Lorin Latarro

Lorin Latarro is a Broadway director/choreographer whose work can be seen on Broadway, The Metropolitan Opera, and in dance companies internationally. She began her career as a dancer who performed in fourteen Broadway shows and toured with world renowned dance companies before shifting to choreography and directing.

Life and career

Latarro graduated from the Juilliard School where she trained under Benjamin Harkarvy, Pina Bausch, Hector Zaraspe and Jirí Kylián. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Juilliard, Latarro danced for the Martha Graham Dance Company and later with MOMIX and Twyla Tharp. Latarro made her Broadway debut as a replacement in the ensemble of the Kiss Me, Kate Revival and has gone on to perform in 14 Broadway shows including Movin' Out, A Chorus Line, and Swing!. ^[1]

Latarro is currently developing Begin Again with music written by Train and recently directed Candace Bushnell’s one woman show, New York Times Critic's Pick, Is There Still Sex in the City, at the Daryl Roth Theatre. Additional directing credits include JOY at The Laura Pels Theatre Off-Broadway, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy-The Immersive Experience in London, Queen of the Night (Drama Desk Award), The David Foster and Kat McPhee Show, Swelling and Irritation, Trails, Rodgers After Hammerstein at 92Y, and Three Part Harmony at Theatre Aspen, plus James Whiteside's one man show.

Latarro choreographed multiple Broadway shows including Chess, Waitress, Tommy, Once Upon a Mattress, Heart Of Rock and Roll, Mrs. Doubtifre, Dangerous Liaisons, Waiting For Godot and others. On the West End, she has choreographed The Producers, Mrs. Doubtfire and Waitress. At The Metropolitan Opera her work includes La Traviata. Ms. Latarro recently choreographed a tour of a newly revised Peter Pan. Ms.Latarr choreographed Twelfth Night and The Odyssey for Public Works at The Delacorte Theater in NYC, which boasts a cast of over two hundred people. For Encores, Latarro has choreographed Oliver, Fanny and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.

Latarro holds a BFA from The Juilliard School where she has worked as an adjunct professor, as well as a secondary degree from NYU Tisch Film and Television Directing Fundamentals. She is a multiple Drama Desk, Lortel, Outer Critics, and Chita Rivera nominee. Latarro is the founder of Artists Against Gun Violence, and has traveled to India and Africa multiple times to work on family health and planning with The Gates Foundation. Latarro is the Artistic Associate at The Bucks County Playhouse.

Personal life

Latarro married Dr. Brian Harris Kopell, a New York City neurosurgeon, in June, 2015, with whom she has a daughter, Arden. ^[2]

Stage Credits

Year(s)	Production	Theatre	Role	Director	Choreographer	Performer	Ref.
1999	Kiss Me, Kate	Martin Beck Theatre	Swing	No	No	Yes	[3]
2000	Swing!	St. James Theatre	Swing	No	No	Yes	[4]
2002	Movin' Out	Richard Rodgers Theatre	Swing/Brenda Understudy	No	No	Yes	[5]
2002	Man of La Mancha	Martin Beck Theatre	Fermina/Gypsy Dancer	No	No	Yes	[6]
2003	Wonderful Town	Al Hirschfeld Theatre	Greenwich Villager	No	No	Yes	[7]
2006	A Chorus Line	Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre	Vicki/Understudy for Cassie, Diana, Judy, and Sheila	No	No	Yes	[8]
2006	The Apple Tree	Studio 54	Nadjira/King Arik's Court/Ensemble/Dance Captain	No	No	Yes	[9]
2007	Curtains	Al Hirschfeld Theatre	Bambi Bernet	No	No	Yes	[10]
2009	Guys and Dolls	Nederlander Theatre	Ensemble/Hot Box Girl/Mimi/Miss Adelaide Understudy	No	No	Yes	[11]
2010	Fanny	New York City Center	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[12]
2010	American Idiot	St. James Theatre	Swing/Associate Choreographer/Dance Captain	No	Yes	Yes	[13]
2011	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Al Hirschfeld Theatre	Swing	No	No	Yes	[14]
2011	Company	New York City Center	Ensemble	No	No	Yes	[15]
2011	Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson	Neil Simon Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[16]
2011	Tomorrow Morning	York Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[17]
2012	City Club	Minetta Lane Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[18]
2013	Hands on a Hardbody	Brooks Atkinson Theatre	Associate Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[19]
2013	Waiting for Godot	James Earl Jones Theatre	Choreographic Movement	No	Yes	No	[20]
2013	No Man's Land	James Earl Jones Theatre	Choreographic Movement	No	Yes	No	[21]
2013	Rigoletto	Metropolitan Opera	Associate Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[22]
2014	Queen of the Night	Paramount Hotel	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[23]
2014	21 Chump Street	Brooklyn Academy of Music	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[24]
2014	Kiss Me, Kate	Barrington Stage Company	Co-Director/Co-Choreographer	Yes	Yes	No	[25]
2014	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time	Ethel Barrymore Theatre	Associate Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[26]
2015	The Odyssey	Delacorte Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[27]
2015	Company	Bucks County Playhouse	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[28]
2015	Beaches The Musical	Drury Lane Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[29]
2016	Waitress	Brooks Atkinson Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[30]
2016	God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater	New York City Center	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[31]
2016	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Brooks Atkinson Theatre	Movement Director	No	Yes	No	[32]
2017	Assassins	New York City Center	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[33]
2018	Chess	Kennedy Center-Eisenhower Auditorium	Movement Director	No	Yes	No	[34]
2018	A Taste of Things to Come	Nederlander Theatre	Director/Choreographer	No	Yes	Yes	[35]
2018	Twelfth Night	Delacorte Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[36]
2018	La Traviata	Metropolitan Opera	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[37]
2019	Superhero	Second Stage Theatre	Musical Staging	No	Yes	No	[38]
2019	Almost Famous	Old Globe Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[39]
2019	Merrily We Roll Along	Laura Pel Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[40]
2019	Guys and Dolls	The Muny	Co-Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[41]
2019	# DateMe: An OkCupid Experiment	Westside Theatre	Director	Yes	No	No	[42]
2021	Waitress	Ethel Barrymore Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[43]
2021	The Visitor	The Public Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[44]
2021	Is There Still Sex in the City?	Daryl Roth Theatre	Director	Yes	No	No	[45]
2021	Mrs. Doubtfire	Ethel Barrymore Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[46]
2022	Into the Woods	St. James Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[47]
2023	Oliver!	New York City Center	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[48]
2024	The Who's Tommy	Nederlander Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[49]
2024	The Heart of Rock and Roll	James Earl Jones Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[50]
2024	Once Upon a Mattress	Hudson Theatre	Choreographer	No	Yes	No	[51]
2025	Joy	Laura Pel Theatre	Director	Yes	No	No	[52]

