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Rob Marshall (born October 17, 1960 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American theater, film director, and choreographer. He is a 6-time Tony nominee, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee and Emmy winner whose most noted work includes the 2002 film Chicago and the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Theatre 3 Television 4 Film 5 List of Tony nominations 6 External links

He grew up in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father, Robert D. Marshall, was a professor and later a dean at the University of Pittsburgh. Marshall graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School and the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. He is the brother of a twin sister, Maura, an interior decorator, and a younger sister, choreographer Kathleen Marshall. Marshall is gay and lives in New York City with his long-time partner, John DeLuca, a stage director and choreographer.

Marshall began professionally at age 12, when he and his sisters made the audition for the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera's production of The Sound of Music. At 13 he appeared in the CLO's productions of The King and I and South Pacific. While a junior at Carnegie Mellon University, he took time off from school to join the touring company of A Chorus Line. He earned a bachelor's degree in musical theater in 1982, then he moved to New York City, where, during the next few years, he appeared in numerous Broadway shows. Marshall suffered a back injury while performing in Cats, and this eventually he pushed him from performing into choreography.

For Broadway, he choreographed the 1994 revival of Damn Yankees, the 1995 revival of Company, the original production of Victor/Victoria in 1995, and the 1996 revival of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.

In 1998, in his most famous work on stage, Marshall choreographed and co-directed Sam Mendes' acclaimed 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret. Marshall received Drama Desk Award nominations and Tony Award nominations for both his direction and choreography. Later that year, in his solo directorial debut, Marshall directed and choreographed the Broadway revival of Little Me. He received Drama Desk and Tony nominations for his choreography.

In 2000, he directed the Broadway premiere of Seussical: The Musical, based of the works of Dr. Seuss. His sister Kathleen Marshall choreographed the show.

Marshall choreographed the 1996 made-for-television movie Mrs. Santa Claus and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, starring singer Brandy in the title role, in 1997. He received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Choreography for both shows.

In 1999, he directed and choreographed Disney's made-for-television remake of the musical Annie, for which he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography and an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or Special.

Marshall also directed and produced the 2006 television special Tony Bennett: An American Classic, which was choreographed by partner John DeLuca. For the special, Marshall won a 2007 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety.

In 2002, Marshall received international acclaim for directing and choreographing Chicago, a Hollywood adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. The hit film starred Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere and Queen Latifah and received six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Marshall himself was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Directing. The film also earned him his first Directors Guild of America Award.

In 2005, he directed Memoirs of a Geisha, starring Zhang Ziyi.

On June 13, 2006, columnist Liz Smith wrote about a rumor that Rob Marshall might reunite with Catherine Zeta-Jones, who played Velma Kelly in Chicago, for another film adaptation of the musical Gypsy. (Syndicated column)

Year	Show	Category
1993	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Best Choreography
1994	Damn Yankees	Best Choreography
1994	She Loves Me	Best Choreography
1998	Cabaret	Best Choreography
1998	Cabaret	Best Direction of a Musical
1999	Little Me	Best Choreography

• Rob Marshall at the Internet Movie Database
• Rob Marshall at the Internet Broadway Database
• Playwright, Director, and Choreographer Working in the Theatre video seminar at American Theatre Wing.org, September 1999