Mel Shapiro

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Mel Shapiro is an American theatre director and writer, college professor, and author.

Trained at

Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada
.

Shapiro's

American Place Theatre. London productions include the musicals Two Gentlemen of Verona
and Kings and Clowns.

For

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. Among his productions there are Guare's Rich and Famous, Marco Polo Sings a Solo, and John Ford Noonan
's Older People.

Shapiro was one of the founding members of

Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and the Fund for New American Plays at the Kennedy Center
and Theatre of Latin America.

Shapiro is the author of The Director's Companion and An Actor Performs.

Directing Credits

  • Among the actors worked with are: Milton Berle, Sammy Davis, Jr., Raul Julia, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Walken, Stockard Channing, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Lavin, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, George Hearn, Billie Porter, Blair Underwood, James Wood, Patricia Routledge, Charles Ludlam, Allison Janney, Cloris Leachman, Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller and Rob Marshal
  • Among other authors worked with: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Enemies, a Love Story; Dario Fo, Accidental Death of an Anarchist; Derek Walcott, The Charlatan.

Awards and nominations

External links

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