Scott Wise

Last updated
Scott Wise
Born
Scott Wise

(1958-10-30) October 30, 1958 (age 66)
Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
Occupation Actor & Dancer
Spouses
  • Kiel Junius (divorced)
​
(m. 1999)​
ChildrenElizabeth Wise, James Wise

Scott Wise (born October 30, 1958) is an American theatre actor and dancer. He is known for his performances in the 1989 musical Jerome Robbins' Broadway , which earned him a Tony Award, and in the 2002 film Chicago .

Contents

Wise was nominated for three Tony Awards (winning one), two Drama Desk Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Helen Hayes Award in his career.

Life and career

Wise was born in Pocatello, Idaho, and grew up near Spokane, Washington, living briefly in Provo, Utah. [1]

Although a life-trained dancer, Wise first became seriously interested in dance as a career while studying to become an accountant at the University of Idaho at Moscow. [2] He performed with the Joffrey II, then moved into musical theater in the early 1980s after auditioning for A Chorus Line "as a dare more than anything." [1]

Wise won the Tony Award in 1989 in the category of Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in the dance revue Jerome Robbins' Broadway . In that revue, Wise played multiple roles, including "Riff" in West Side Story and "Chip" in On the Town . Wise was nominated twice more in the same category for his performances in State Fair (1996) [3] and Fosse (1999). [4] [5]

In addition to playing the Drill Sergeant and Sergeant O'Leary in the rock ballet, Movin' Out (2002), Wise was Twyla Tharp's assistant choreographer and assistant director. [6] [7] Wise choreographed the Off-Broadway musical A Class Act in 2000. [8] a regional production of The Who's Tommy and the national tour of Leader of the Pack . [2]

Personal life

Wise is married to dancer Elizabeth Parkinson, with whom he has a son. [9] His daughter, actress Savannah Wise, is from his first marriage, to dancer and choreographer Kiel Junius. [10]

In October 2006, Wise and Parkinson opened their studio, FineLine Theatre Arts, in New Milford, Connecticut. [11]

Stage credits

Source:Playbill Vault [12]

References

  1. 1 2 Witchel, Alex (April 13, 1992). "A Dancer's Life: After a Tony, Back to the Chorus". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Jennifer Dunning (1989-03-10). "Nine Who Have the Certain Something". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
  3. ↑ Viagas, Robert. "David Merrick Threatens To Sue the Tonys" playbill.com, May 15, 1996
  4. ↑ Scott Wise at the Internet Broadway Database
  5. ↑ McGrath, Sean. "1999 Tony Nominee: Scott Wise (Featured Actor, Musical, Fosse)" playbill.com, June 3, 1999
  6. ↑ " 'Movin' Out' Broadway" Archived 2015-08-05 at the Wayback Machine playbill vault.com, accessed July 28, 2015
  7. ↑ Murray, Matthew. "Review. 'Movin' Out'" talkinbroadway.com, October 24, 2002
  8. ↑ Sommer, Elyse. "'A Class Act', Manhattan Theatre Club (11/12/00 performance) and Broadway (3/14/01 performance)", CurtainUp.com, November 12, 2000 and March 14, 2001, accessed July 28, 2015
  9. ↑ Simonson, Robert and Hernandez, Ernio. Original "Tony-Nominated Star Parkinson to Return to Broadway's 'Movin' Out 'Feb. 8" Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, February 8, 2005
  10. ↑ Kaye, Kimberly. "Rock Star Savannah Wise Goes from Broadway Baby to Broadway Babe" broadway.com, August 17, 2009
  11. ↑ FineLine Theatre Arts website, finelinetheatrearts.com; accessed July 28, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Scott Wise Broadway Credits and Awards" playbillvault.com, accessed July 29, 2015
  13. ↑ Nassour, Ellis. "Scott Wise Gets Lucky in Goodspeed's New Musical, Aug. 1" playbill.com, August 1, 1997
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.