Patricia birch theatre director quotes

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For some theatre people, "Gotta Dance" is a lifelong theme. Patricia Birch is one of them.

"It’s loving to move," Birch says. "And loving to move to music."

The choreographer–dancer–director has moved to music, and made others move to music, with great success.

She has worked on and Off-Broadway in shows that include the original productions of Grease—whose 3,388 performances made it for a time the longest-running musical in Broadway history; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; The Me Nobody Knows; Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music and Pacific Overtures; the acclaimed 1974 Broadway revival of Candide; the hit 1979 musical They’re Playing Our Song; the 1998 musical Parade at Lincoln Center; and this season’s revival of Candide at New York City Opera.

She has also had a long career in movies ("Grease," "Grease II"), television ("Saturday Night Live," music videos for Cyndi Lauper, the Rolling Stones, Carly Simon and others) and opera —