Kathleen Marshall (born September 28, 1962)^[1] is an Americandirector,choreographer, andcreative consultant.

Born inMadison, Wisconsin, Marshall graduated fromTaylor Allderdice High School inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania in 1980 andSmith College in 1985. She worked in thePittsburgh theatre scene when she was younger, performing with such companies asPittsburgh Civic Light Opera.^[2] She began herBroadway career as an assistant to her brotherRob,^[3] the choreographer ofKiss of the Spider Woman, in 1993. The two also collaborated onShe Loves Me (1993),Damn Yankees (1994),Victor/Victoria (1995) andSeussical (2000).^[4] She was the artistic director for theEncores! series of staged musical revivals from 1996 through 2000. During that time, she choreographedThe Boys from Syracuse,Li'l Abner andCall Me Madam and both directed and choreographedBabes in Arms andWonderful Town.^[5]

Marshall was a judge on the NBC reality seriesGrease: You're the One That I Want!. Viewers' votes selected the stars of the August 2007 Broadway revival ofGrease, which she directed and choreographed.^[6]

TheEncores! production ofWonderful Town transferred to Broadway in November 2003^[7] and ran until January 2005, with both direction and choreography by Marshall. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography,^[8] and won for Best Choreography. She was the director and choreographer of the Broadway revival ofPajama Game which opened in February 2006 and which was the Broadway acting debut ofHarry Connick Jr.^[9]

Marshall directed and choreographed a Broadway revival ofCole Porter'sAnything Goes beginning in April 2011, withSutton Foster starring as Reno Sweeney.^[10] Marshall was nominated for theTony Award for both directing and choreography and won for choreography.^[11] She was the director and choreographer of the musicalNice Work If You Can Get It which opened on Broadway in April 2012.

She directed the musical adaptation of the film,Ever After, for Papermill Playhouse’s 2015-16 season.^[12]

She directed the new television movie ofOnce Upon a Mattress which was broadcast onABC in December 2005.^[13]

In 2021, Marshall served as the director and choreographer for the London revival ofAnything Goes at theBarbican Theatre.^[14][15] For her work in the production, she won theLaurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer.^[16]

In 2023, Marshall directed and choreographed the world premiere ofSinatra: The Musical at theBirmingham Repertory Theatre.

In February 2009, Marshall received theSmith College Medal in honor of her work.

Marshall and Scott Landis, a producer and former agent, were married in September 2009.^[17] They have two children, Ella and Nathaniel, twins, who were born in May 2010.

Source: Internet Broadway Database^[4][18]

• Swinging on a Star (1995) – choreographer
• 1776 (1997) – choreographer
• Kiss Me, Kate (1999) – choreographer
• Ring Round the Moon (1999) – choreographer
• Follies (2001) – choreographer
• Wonderful Town (2003) – director/choreographer
• Little Shop of Horrors (2003) – choreographer
• Two Gentlemen of Verona (2005) - director/choreographer,Public Theater^[19]
• The Pajama Game (2006) – director/choreographer
• Grease (2007) director/choreographer
• Calvin Berger (2010) director/choreographer, George Street Playhouse,New Brunswick, New Jersey^[20]
• Anything Goes (2011) director/choreographer
• Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012) director/choreographer^[21]
• In Transit, (2016) director/choreographer^[22]
• Anything Goes (2021) director/choreographer,Barbican Theatre
• Sinatra: The Musical (2023) director/choreographer,Birmingham Repertory Theatre

• Kathleen Marshall at theInternet Broadway Database
• Kathleen Marshall atIMDb
• Kathleen Marshall –Downstage Center interview

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