Walter Bobbie was born on November 18,1945 and is an American theatre director, choreographer, and occasional actor and dancer.
15 Facts About Walter Bobbie
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Walter Bobbie directed the long-running revival of the musical Chicago.
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Walter Bobbie was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of Scranton and did graduate work at The Catholic University of America.
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Walter Bobbie's family was Polish Roman Catholic, and his father was a coal miner.
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Walter Bobbie was featured in the 1976 Broadway revival of Going Up, and he starred on Broadway as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls, for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical.
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Walter Bobbie portrayed Comptroller Schub in the 1995 concert production of Anyone Can Whistle at Carnegie Hall.
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In 1993 Walter Bobbie wrote the book for, and directed, the Roundabout Theatre production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein revue A Grand Night for Singing, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical.
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Walter Bobbie then directed the 1996 Broadway revival of Chicago with Ann Reinking and Bebe Neuwirth.
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Walter Bobbie next directed the Broadway productions of the stage musical Footloose in 1998, and co-wrote the book.
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Walter Bobbie co-wrote and directed The Road to Hollywood, a new musical performed at the Goodspeed Opera House in 2002.
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Walter Bobbie directed the 2004 Roundabout Theater production of Twentieth Century with Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche, as well as the 2005 Sweet Charity revival with Christina Applegate, and then High Fidelity in 2006.
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Walter Bobbie directed the one-night-only 2005 concert of South Pacific, a benefit for Carnegie Hall, starring Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell.
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Walter Bobbie received the 2009 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Director of a Musical.
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Walter Bobbie directed the New York premiere of The Savannah Disputations by Evan Smith at the Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons in 2009, with Marylouise Burke, Dana Ivey, Kellie Overby and Reed Birney.
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Walter Bobbie directed the 2008 production of No, No, Nanette.