Don Stephenson
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Biography
Early and Personal Life
Stephenson graduated from Hixson High School in Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee.
He is married to Emily Loesser, daughter of Guys and Dolls composer Frank Loesser, with whom he has four children.[1] They have appeared in a number of productions together.
Acting
On Broadway, Stephenson originated the roles of Renfield in Dracula and Charles Clarke in Titanic. He starred as Leo Bloom in the first national tour of The Producers, and subsequently appeared in the Broadway production in that role in 2003.[2][3] Other Broadway credits include the role of Bingo Little in the first Broadway production of By Jeeves, Parade, Wonderful Town, Private Lives, Rock of Ages, Pardon My English, and as the D'ysquith family in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder". He appeared in the Encores! special event of The Band Wagon.
Off-Broadway, Stephenson originated the role of Fidele in "Death Takes A Holiday", and played Sid Davis in Take Me Along at Irish Rep, Anatoly in Chess, and Zach in The Tavern at Equity Library Theatre.
He appeared as himself during his run on The Producers on Curb Your Enthusiasm episode Mel's Offer. Other television roles include David Jordan on the soap Another World, and guest roles in The Good Wife, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, the Law & Order franchise, and Glee. In 2009 he shot the pilot for the Showtime series Possible Side Effects.[4]
Directing
In 2012, Stephenson developed and directed a new chamber version of "Titanic".[5] This scaled-down version of the show used 20 actors playing all of the roles, an abstract set design, projections, and new orchestrations. Stephenson restored previously cut material from the original Broadway production and reassigned and reordered the existing material. This new intimate version opened in July 2012 at The Hangar Theatre and was nominated for 11 BroadwayWorld Awards including Best Director. This production was subsequently remounted at Westchester Broadway Theatre in January 2014. He also directed the staged concert of Titanic at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.[6][7]
He has also directed productions of The 39 Steps, Noises Off, Lend Me a Tenor (BroadwayWorld Nomination for Best Director), Deathtrap, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Oleanna, "The Cottage", "The Other Place (play)", "Buyer & Cellar", and The Great Unknown.
In 2015 he directed a new production of Guys and Dolls for Goodspeed Musicals.[8]
References
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- Don Stephenson at the Internet Movie Database
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- Don Stephenson at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- ↑ Peter Filichia, "Actor plucks a plum '1776' role", The Star-Ledger, April 16, 2009.
- ↑ Elysa Gardner, "'The Producers' takes to the road", USA Today, September 17, 2002.
- ↑ Kenneth Jones, "Don Stephenson Joins Bway's The Producers May 20", Playbill, May 20, 2003.
- ↑ Don Stephenson at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Chris Jones, "Review: 'Titanic' by Griffin Theatre", Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2014.
- ↑ Michael Riedel, "Sinking money into raising the ‘Titanic’", New York Post, February 21, 2014.
- ↑ Dennis Brown, "Don Stephenson, an original Broadway cast member, steers Titanic to the Muny", The Riverfront Times, June 30, 2010.
- ↑ Kristina Dorsey, "Director Don Stephenson offers unique perspective to Goodspeed’s ‘Guys and Dolls’", The Day, April 21, 2015.
