Gerald Freedman

Gerald Freedman
Born	Gerald Alan Freedman (1927-06-25) June 25, 1927 (age 89) Lorain, Ohio
Monuments	The Gerald Freedman Theatre at UNCSA (2012)
Education	Northwestern University, B.S., M.A. (summa cum laude) trained for the stage with Alvina Krause voice teacher Emmy Joseph the Actors Studio
Title	Dean Emeritus, School of Drama, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Parent(s)	Barnie B. Freedman (a doctor) Fannie (Sepsenwol) Freedman
Awards	Obie
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Gerald Freedman (born June 25, 1927) is an American theatre director, librettist, and lyricist, and a college dean.

Freedman was born in Lorain, Ohio and educated at Northwestern University under Alvina Krause and others. He earned both BA and MA degrees there. He began his career as assistant director of such projects as Bells Are Ringing, West Side Story, and Gypsy. His first credit as a Broadway director was the 1961 musical The Gay Life. Additional Broadway credits include the 1964 and 1980 revivals of West Side Story, The Incomparable Max (1971), Arthur Miller's The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972), the 1975 and 1976 productions of The Robber Bridegroom, both of which garnered him Drama Desk Award nominations as Outstanding Director of a Musical, The Grand Tour (1979) with Joel Grey, and The School for Scandal (1995) with Tony Randall. He was also the off-Broadway director of the rock musical Hair when it premiered at the Public Theater.