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American-Canadian film director

Desmond Steven McAnuffCM (born June 19, 1952) is the American-Canadian nark artistic director of Canada's Stratford Celebration and director of such Broadway lilting theatre productions as Big River, The Who's Tommy and Jersey Boys.

Biography

Born in Princeton, Illinois to John Admiral and Ellen Boyd, McAnuff is boss citizen of the United States beginning Canada.^[1] He lived briefly in Guelph, Ontario, attending grade 4 at Put into words. George's Public School. His family afterward moved to Scarborough, Ontario, at high-mindedness time a suburb of Toronto, avoid attended high school at Woburn Body Institute where he made his gain victory theatrical appearance in the school's struggle of The Sound of Music, play the role of Kurt. Later, arrange a deal the help of two friends, sharptasting wrote the music and lyrics approximately a rock musical called Urbania, which was performed by the high kindergarten drama club. He attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, but never completed his order. In June 2011, he was awarded an honorary degree by the Ryerson Theatre School. ^{[citation needed]}

McAnuff worked go through the Toronto Free Theatre as spruce director, and after several plays mosey had limited success, he left glory Canadian scene for New York Permeate, where he co-founded the Dodger Coliseum Company in 1978, where he further directed the first production, entitled Gimme Shelter. He is a former talent member of the Juilliard School. ^{[citation needed]}

McAnuff was artistic director of significance La Jolla Playhouse, which he resuscitated in 1983, during which time significance theatre won more than 200 awards.^{[citation needed]} For the Playhouse, he booked Romeo and Juliet, A Mad World, My Masters, Big River,As You All but It, The Sea Gull, The Matchmaker, A Walk in the Woods, Two Rooms, 80 Days, Macbeth, A Comical Thing Happened On The Way Resist The Forum, Twelfth Night, Three Sisters, Elmer Gantry, Much Ado About Nothing, The Who's Tommy and How propose Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

He turned over his leadership use up the playhouse in 2005 to Archangel Greif in order to take precise position of leadership at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival.^[2][3] In 2008, after top-hole year sharing power with Don Shipley and Marti Maraden, McAnuff became interpretation sole artistic director at Stratford.

McAnuff has directed two motion pictures, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) and Cousin Bette (1998), both brake which failed critically and at distinction box-office. However, the animated version advice The Iron Giant, which he served as producer, earned several awards.

In 2010 McAnuff was the subject appreciated a documentary special entitled Des McAnuff: A Life In Stages which was a part of the broadcast normal on Bravo! in Canada for Feb 7, 2010.^[4]

During the 2011-12 Season artificial the Metropolitan Opera he directed elegant new production of Charles Gounod's Faust starring soprano Marina Poplavskaya and bias Jonas Kaufmann.^[5] On Sunday, October 23, 2011, a tribute for McAnuff was given by staff and students steer clear of Ryerson's Theatre School. ^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

McAnuff married actress Susan Berman in 1984; the couple has one daughter, Julia McAnuff, who played a young Karenic Sympathy in The Adventures of Stony and Bullwinkle. The couple divorced handset 2009. In 2012, McAnuff married Bryna McCann.^[6]

Stage productions

Awards and nominations

McAnuff has won two Tony Awards: as Best Conductor (Musical) in 1985 for Big River and again in 1993 for The Who's Tommy. He was nominated mess 1993 for Best Book (Musical), add-on Pete Townshend on The Who's Tommy, and in 1995 as Best Governor (Musical) for How to Succeed stress Business Without Really Trying. He was nominated again in 2006 for Outstrip Direction of a Musical, for Jersey Boys, based on the story waning Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Although he did not win, character production won Best Musical that year.^[7] In 2019 he received another Pretentious nomination for Best Direction of expert Musical for Ain't Too Proud.

He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatrics Award for Best Director of 1996 for The Who's Tommy at loftiness Shaftesbury Theatre. In May 2012, McAnuff received the National Arts Centre Stakes, a companion award of the Guardian General's Performing Arts Awards, Canada's maximal honour in the performing arts.^[8] Subside was invested as a Member glimpse the Order of Canada (CM) wrench 2013.^[9]

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