Gower Champion was an American theatre director, choreographer, and dancer. A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ...

He was born in Geneva, Illinois on June 22, 1919 (some sources state June 22, 1920, others 1921) and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he took dancing lessons from an early age. At the age of fifteen, he and a friend, Jeanne Tyler, toured nightclubs as "Gower and Jeanne, America's Youngest Dance Team". Geneva is a far-western suburb of Chicago located in extreme eastern Kane County, Illinois. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ...

During the late '30s and early '40s, Champion worked on Broadway as a solo dancer and choreographer. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, Champion met Marjorie Belcher (aka Marge Champion), who became his new partner, and the two were married in 1947. Throughout the 1950s, they performed on a number of television variety shows, and in 1957, they starred in their own short-lived CBS sitcom, The Marge and Gower Champion Show, which was based on their actual career experiences. During this period, they also made several film musicals, including the 1951 remake of Show Boat (with Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson), the autobiographical Everything I Have is Yours (1952), Give a Girl a Break (1953), and Three for the Show (1955). Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard is the coast guard of the United States. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... Marge Champion (September 2, 1919, Los Angeles, California) became a legend in Hollywood with her ex-husband, Gower Champion (June 22, 1921. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of the network) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (with the notable exception of Bill, which was originally written for Kern in 1918 by P. G. Wodehouse but reworked by Hammerstein for Show Boat). ... Howard Keel on the tv show dallas Howard Keel, born Harry Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919–November 7, 2004) was an American actor who starred in many of the classic film musicals of the 1950s. ... Kathryn Grayson (born February 9, 1922) is an American actress and singer who was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1948, Champion had begun to direct as well, and he won his first Tony Award for his staging of Lend an Ear, the show that introduced Carol Channing to New York theater audiences. From then on he was involved in an eclectic mixture of both smash hits (Hello, Dolly!) and dismal flops (A Broadway Musical, which closed after one performance). A complete list of his productions appears below. In addition to his several Tonys, he was the recipient of the New York Critics Award and the Donaldson Award. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Carol Channing photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1956 Carol Channing (born on January 31, 1921 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actress whose career was built largely on two roles, Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello Dolly!. She is easily recognized by her distinctive... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Hello, Dolly! is a Broadway musical with a book by Michael Stewart and a score by Jerry Herman. ...

Champion never lived to enjoy one of his most successful runs. In 1980, he choreographed and directed a stage adaptation of the movie classic, 42nd Street. During the show's tryout in Washington, D.C., he learned that he had a rare form of blood cancer, and after the curtain call on opening night - August 25, 1980 - producer David Merrick stunned the cast and the audience by announcing, with Merrick's particularly oddball form of self-promotion, that Gower Champion had died that afternoon at the age of 60 or 61. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 42nd Street is a 1933 musical movie, set on the famous Manhattan street of that name, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... This article is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week. ... Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is cancer involving a subtype of white blood cells called lymphocytes. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... David Merrick (November 27, 1911 - April 25, 2000) was an American theatrical producer and director, associated with both musicals and dramas, brilliant successes and embarrassing fl ops. ...

Champion was one of several notable graduates of Fairfax High School, West Hollywood, California. (see [1]) Fairfax High School is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located in West Hollywood, California, on the border of Los Angeles Fairfax District. ...

With wife and partner Marge at the height of their success as a dance team in musical films

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Productions

• 42nd Street, Direction And Choreography (August 25, 1980 - January 8, 1989)
• A Broadway Musical, Production Supervision (December 21, 1978)
• Rockabye Hamlet, Direction and Choreography (February 17 - 21, 1976)
• Mack & Mabel, Direction & Choreography (October 6, 1974 - November 30, 1974)
• Irene, Direction (March 13, 1973 - September 8, 1974)
• Sugar, Direction and Choreography (April 9, 1972 - June 23, 1973)
• A Flea in Her Ear, Direction (October 3 - 25, 1969)
• The Happy Time, Direction and Choreography (January 18, 1968 - September 28, 1968)
• I Do! I Do!, Direction (December 5, 1966 - June 15, 1968)
• 3 Bags Full, Direction (March 6, 1966 - April 2, 1966)
• Hello, Dolly!, Direction and Choreography (January 16, 1964 - December 27, 1970)
• Carnival!, Direction and Choreography (April 13, 1961 - January 5, 1963)
• Bye Bye Birdie, Direction and Choreography (April 14, 1960 - October 7, 1961)
• 3 for Tonight, Direction and Performer (April 6, 1955 - June 18, 1955)
• Make a Wish, Choreography (April 18, 1951 - July 14, 1951)
• Lend an Ear, Musical Staging (December 16, 1948 - January 21, 1950)
• Small Wonder, Choreography (September 15, 1948 - January 8, 1949)
• Count Me In, Performer (October 8, 1942 - November 21, 1942)

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Tony Awards and Nominations

• 1981 Best Choreography (42nd Street) (winner)
• 1981 Best Direction of a Musical (42nd Street) (nominee)
• 1975 Choreography (Mack & Mabel) (nominee)
• 1975 Best Direction of a Musical (Mack & Mabel) (nominee)
• 1973 Best Choreography (Sugar) (nominee)
• 1973 Best Direction of a Musical (Sugar) (nominee)
• 1968 Best Choreography (The Happy Time) (winner)
• 1968 Best Direction of a Musical (The Happy Time) (winner)
• 1967 Best Direction of a Musical (I Do! I Do!) (nominee)
• 1964 Best Choreography (Hello, Dolly!) (winner)
• 1964 Best Direction of a Musical (Hello, Dolly!) (winner)
• 1962 Best Direction of a Musical (Carnival!) (nominee)
• 1961 Best Choreography (Bye Bye Birdie) (winner)
• 1961 Best Direction of a Musical (Bye Bye Birdie) (winner)
• 1949 Best Choreography (Lend an Ear) (winner)