Gerald Gutierrez
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Career
Gutierrez was a graduate of Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York,[1] and then the Juilliard School and initially worked as a performer. He then started directing Off-Broadway, often at Playwrights Horizons. He directed, among others, the following plays at Lincoln Center: The Most Happy Fella (1992), The Heiress (1995), A Delicate Balance (1996), and Dinner at Eight (2002). His work with The Heiress and A Delicate Balance was said to be (by Playbill) as "near perfect representations of those plays".[2][3][4]
Of The Heiress, the Variety reviewer wrote: "Although Gerald Gutierrez’s direction can’t be undervalued, The Heiress is not by any stretch “director’s theater.”... Under Gutierrez's sure hand, the exceptional cast never falters."[5] He directed the Wendy Wasserstein play Isn't It Romantic in 1983. Gutierrez and Wasserstein were good friends.[4]
He was said (by The New York Times) to have "an obsession with detail that made each production tick like a perfectly calibrated clock", and to do "ferocious" research.[6] André Bishop, a close friend of Gutierrez, said: "Of all the directors I know, he was one who combined a scrupulous sense of reality with enormous flair and style."[1]
Death
Gutierrez died in his sleep of respiratory failure, on December 29, 2003, aged 53.[3]
Awards and nominations
Gutierrez was nominated for the 1994 Tony Award, Director of a Play for Abe Lincoln in Illinois.[7] He won the 1995 Tony Award, Director of a Play for The Heiress and the 1996 Tony Award, Director of a Play for A Delicate Balance.[8]
References
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- ↑ Simonson, Robert, & Kenneth Jones (December 30, 2003). "Gerald Gutierrez, Acclaimed Director of Broadway Plays, Is Dead", Playbill.
- ↑ a b "Gerald Gutierrez, 53; Broadway Director Won 2 Tony Awards", Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2003.
- ↑ a b Buckley, Michael (December 30, 2003). "Director Gerald Gutierrez Dies at 53", theatermania.com.
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- ↑ Mandell, Jonathan (January 18, 2004). "The Witty Star of 'The Gerry Show'", The New York Times.
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- ↑ "Gutierrez Broadway", Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
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External links
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