John Rando is an American stage director who won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for Urinetown the Musical in 2002.
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12 Facts About John Rando
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John Rando received his 2nd nomination in the same category in 2015 for the 2014 Broadway revival of On the Town.
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John Rando received a Fulbright Program fellowship and studied theatre in Germany and Italy and then studied directing at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, graduating in 1988.
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John Rando next worked as an assistant director at the Old Globe Theatre.
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John Rando has directed Off-Broadway, on Broadway and in regional theatre.
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John Rando directed the musical The Toxic Avenger, which opened Off-Broadway in 2009, after it premiered at the George Street Playhouse.
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John Rando has directed several plays by David Ives Off-Broadway, including: a revival of Ancient History in May 1996 at Primary Stages, as part of a double bill with his play English Made Simple, Mere Mortals at Primary Stages in 1997, and Polish Joke at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 2003.
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John Rando directed Ives' play Lives of the Saints in a Philadelphia Theatre Company production in 1999 and Berkshire Theatre Festival.
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John Rando is directing a revival of Ives' Lives of the Saints at Primary Stages in 2015.
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John Rando next directed on Broadway in 2000, with the play The Dinner Party by Neil Simon.
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John Rando directed the musical Urinetown, which opened in 2001 and closed in 2004, and won the 2002 Tony Award for Direction of a Musical.
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John Rando is directing a new musical The Honeymooners, based on the television comedy The Honeymooners, which was created and starred Jackie Gleason.
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