Jerry Mitchell

On stage 2 productions, 8 years

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Worked with more than once1 names

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Also credited on15 works

Kinky Boots
Hairspray
Legally Blonde
La Cage aux Folles (2004 Revival)
The Full Monty
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Gypsy (2003 Revival)
Catch Me If You Can
On Your Feet!
All About Me
Never Gonna Dance
Pretty Woman: The Musical
Swing!
Boop! The Musical

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature8 passages

• In March I had my first face-to-face meeting with Jerry Mitchell, the director. Jerry and I are about the same age and came to New York at about the same time. He was a dancer who had worked his way up from the chorus. He had specific ideas for Bruiser, but he had never really worked with animals onstage. I felt we needed two dogs, like I…ebooks/Berloni, Bill/Broadway Tails_ Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars - Bill Berloni & Jim Hanrahan.txt
• Jerry Mitchell, who had been in the other room preparing, came in, yelling, “Where’s Bruiser? I hear a dog here!” I tried to calm Chico, who erupted in barking. Jerry said, “Dogs love me. Just let him go.” I asked Jerry to get down because he is so tall, and he lay down on the bed. Chico dragged me over to the bed, jumped up on Jerry, and…ebooks/Berloni, Bill/Broadway Tails_ Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars - Bill Berloni & Jim Hanrahan.txt
• In 2003–2004, composer and colyricist Marc Shaiman, colyricist Scott Wittman, director Jack O’Brien, associate director Matt Lenz, choreographer Jerry Mitchell, cast members Kerry Butler and Linda Hart, and lead producer Margo Lion had a Tony-winning smash with Hairspray. It ran 2,642 performances.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
• Choreographer Jerry Mitchell made his Broadway directorial debut with Legally Blonde . As Elle, Laura Bell Bundy was acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for her musical comedy talents and immense charm.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Choreographer/director Jerry Mitchell, who earlier worked for both Robbins and A Chorus Line ’s Michael Bennett, noted that perfectionism goes with the job. “We come from a very disciplined form—dance. Dance isn’t about talking. It’s about doing. Dance is about standing at the bar and repeating it until it’s right. There’s no in-between.…ebooks/Isenberg, Barbara/Tradition!_ The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World's Most Beloved Musical - Barbara Isenberg.txt
• But it does happen enough to keep the edge on, observed choreographer/director Jerry Mitchell. Mitchell performed in Fiddler at age thirteen with Michigan’s Paw Paw Village Players and did the bottle dance with a Velcro bottle on top of his hat. “I thought, This is so easy,” he said. “Cut to learning the bottle dance from Jerry Robbins, a…ebooks/Isenberg, Barbara/Tradition!_ The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World's Most Beloved Musical - Barbara Isenberg.txt

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