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13 Facts About Gabriel Barre

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Gabriel Barre was born on James Gabriel Barre, August 26,1957 and is an American director and actor.

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Gabriel Barre was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, and raised throughout the state, primarily in Burlington, Vermont.

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Gabriel Barre is the son of an Episcopal priest, James Lyman Barre, and a systems analyst, Hallie Susan Hebb, and is the oldest of three children.

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Gabriel Barre was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance in Starmites and won a Bistro Award as an original cast member in Forever Plaid.

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Gabriel Barre was in numerous productions at the Roundabout Theater, Mirror Repertory Company, Lamb's Theatre, Playwright's Horizons, Jewish Repertory Theatre, INTAR, York Theatre, LaMama, and others.

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Gabriel Barre directed the Broadway production of Amazing Grace which toured the country and is set to be a sit-down production at the new Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC in 2019.

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Gabriel Barre directed the original production of John Cariani's Almost, Maine at the Daryl Roth Theatre, which has become one of the most frequently produced plays in the United States with over 4000 productions to date.

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Gabriel Barre directed the national tour of Pippin, which originated at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut and played throughout the US and Canada.

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Gabriel Barre is currently directing the new original musical A Sign of the Times, a jukebox musical of Petula Clark music, written by Bruce Villanch and starring Chilina Kennedy which made its world premiere at the Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Internationally, Gabriel Barre has directed the world premiere of Frank Wildhorn's adaptation of Carmen, which has just celebrated its 10th year anniversary of a sold-out run at the Karlin Theater in Prague, Czech Republic, starring Lucie Bila.

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Gabriel Barre directed the world premiere of the Frank Wildhorn musical Tears of Heaven at the National Theatre in Seoul, South Korea.

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Gabriel Barre participated as a guest artist director with American Voices in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Gabriel Barre is currently working with Rupert Holmes on adapting Geling Yan's novel, Flowers of War, into a new musical, with the hopes of opening in China, followed by a Broadway run.