Gary Griffin

Gary Griffin (born 1959/1960) is an American theater director. Griffin grew up in Rockford, Illinois, where he graduated from East High School in 1978. He is the associate artistic director of Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.

He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1982, where he performed in several musicals and directed Hello Dolly for their Summer Theatre program. He did graduate work at Illinois State University, and then moved to Chicago, where he began his directing career.

Griffin made his Broadway directing debut with the musical The Color Purple in 2005. He directed the revival of The Apple Tree on Broadway, which opened in December 2006, and Honeymoon in Vegas, which opened on Broadway in January 2015.

Griffin directed the staged concert presentations of Fiorello! (2013),Lost In The Stars (2011), Music in the Air (2009), The Apple Tree (2005), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (2005),Pardon My English (2004) and The New Moon (2003) for New York City Center Encores! and Beautiful Thing at the Cherry Lane Theatre in 1999.

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