Patricia Birch

Patricia Birch

Actor · Director

Englewood, New Jersey, USA
October 16, 1934

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Patricia Birch is an American choreographer and director for musical theatre and film. Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Birch began her career as a dancer in Broadway musicals, including Brigadoon, Goldilocks, and West Side Story (playing "Anybodys"). She has directed and choreographed music videos for Cyndi Lauper, the Rolling Stones, and Carly Simon. She earned Emmy Awards for her direction of the television specials Natalie Cole: Unforgettable and Celebrating Gershwin and, in collaboration with Michael Tilson Thomas, she staged the concert version of On the Town performed by both the London Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony. Birch spent six years staging numbers for Saturday Night Live. She has performed as a soloist with Martha Graham and Agnes de Mille. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patricia Birch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Patricia Birch 1

Representative Works

Grease
Grease
7.4
/ English
Big
Big
7.2
/ English
Awakenings
Awakenings
7.8
/ English
Grease 2
Grease 2
5.3
/ English
The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives
5.7
/ English
The Human Stain
The Human Stain
6.0
/ English
The Nanny Diaries
The Nanny Diaries
6.4
/ English
The Cowboy Way
The Cowboy Way
5.7
/ English
Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate
5.8
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Grease
1978Nominee

Best Performance

Grease

Big
1988Nominee

Best Performance

Big

Awakenings
1990Winner

Best Performance

Awakenings

Career Highlights

Sleeping with the Enemy
1991Highlight

Best Performance

Sleeping with the Enemy

Grease 2
1982Highlight

Best Director

Grease 2