Podcast Replay: One On One Conversation With Casey Nicholaw SDCF Podcast Series podcast

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Podcast Replay: One on One Conversation with Casey Nicholaw

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Check out this recording of our webinar conversation with Casey Nicholaw hosted on Zoom in March 2025. This conversation focused on Casey’s expansive career. Topics of discussion included his approach to the craft, serving as both director and choreographer on many productions, and his work on the development of new musicals. A short Q & A followed the conversation. This interview was conducted by Dani Barlow.

Bio:

Casey Nicholaw is a two-time Tony Award winning director and choreographer of theatre, film and television.

Nicholaw was awarded the 2011 Tony Award for co-directing THE BOOK OF MORMON, and the 2023 Tony Award for Best Choreography for SOME LIKE IT HOT. He received additional Tony nominations for ALADDIN (Best Choreography), THE PROM (Best Direction), MEAN GIRLS (Best Direction & Choreography), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (Best Direction & Choreography), THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (Best (Best Direction & Choreography), THE BOOK OF MORMON (Best Choreography), SOME LIKE IT HOT (Best Direction), and MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT (Best Choreography).

Other Broadway credits include TUCK EVERLASTING and ELF: THE MUSICAL. He’s currently represented in the West End with THE BOOK OF MORMON (Olivier Award winner for Best Choreography), and MEAN GIRLS. Other notable West End Credits include DREAMGIRLS, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, and ALADDIN.

Upcoming, Nicholaw will direct and choreograph the UK premiere of Disney’s HERCULES. His production is currently running in Hamburg, Germany.

His film and television credits include THE PROM (choreographer), TROLLS (choreographer) and SMASH (director).

Nicholaw started his career as a performer. His credits include CRAZY FOR YOU, THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE GOES PUBLIC, VICTOR/VICTORIA, STEEL PEER, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, SEUSSICAL, and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. He can be heard on the cast album of most of these musicals.

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