John Carrafa

John Carrafa is an American theater and film director/choreographer best known as the two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer of the Broadway musicals Urinetown and Into The Woods and the Media Choreography Honors Award winner for the Robert Zemeckis film The Polar Express .

He was a dancer and assistant to Twyla Tharp before becoming a choreographer and director for Broadway, film and television.

He currently resides in New York City and in Los Angeles California.

Broadway and theater

• Love! Valour! Compassion! - Off-Broadway (1994) Broadway (1995)
• Dirty Blonde - Off-Broadway (2000) and Broadway (2001)
• Urinetown - Off-Broadway (2001) and Broadway (2002)
• A Little Night Music - Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, 2002
• Into The Woods - Broadway (2002)
• Dance of the Vampires - Broadway (2003)
• Good Vibrations - Broadway (2005)

Filmography

• Brain Donors - (1992)
• Love! Valour! Compassion! - (1997)
• The Last Days of Disco - (1998)
• The Thomas Crown Affair - (1999)
• The Polar Express - (2004)
• Who's The Top? - (2005)
• The Other Guys - (2010)
• Something Borrowed - (2011)

Television

• Sex and The City - (1999)
• Big Love - (2010)
• Ugly Betty - (2009)
• Blue Bloods - (2011)
• The Big C - (2012)
• Elementary - (2012)
• Nashville - (2013)
• Nurse Jackie - (2013)
• Last Week Tonight - (2019)

Awards

• World Dance Award for Feature Film - (2012)
• Director of Best Musical Daegu International Theater Festival - *"Academy" (2010)
• Honorable Mention Best Director NYMF - *"Academy" (2009)
• Joseph Jefferson Award - *"Animal Crackers" (2009) Nomination
• Media Choreography Honors - for *"The Polar Express" (2005)
• Dora Award - *"Urinetown" (2004)
• Drama Desk - *"Urinetown" (2001) Nomination
• Lucille Lortel Award - *"Urinetown" (2001)
• Outer Critics Circle Award - *"Urinetown" (2001) Nomination
• Tony Award - *"Urinetown" (2002) Nomination
• Tony Award - *"Into The Woods" (2002) Nomination

External links

• John Carrafa at IMDb
• John Carrafa at the Internet Broadway Database
• Official Site
• Playbill.com article, May 23, 2002
• Stepping Into Success - NY Times 2002