• Importance

• He has greatly influenced modern musical theatre choreography

• He holds the record for most shows to appear on broadway at once
• He is both a director and a choreographer

• Early History
• Born in 1962 (Currently 59)
• He graduated from Clairemont High School in 1980 and attended the University of
California, Los Angeles.
• He was a performer on broadway for many years before he became a
choreographer/director
• His broadway debut as a performer was in Crazy for You (1992)
• His broadway choreography debut was was Spamalot in 2005

• Societal Factors TO Choreography

• Nicholaw Changed the way that we view modern choreography because of his ability to
created energetic moves that could also further plot line
• To be a dancer in his show one must be a triple threat. This has changed how actors have
trained in the last few years.