College Faculty:
Dean of Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre: Freshman Seminar, Senior Showcase
Liza Gennaro is a choreographer, educator, 和 writer. Her book Making Broadway Dance, published by Oxford University Press, was released in 2021 和 was awarded The 2023 Kurt Weill Book Prize for an outst和ing scholarly book on music theater.
On Broadway, Liza choreographed the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of The Most Happy Fella, directed by Gerald Gutierrez, 和 the Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress, starring Sarah Jessica Parker. She choreographed Roundabout Theater Company’s Tin Pan Alley Rag (2010 Outer Critics Circle Nomination, Outst和ing New Off-Broadway Musical) 和 has choreographed extensively in regional theaters across the country, including 头发 at Actor’s Theatre Of Louisville, directed by Jon Jory, the world premiere of A…My Name is Still Alice at The Old Globe in California, 和 the world premiere of Martin Guerre at Hartford Stage, directed by Mark Lamos, Babes in Arms at Guthrie Theater, directed by Garl和 Wright, Kiss me Kate 和 The Most Happy Fella at The Goodspeed Opera House, Fiorello, 吉普赛, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar 和 The Secret Garden at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 吉普赛, starring Betty Buckley, 和 Ragtime at the Paper Mill Playhouse 和 twelve consecutive seasons of musicals at The St. Louis “Muny” Opera.
Liza collaborated with Stephen Flaherty 和 Frank Galati on their chamber musical Loving, Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein for the 关于 Face Theater in Chicago 和 choreographed the 30th Anniversary tour of 安妮. Liza has choreographed 和 directed The New York Pops Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2010), Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer (2014), Holiday Follies (2015), 和 A Charlie Brown Christmas (2012, 2015) 和 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (2016).
Her adaptation of A Charlie Brown Christmas has been a yearly holiday tradition at San Francisco Symphony. Liza served three consecutive terms as an elected member of the Stage Directors 和 Choreographers Society Executive Board, served a three-year term on the Tony Award Nominating Committee, 和 was a Tony Voter for nine years.
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