Scott Wise
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| Born | Scott Wise (1958年10月30日) October 30, 1958 (age 66) |
| Occupation | Actor & Dancer |
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| Children | Elizabeth Wise James Wise |
Scott Wise (born October 30, 1958) is an American theatre actor and dancer. He is known for his performances in the 1989 musical Jerome Robbins' Broadway , which earned him a Tony Award, and in the 2002 film Chicago .
Wise was nominated for three Tony Awards (winning one), two Drama Desk Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Helen Hayes Award in his career.
Life and career
[edit ]Wise was born in Pocatello, Idaho, and grew up near Spokane, Washington, living briefly in Provo, Utah.[1]
Although a life-trained dancer, Wise first became seriously interested in dance as a career while studying to become an accountant at the University of Idaho at Moscow.[2] He performed with the Joffrey II, then moved into musical theater in the early 1980s after auditioning for A Chorus Line "as a dare more than anything."[1]
Wise won the Tony Award in 1989 in the category of Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in the dance revue Jerome Robbins' Broadway . In that revue, Wise played multiple roles, including "Riff" in West Side Story and "Chip" in On the Town . Wise was nominated twice more in the same category for his performances in State Fair (1996)[3] and Fosse (1999).[4] [5]
In addition to playing the Drill Sergeant and Sergeant O'Leary in the rock ballet, Movin' Out (2002), Wise was Twyla Tharp's assistant choreographer and assistant director.[6] [7] Wise choreographed the Off-Broadway musical A Class Act in 2000.[8] a regional production of The Who's Tommy and the national tour of Leader of the Pack .[2]
Personal life
[edit ]Wise is married to dancer Elizabeth Parkinson, with whom he has a son.[9] His daughter, actress Savannah Wise, is from his first marriage, to dancer and choreographer Kiel Junius.[10]
In October 2006, Wise and Parkinson opened their studio, FineLine Theatre Arts, in New Milford, Connecticut.[11]
Stage credits
[edit ]Source:Playbill Vault [12]
- 1982 A Chorus Line
- 1984 Cats
- 1985 Song and Dance
- 1988 Carrie
- 1989 Jerome Robbins' Broadway
- 1992 Guys and Dolls
- 1993 The Goodbye Girl
- 1994 Damn Yankees
- 1995 Victor/Victoria
- 1996 State Fair
- 1997 Lucky in the Rain (Goodspeed Opera House) [13]
- 1999 Fosse
- 2002 Movin' Out
- 2015 Allegiance
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Witchel, Alex (April 13, 1992). "A Dancer's Life: After a Tony, Back to the Chorus". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015.
- ^ a b Jennifer Dunning (1989年03月10日). "Nine Who Have the Certain Something". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008年07月06日.
- ^ Viagas, Robert. "David Merrick Threatens To Sue the Tonys" playbill.com, May 15, 1996
- ^ Scott Wise at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ McGrath, Sean. "1999 Tony Nominee: Scott Wise (Featured Actor, Musical, Fosse)" playbill.com, June 3, 1999
- ^ " 'Movin' Out' Broadway" Archived 2015年08月05日 at the Wayback Machine playbill vault.com, accessed July 28, 2015
- ^ Murray, Matthew. "Review. 'Movin' Out'" talkinbroadway.com, October 24, 2002
- ^ Sommer, Elyse. "'A Class Act', Manhattan Theatre Club (11/12/00 performance) and Broadway (3/14/01 performance)", CurtainUp.com, November 12, 2000 and March 14, 2001, accessed July 28, 2015
- ^ Simonson, Robert and Hernandez, Ernio. Original "Tony-Nominated Star Parkinson to Return to Broadway's 'Movin' Out 'Feb. 8" Archived 2013年11月10日 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, February 8, 2005
- ^ Kaye, Kimberly. "Rock Star Savannah Wise Goes from Broadway Baby to Broadway Babe" broadway.com, August 17, 2009
- ^ FineLine Theatre Arts website, finelinetheatrearts.com; accessed July 28, 2015.
- ^ "Scott Wise Broadway Credits and Awards" playbillvault.com, accessed July 29, 2015
- ^ Nassour, Ellis. "Scott Wise Gets Lucky in Goodspeed's New Musical, Aug. 1" playbill.com, August 1, 1997