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Bob began his professional career as a dancer and was in more than a dozen Broadway shows, including West Side Story; Hello, Dolly! and Funny Girl. He then became an integral part of every Michael Bennett production for the next 20 years, working as associate choreographer and/or assistant director on productions including Company; Follies; Twigs; Seesaw; and God's Favorite. In 1976 he received a Tony Award as co-choreographer of A Chorus Line. He then went on to win his second Tony Award for choreographing Ballroom, as well as serving as co-producer. Mr. Avian was producer of the original Broadway and national companies of Dreamgirls, the highly acclaimed musical which won six Tony awards. He choreographed the London production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies and then created the musical staging of Miss Saigon. He also did the musical staging of the London and Broadway productions of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, receiving his sixth Tony nomination. In 1997 Bob came back to London and choreographed the Boublil & Schönberg musical, Martin Guerre, at the Prince Edward Theatre for which he won an Olivier Award. He returned again in 1998 to stage Hey Mr Producer! at the Lyceum Theatre in the presence of HRH The Queen in aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Most recently Bob choreographed the Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together and in London he choreographed Cameron Mackintosh's production of The Witches of Eastwick, originally at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and subsequently at the Prince of Wales Theatre. |
