Episode 18: Jerry Mitchell

Theater People

Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Tony Awards, Nyc, Musicals, Actors, Creative, Arts, Plays, Writers, Broadway, Theater, Society & Culture, Interview, Comedy, Producers, Performing Arts

4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2014

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The Tony winning Director/Choreographer talks the wild success of his Tony winning "Kinky Boots." He also talks his directorial debut--"Legally Blonde." In addition, he talks choreographing "Hairspray," and "Catch Me If You Can" and other. He also shares memories of his lengthy career as a Broadway chorus boy, being mentored as a choreographer by Jerome Robbins and Michael Bennett, and what led to his creating "Broadway Bares."

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0:00.0	I'm Anna Lee Ashford.
0:01.0	Hi, this is Queen Leslie.
0:02.4	I'm Robin de Hesuits.
0:03.3	Queen Leslie Margarita.
0:04.9	Hi, I'm Eden Espinoza.
0:06.2	I'm Anthony Rapp.
0:06.8	Hi, I'm Laura Osniss.
0:08.1	I'm Katie Finneran.
0:09.2	Hi, I'm Tanya Pinkins.
0:10.4	I'm Karen Levo, and you are listening to The Theater People Podcast.
0:19.8	Welcome to the Theater People Podcast. I'm Patrick Hines.
0:23.1	Let me set this scene for how I first met today's guest, Jerry Mitchell.
0:26.8	It was March of last year, and I'd gone to see my best friend Ellen Marsh in the new
0:30.5	Broadway musical Kinky Boots. After the show, she texted me to come backstage. This was
0:35.5	early on in preview, so it was a wonderful sort of
0:37.9	chaos back there. As she walked me out onto the stage, Billy Porter brushed past me. Billy Porter,
0:43.9	you guys. A minute later, as we were standing around the Price and Sun factory, I spotted
0:48.6	Anna Lee Ashford out of the corner of my eye. Ellen knew I was crazy about her, so she dragged me over to
0:53.1	say hello. I could
0:54.3	barely speak. And then, as we were leaving, there was the show's director, choreographer,
0:59.6	Jerry Mitchell, standing inside the stage door. Great show, sweetie, he said to Ellen, as I
1:04.4	inappropriately stared at him. I mean, this is the guy who choreographed hairspray. You can't
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