Awards & Winners

Bob Avian

Date of Birth 26-December-1937
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Robert Avian
Profession Theatre Director, Choreographer, Theatrical producer
Bob Avian is an American choreographer and a theatre producer and director. Born in New York City, Avian's spent his early career dividing his time between dancing in such Broadway shows as West Side Story, Funny Girl, and Henry, Sweet Henry and working as a production assistant on projects like I Do! I Do! and Twigs. He first met Michael Bennett when they both appeared in Nowhere to Go But Up in 1962, and over the course of the next two decades the two collaborated on Promises, Promises, Coco, Company, Follies, Seesaw, God's Favorite, A Chorus Line, Ballroom, and Dreamgirls, Avian's first credit as a solo producer. Additional Broadway credits include Putting It Together and the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line, which he directed. In London's West End, Avian choreographed Follies, Martin Guerre, The Witches of Eastwick, Miss Saigon, and Sunset Boulevard, repeating the assignment for the Broadway productions of the latter two. He also staged Hey, Mr. Producer!, the Cameron Mackintosh tribute. He is due to choreograph and direct the 2013 West End production of A Chorus Line, the first revival of the musical in London since the original in 1976.

Awards by Bob Avian

Check all the awards nominated and won by Bob Avian.

1997


Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer
Honored for : Martin Guerre

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer Martin Guerre

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography Sunset Boulevard

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography Miss Saigon

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Dreamgirls
Tony Award for Best Musical Dreamgirls

1979


Tony Award for Best Choreography
Honored for : Ballroom
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography
Honored for : Ballroom

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography Ballroom
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography Ballroom

1976


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography
Honored for : A Chorus Line
Tony Award for Best Choreography
Honored for : A Chorus Line

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography A Chorus Line
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography A Chorus Line