Jerry Zaks Jerry Zaks is an American stage and television director , and actor . He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing The House of Blue Leaves , Lend Me a Tenor , and Six Degrees of Separation and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Guys and Dolls .Early life Zaks was born in Stuttgart, Germany , the son of Holocaust survivors , Lily and Sy Zaks, a butcher. His family immigrated to the United States in 1948, finally settling in Paterson, New Jersey . He graduated from Dartmouth College and received a Master of Fine Arts from Smith College .Career ;Stage He made his Broadway acting debut in the original production of Grease as "Kenickie" and appeared in Tintypes in 1980. He made his directing debut in 1981 with the off-Broadway production of Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy , which co-starred Sigourney Weaver . He has directed many Broadway productions, both musicals and dramas. He has also directed many Off-Broadway productions, several at Playwrights Horizons and the Public Theater . He directed the City Center Encores! productions of Girl Crazy , Stairway to Paradise , and Bye Bye Birdie . He was the director of the new musical 101 Dalmatians Musical , which toured the United States from October 2009 through April 2010. Zaks was named "creative consultant" for the new musical The Addams Family , which opened on Broadway in April 2010. He directed the Broadway production of Sister Act , which opened in Spring 2011. ;Lincoln Center Zaks served as Resident Director at Lincoln Center from 1986 to 1990 and is a founding member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre . ;Television and film As an actor, Zaks' screen credits include Outrageous Fortune , Crimes and Misdemeanors , and Husbands and Wives . On television he has appeared in M*A*S*H and The Edge of Night and directed episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond , Frasier , Hope and Faith , and Two and a Half Men , among others. He also directed the feature films Marvin's Room and Who Do You Love? Marvin's Room won the Golden St. George at the 20th Moscow International Film Festival . ;Honors Zaks received the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater in 1994 and an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Dartmouth College in 1999. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2013.Personal life Zaks married Jill Rose, an actress, on January 14, 1979; they have two children, Emma and Hannah Zaks.Broadway stage productions The House of Blue Leaves , 1986The Front Page , revival, 1986Anything Goes , revival, 1987Lend Me a Tenor , 1989Six Degrees of Separation , 1990Guys and Dolls , revival, 1992Face Value , 1993Laughter on the 23rd Floor , 1993Smokey Joe's Cafe , 1995A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum , revival, 1996The Civil War , 1999Epic Proportions , 1999Swing! , 1999The Man Who Came to Dinner , revival, 200045 Seconds from Broadway , 2001Little Shop of Horrors , 2003La Cage aux Folles , revival, 2004The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial , revival, 2006Losing Louie , 2006A Bronx Tale , 2007Sister Act , 2011A Bronx Tale , 2016Hello, Dolly! , revival, 2017Meteor Shower , 2017Mrs. Doubtfire , 2020Awards and nominations ;Awards ;Nominations1980 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Tintypes 1988 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical - Anything Goes 1988 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Anything Goes 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical - Assassins 1995 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Smokey Joe's Cafe 1996 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play - The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 2017 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Hello, Dolly! NAACP Image Award nomination for the national tour of The Tap Dance Kid .
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