BOB DURKIN Stage Director and Choreographer
SDC
BOB DURKIN Stage Director and Choreographer
SDC
SDC
SDC
Bob Durkin ‘s professional career as both Director and Choreographer spans nearly five decades.He has directed and choreographed international and national touring companies of Broadway and Off Broadway musicals. He has also directed and choreographed for regional theatres, summer theatres, and dinner theatres throughout the United States. Bob has directed and choreographed well over 250 productions including musicals, plays, revues, and concert appearances.
The list of national and international tours he has directed and/or choreographed includes CRAZY FOR YOU, THE GOODBYE GIRL, HELLO DOLLY, BIG RIVER, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, DREAMGIRLS, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, ONE MO’ TIME, THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, COPACBANA, PURLIE, ANYTHING GOES, UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, and THE NAT KING COLE STORY.
Internationally, Bob's work has been seen by audiences in Singapore, Malaysia, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Columbia, The Netherlands, Canada, Austria, Finland, and Sweden.
Bob has served as a Guest Artist, both as a Director and Choreographer as well as Teacher, for such well known and respected university and college theatre programs as Oklahoma City University, Marymount Manhattan College NYC, The University of Vermont, The University of Alabama Birmingham, Wagner College NY, and West Virginia University.
In 1980, Bob was asked by the United States Militany Academy at West Point, NY to consult with that year's graduating class of cadets on the 145 year old tradition of The 100th NIGHT SHOW which is a senior cadet variety show tradionally performed 100 days before graduation hence the name. In 1980, the United States Miliatary Academy at West Point graduated the first class of cadets to include women in its ranks. Consequently, this 145th production of the 100 Night Show was the first to include women and so it had to be adapted to accommodate this change. He assisted the cadets with adding this landmark change to their program.
In that same year, Bob was commissioned to choreograph a production of GODSPELL cast from both the cadet, faculty and family community of West Point. This production also prominently featured the West Point Glee Club. That production was directed by Colonel John Solomon.
In addition to his work as a Director and Choreographer, Bob has also worked in the capacities of Production Manager, Stage Manager, Company Manager, General Manager, Theatrical Consultant, and Associate Producer. Bob served on the first board of directors of The Gateway Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County for 6 years.
Bob attended the Boston Conservatory of Music where he studied musical theatre and dance. After which time, he continued his studies in NYC. He has been a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers in NYC since 1978.
After being a lifelong New Yorker and citizen of the United States, in 2006 Bob married Dr. David Gregory Gamble who is an Infectious Diseases Specialist in Ontario. Bob now resides in Canada where he enjoys his Canadian citizenship. He splits his time between his homes in Toronto and Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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