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Derek Goldby

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Director 1940–2022

Derek Tomlin Goldby (1940 – 9 January 2022) was an Australian-born theatre director who has worked internationally, particularly in Canada, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States and France.

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  • Unfortunately, The Rothschilds led to friction between Jerry Bock and me. It had to do with the original director for the show. Derek Goldby. He’d done only straight plays, and there’s some mysterious, magical quality in a musical that a dramatic director just can’t handle. He wasn’t capable of handling a show of that size, I felt, but Je…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
  • In Boston, Dania Krupska replaced choreographer Kevin Carlisle, and Derek Goldby, who would be fired from The Rothschilds two years later, replaced Benthall. The score was changed radically during the tryout, with Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick contributing three songs to the final version.ebooks/Mandelbaum, Ken/Not Since Carrie_ Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum.txt
  • directed by Michael Kidd (replacing Derek Goldby) choreographed by Michael replaced Grover Dale)theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS AND THE TRUE NATURE OF LOVE by Brad Fraser; Director, Derek Goldby; Sets/Costumes, Peter Hartwell; Lighting, Kevin Rigdon; Music/Sound, Richard Woodbury; Prod. Supervisor, Frank Scardino; Stage Manager, George Boyd; Press, Edward Callaghan/Andrea Goldstein, Owen Levy CAST: Kimberley Pistone (Benita), Scott Rende…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1991-1992 season, v. 48 (Willis).txt

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