Casey Nicholaw
Casey Nicholaw
Casey Nicholawis an American theatre director, choreographer and performer. He has been nominated for Tony Awards for directing and choreographing The Drowsy Chaperoneand Something Rotten!, for choreographing Monty Python's Spamalot, and choreographing The Book of Mormon, winning for his co-direction of the latter with Trey Parker. He also was nominated for the Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Direction and Choreography for The Drowsy Chaperoneand Something Rotten!and for Outstanding Choreography for Spamalot...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
CountryUnited States of America
We've all been through that at one time or another where you escape to something that makes you not feel what you're going through. I think that's what makes people respond on an emotional level.
I have a Tony Award now. It hasn't changed too much in the theater world, but it gives me entree for film stuff and TV stuff, where people will see me more easily now because they know me.
Bouncing ideas off people when you're thinking up comedy is great.
Sometimes you feel like people go, 'Oh, he just does funny dances,' or 'That's cute.' It drives me a little crazy when someone does a dance number where all they do is kick to their head for five minutes, and everyone's like, 'That choreography is amazing.' It takes a lot to choreograph a number that also gets laughs in it.
I like bringing comedy to musicals. That's what's so much fun about this show, because the writers are so based in comedy. I've been able to make it dance and sing ? and keep building things ? in a way they're not used to. For me to be able to get people to laugh in dance is huge because it doesn't always happen.
I look around at people who had success so early and then didn't know what to do with themselves.