '' SILENCE! The Musical'', which ran in 2005 at NYCFringe and is scheduled to open in London in January 2010. Other West End and London credits include ''South Pacific'' and ''Sunday in the Park with George.''"'In Your Arms'"
broadwayworld.com, 2015 He is in charge of musical staging for '' Little Miss Sunshine''.

He collaborated with Stephen Flaherty on the world premiere of ''In Your Arms,'' which he directed and choreographed for the New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater at Vassar in 2014. He directed and choreographed ''In Your Arms'' for a production at the Old Globe Theatre in September 2015.

Gattelli directed and choreographed the Spring 2014 lab of RKO's '' Top Hat'' in New York. This was a new version of the 2011 stage version that ran in London and the UK, and was being worked on by Gatelli and Chad Beguelin. The production "is still several seasons off", according to Gatelli in January 2017.

His choreography can also be seen in the Coen brothers feature '' Hail, Caesar!''

He was the resident choreographer for ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show''.

Gattelli choreographed the American musical comedy television series '' Schmigadoon!'' for Apple TV+ in 2020 and 2023.

Personal life

He is openly gay.

Awards

References

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American choreographers
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Musical theatre choreographers
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