Dance Companies:

• Juilliard Dance Ensemble
• Martha Graham Dance Company
• MOMIX ^[53]
• Tharp!

References

1. "Lorin Latarro | Choreographer". www.lorinlatarro.com. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
2. Scheps, Leigh (7 May 2024). "Katie Rose Clarke, Alison Luff, and More on Taking on Broadway and Motherhood". Broadway Direct. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
3. Playbill. "Kiss Me, Kate". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
4. "Swing!". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
5. "Movin' Out". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
6. "Man of La Mancha". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
7. "Wonderful Town". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
8. "A Chorus Line". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
9. "The Apple Tree". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
10. "Curtains". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
11. "Guys and Dolls". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
12. Latarro, Lorin (21 October 2019). "Fanny". Lorin Latarro. Lorin Lataro. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
13. "American Idiot". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
14. "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
15. Hetrick, Adam. "NY Philharmonic Company Concert, with Neil Patrick Harris, Will Get DVD Release". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
16. "Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
17. "Tomorrow Morning". The York Theatre Company. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
18. Gans, Andrew. "New Musical City Club, Directed by Mitchell Maxwell, Will Play Off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
19. "Hands on a Hard Body". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
20. "Waiting for Godot". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
21. "No Man's Land". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
22. Latarro, Lorin (21 October 2019). "Rigoletto". Lorin Latarro. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
23. Rosky, Nicole. "TV Exclusive: Meet the Creators of QUEEN OF THE NIGHT- Spotlight on Lorin Latarro". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
24. Latarro, Lorin (25 October 2019). "21 Chump Street". Lorin Latarro. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
25. Gioia, Michael. "Joe Calarco and Lorin Latarro Will Helm Barrington Stage Company's Kiss Me, Kate". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
26. "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
27. Gluck, Victor (11 September 2015). "The Odyssey". Theatre Scene. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
28. Blank, Matthew. "Photo Call: First Look at Justin Guarini in Bucks County Playhouse Production of Company". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
29. Gioia, Michael. "Broadway-Bound Beaches, Starring Shoshana Bean and Whitney Bashor, Opens Tonight". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
30. "Waitress". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
31. Clement, Olivia. "Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Begins Tonight". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
32. "Les Liaisons Dangereuses". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
33. "See Alex Brightman, Steven Pasquale & More Suit Up for Assassins' Opening at City Center". Broadway.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
34. Gans, Andrew. "How Did Critics Review Kennedy Center Chess, Starring Raúl Esparza, Karen Olivo, Ramin Karimloo, Ruthie Ann Miles?". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
35. Loerzel, Robert. "Lorin Latarro's A Taste of Things to Come Captures the Inception of Feminism". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
36. Vine, Hannah. "First Look at Musicalized Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in the Park". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
37. "Lorin Latarro will Choreograph La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera". The Cooper Company. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
38. Franklin, Marc J. "A First Look at Kate Baldwin and Bryce Pinkham in Superhero Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
39. Clement, Olivia. "Old Globe Season Includes Almost Famous Musical, Jitney, Noura, Plus New Michael John LaChiusa Musical". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
40. Sod, Ted. "Merrily We Roll Along: The Choreography". Roundabout Theatre Company. Roundabout Theater Company.
41. "Watch for Familiar Muny Faces on Broadway This Spring!". The Muny. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
42. Clement, Olivia. "#DateMe: An OkCupid Experiment, Directed by Lorin Latarro, to Play Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
43. "Waitress". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
44. "The Visitor". The Public. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
45. Franklin, Marc. "A Look at Candace Bushnell's Is There Still Sex in the City? Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
46. "Mrs. Doubtfire". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
47. "Into the Woods". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
48. Gans, Andrew. "Lilli Cooper, Raúl Esparza, Tam Mutu, More Will Star in Oliver! at New York City Center Encores!". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
49. "The Who's Tommy". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
50. "The Who's Tommy". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
51. "Once Upon a Mattress". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
52. Gans, Andrew. "Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
53. "Lorin Latarro". Broadway Dance Center. 7 February 2017.

External links

• Lorin Latarro at the Internet Broadway Database
• Lorin Latarro at IMDb