Michael Bennett DiFiglia

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choreographer human theatre director

Michael Bennett DiFiglia, known professionally as Michael Bennett, was an influential American musical theater director and choreographer best known for conceiving and directing the landmark Broadway musical "A Chorus Line."

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Label	Occurrences
Michael Bennett	11
Michael Bennett DiFiglia canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	choreographer ⓘ human ⓘ theatre director ⓘ
activeIn	Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Pulitzer Prize for Drama (as part of the creative team of A Chorus Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Choreography NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	AIDS-related illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1943-04-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1987-07-02 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Italian American ⓘ
familyName	DiFiglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	choreography ⓘ theatre direction ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ
givenName	Michael ⓘ
influenced	concept musicals on Broadway ⓘ modern musical theatre staging ⓘ
knownFor	choreographing Broadway musicals ⓘ conceiving A Chorus Line ⓘ directing A Chorus Line ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
name	Michael Bennett DiFiglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	A Chorus Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Company ⓘ Dreamgirls NERFINISHED ⓘ Follies NERFINISHED ⓘ Promises, Promises NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	choreographer ⓘ dancer ⓘ producer ⓘ theatre director ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Buffalo, New York, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Tucson, Arizona, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	New York City, New York, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexualOrientation	gay ⓘ
stageName	Michael Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedOn	A Joyful Noise NERFINISHED ⓘ Ballroom ⓘ Coco NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry, Sweet Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ Here’s Where I Belong NERFINISHED ⓘ Seesaw NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Michael Bennett → birthName → Michael Bennett DiFiglia ⓘ

Michael Bennett → originalDirector → Michael Bennett DiFiglia ⓘ

subject surface form: A Chorus Line