Walter Bobbie

Recently directed Irving Berlin’s White Christmas on Broadway; Christopher Durang’s The Marriage of Bette and Boo at the Roundabout; No, No Nanette at Encores!; and David Ives’s New Jerusalem at Classic Stage. His international hit Chicago won him the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards and has become the longestrunning revival in Broadway history. Other Broadway credits include High Fidelity, Sweet Charity, Twentieth Century, Footloose and A Grand Night for Singing. Mr. Bobbie has directed for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Sundance, The O’Neill Center and Goodspeed Opera House. He served as the Artistic Director of City Center’s Encores!, where he remains an Artistic Associate and a member of the Advisory Committee. Mr. Bobbie is on the Executive Board of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. (As of February 2009)

• “The glorious Dana Ivey is one of the marvels of New York theater. A veteran character actor with five Tony nominations, the pleasure she provides playing Mary feels as sweet as new cream. The hilarious Marylouise Burke is adorably daffy. Directed with plenty of fizz by Walter Bobbie.”

  — Charles Isherwood, New York Times

• “The Golden Girls with zingers! Devilish acting in a helluva play. This quartet is positively heavenly.”

  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Post

• “FOUR STARS. Finding a funnier foursome on another stage might be a mission impossible. It made me laugh my head off.”

  — Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News

• “Evan Smith’s lively, tart-tongued comedy delivers!”

  — Helen Shaw, Time Out New York