Bio: Helen Butleroff
Producer/director/choreographer

Helen Butleroff was born of parents who met while dancing on Broadway. She performed for seven years as a child on NBC-TV's "The Children's Hour", and after receiving her BA in Speech/Theatre she performed as a Radio City Rockette, and was dance captain on Broadway for " Mack and Mabel" starring Robert Preston. This led her to a career of directing and choreography. Her NY directing and choreography credits include Jerry Herman's" The Grand Tour" at The Jewish Repertory Theatre, "The Gay Divorce" at the Kaufman Theater, and "Yiddle with a Fiddle" at Town Hall. She has directed/choreographed over 50 musicals for regional theaters including Goodspeed Opera house, Kansas City Starlight, Maine State Music Theatre, Westbury Music Fair, Music Theatre of Wichita, and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.

Helen is producer/creator/director/choreographer of two critically acclaimed   hit Off- Broadway musicals in NYC - Pets!, which has now been published by Dramatic Publishing and has played over 22 cities across the US, and That's Life!, which has toured over 20 cities and was nominated by the Outer Critics Circle as best Off-Broadway musical.


HELEN BUTLEROFF
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR  / CHOREOGRAPHER
SSDC-AEA-SAG-AGVA

ADDRESS:
420 East 79th Street
New York City, N.Y. 10021

PHONE: (212) 861- 5648
EMAIL-Butleroff@aol.com

Broadway:
Yiddle With a Fiddle -Musical Staging/Choreography-Town Hall
Mack and Mabel-Dance Captain-Majestic Theater

Off-Broadway
That's Life! -Produced, conceived, directed and choreographed-Theatre East and Playhouse 91
Outer Critics Circle Nomination for best Off Broadway musical
Pets! Produced, conceived, directed, and choreographed-Theatre East
(published by DramaticPublishing with over 20 productions nationwide)


Miami Beach Monsters- conceiver/director/ choreographer-The Triad Theatre- NYC
The Grand Tour- -musical staging and choreography-Jewish Repertory Theatre
The Gay Divorcee- - choreography-Kaufman Theater
Encore-musical staging Jewish Repertory Theater-
Dragons- choreography-City Center

Regional/Stock
    Music Man - Maine State Music Theater-Direction and Choreography
    I Do, I Do - Maine State Music Theatre- Direction and Choreography
    Mack and Mabel -Music Theatre of Wichita- Direction and Choreography
    No, No, Nanette- Music Theatre of Wichita-Direction and choreography
    Funny Girl- Music Theatre of Wichita- Direction and Choreography
    Guys' and Dolls - Lakeview Musical Theater-Direction
Camelot-Lakeview Musical Theater-Direction   
Gay Divorcee - Goodspeed Opera House-choreography
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - -North Shore Music Theater,
Ogunquit and Corning Tour- Choreography
    Yiddle With A Fiddle- Westwood Theater, LA and Sunrise Theater, Ft
        Lauderdale, FL- musical staging and choreography
    Kuni Leml--Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia, PA -choreography
Camelot- North Shore Music Theater-choreography
    Music Man- -Starlight Theater, KC- choreography
    Night at the Catskills -Musical Staging- Westbury Music Fair,
Walnut Street Theater-musical staging
    Swing Shift -Theater by the Sea, Portsmouth, NH-choreography
    Show Boat- San Diego Starlight Theatre-choreography
The Boy Friend-Theatre bv the Sea, Matunuck, RI-choreography
Company-Lakewood Playhouse-choreography   

Kansas City Starlight:
    Hair-Direction and Choreography
    The Wizard of Oz - Choreography
    Annie Get Your Gun - Choreography
    Music Man - Choreography
    Jesus Christ Superstar - Choreography
    Peter Pan - Choreography
    Sweet Charity Choreography
    Cabaret-Choreography
    Oliver-Choreography
Camelot-Choreography

Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (Choreography):
    My Fair Lady 
No, No Nanette
    Paint Your Wagon
Naughty Marietta
    Sweet Charity 
Fanny
    Cabaret 
The Red Mill
    Funny Girl 
I Do, I Do
Good News
Camelot 

Little Theater-On the Square (Choreography):
    Music Man
    Hello Dolly
    Showboat
    1776

Europe

Sisi- the musical
choreography and musical staging
Grand Opera House , Munich, Germany.


Industrials
[Direction, Musical staging and Choreography]
    Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals
Ciba Geigy- The American Dream'-by Gretchen Cryer- Shubert
    Theatre, LA
    Ciba-Geigy- Lotensin - Universal Studios, Orlando, FL
    AMP Connectors- - Hershey Park, PA
    Swing, Swing, Swing - A Tribute to Benny Goodman, Tokyo
        Nagoya, Osaka, Japan
    New York Salute to Fashion - Sheraton Center, NYC
    Kraft - Chicago/ Montreal; Atlanta/Denver/ Montreal; Orlando; New Orleans
    Hamilton Beach- Waterbury, CT, Key Biscayne, FL, Rome, Italy; Port St. Lucie, FL
    Zenith - Las Vegas
    Beech Aircraft - Wichita, KS, Dallas, TX
    Gitano Jeans - New York, NYC
    Quasar - Hawaii; Arlington Hts, IL; San Diego, CA

    Members Only - New York, NY
    Hart Schaffner Marx - Chicago, IL; New York, NY
    Dupont - New York, NY
    Woman's Day Magazine, "Let's Hear it for the Issues" - Chicago, IL
    Dupont - Disneyworld Tapestry - tap revue
    Bell Atlantic - Philadelphia, PA
    Dairy Queen - New York, NY

CONCERTS:
    A Step in Time- direction and choreography- Kansas City Gala

REVUES:
    Sheraton Lakeview Theater: [conceived, directed and choreographed]
        The Carol Lawrence Show- Starring Carol Lawrence
        Strictly USA starring Dean Jones
        Times of Your Life starring Judy Norton-Taylor
    Joshua Logan's Musical Moments at Reno Sweeny's, NYC musical staging
    Fantastic Revue -Choreography- Boblo Island, Canada -        
    Doo-Wop & Americana -Choreography Rye Playland, NY    

ICE CHOREOGRAPHY:
22 Programs for US Skating Association - including programs for Kyoko Ina, National junior
Champion & Anita Thornfeldt, Norwegian Champion

TELEVISION.
    Toddler Toys, Busy Baby Dolls Commercial

MAJOR DANCE CREDITS:
Mack & Mabel - Dance Captain & Swing Dancer on Broadway
Around the World in Eighty Days & Mardi-Gras - three seasons at the Jones Beach Theater
as a June Taylor Dancer
Radio City Music Hall - Rockette & Ballet Company


EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT

The New Food Guide Pyramid Musical Program"
the nutrition/fitness musical presented at ,
PS 163, PS 129, PS 123, PS 186 ,PS 142, PS 166 and PS 19

"The Food Guide Pyramid Musical" - presented for PS 1, Brooklyn NY
and winner of
New York State's Department of Achievement Award -2003.

"Fitness for the Future from Your Favorite Voices of the Past"
a  nutrition/ entertainment show for senior citizens
Roosevelt Island  Senior Center and Lenox Hill Senior Center- 2003.


ACADEMIC TRAINING:

New York University:  DPD verification (Didactic Program in Dietetics)
NY Presbyterian Cornell and Columbia Hospital- graduated  dietary internship
Current status: Registered Dietitian (RD) and Certified Dietitian/Nutritionist (CDN)

BA degree - Queens College, Theater/Directing Major
Postgraduate Work - Hunter College, Theater Major

LECTURER:
Theater Department, State University of New York, Stony Brook [6 semesters]

 

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