Gary Griffin

Broadway: The Color Purple, The Apple Tree. Off- Broadway: The New Moon, Pardon My English, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Apple Tree (City Center Encores!), Beautiful Thing. London: Pacific Overtures (Donmar Warehouse, Oliver Award Outstanding Musical Production, Olivier nomination Best Director). Regional: Dancing in the Dark (Old Globe); My Fair Lady, Moon for the Misbegotten (McCarter); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Signature Theatre); The Color Purple (Alliance Theatre). Chicago: A Flea in Her Ear, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); My Fair Lady, Gross Indecency (Court Theatre). Eight Joseph Jefferson Awards for Direction. Chicagoan of the Year in the Arts, Chicago Tribune. Upcoming: national tour, The Color Purple. (As of May 2008)

• “THIS SHINY, HAPPY NEW MUSICAL IS A BIG-HEARTED, FEEL-GOOD FABLE.”

  — Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

• “COMPLETELY WINNING! Celia Keenan-Bolger as Mary is warm and hilarious, and Mary Faber is adorably obnoxious as Hilary. Curtis Holbrook as Roland is easily capable of charming the dangerously edgy, tough girl Cassandra of Morgan Weed.”

  — Jeremy Gerard, Bloomberg News

• “FIVE STARS. THIS FRESH, FUNNY SHOW IS THE ANSWER TO A MUSICAL-THEATER LOVER’S PRAYERS!”

  — Adam Feldman, Time Out New York

• “A Keeper! This winning new musical features a jaunty pop/rock score, Gary Griffin’s sprightly staging, appealing performances by the cast, and amusing book and lyrics.”

  — Frank Scheck, New York Post