John Carrafa is an American theater and film director/choreographer best known as the two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer of the Broadway musicals Urinetown and Into The Woods and the Media Choreography Honors Award winner for the Robert Zemeckis film The Polar Express.
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He was a dancer and assistant to Twyla Tharp before becoming a choreographer and director for Broadway, film and television.
He currently resides in New York City and in Los Angeles California.
Broadway and theater
- Love! Valour! Compassion! - Off-Broadway (1994) Broadway (1995)
- Dirty Blonde - Off-Broadway (2000) and Broadway (2001)
- Urinetown - Off-Broadway (2001) and Broadway (2002)
- A Little Night Music - Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, 2002
- Into The Woods - Broadway (2002)
- Dance of the Vampires - Broadway (2003)
- Good Vibrations - Broadway (2005)
Filmography
- Brain Donors - (1992)
- Love! Valour! Compassion! - (1997)
- The Last Days of Disco - (1998)
- The Thomas Crown Affair - (1999)
- The Polar Express - (2004)
- Who's The Top? - (2005)
- The Other Guys - (2010)
- Something Borrowed - (2011)
Television
- Sex and The City - (1999)
- Big Love - (2010)
- Ugly Betty - (2009)
- Blue Bloods - (2011)
- The Big C - (2012)
- Elementary - (2012)
- Nashville - (2013)
- Nurse Jackie - (2013)
- Last Week Tonight - (2019)
Awards
- World Dance Award for Feature Film - (2012)
- Director of Best Musical Daegu International Theater Festival - *"Academy" (2010)
- Honorable Mention Best Director NYMF - *"Academy" (2009)
- Joseph Jefferson Award - *"Animal Crackers" (2009) Nomination
- Media Choreography Honors - for *"The Polar Express" (2005)
- Dora Award - *"Urinetown" (2004)
- Drama Desk - *"Urinetown" (2001) Nomination
- Lucille Lortel Award - *"Urinetown" (2001)
- Outer Critics Circle Award - *"Urinetown" (2001) Nomination
- Tony Award - *"Urinetown" (2002) Nomination
- Tony Award - *"Into The Woods" (2002) Nomination
External links
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