Jerry Dixon (actor)

Jerry Dixon is an American actor, director, lyricist, choreographer, and composer best known for his work on the Broadway stage.

Jerry Dixon
Born	October 15, 1961 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Actor, Singer, Director, Choreographer
Years active	1990–present

Personal life

Dixon was born in Chicago. He married Mario Cantone in 2011 after initially meeting in 1991. Dixon collaborated with Cantone as part of the creative team for Cantone's con-man shows An Evening With Mario Cantone and Laugh Whore.

In 2017, Dixon was named Artistic Director of the Village Theatre in Seattle.[1]

Broadway Credits

Acting

• Once on This Island, Daniel Beauxhomme, Oct. 18, 1990 - Dec. 1, 1991
• Once on This Island, Daniel Beauxhomme, 2002, reunion concert
• Five Guys Named Moe, Nomax, Apr. 8, 1992 - May 2, 1993
• If/Then, Stephen, Mar. 30, 2014 - Mar. 22, 2015

Other

• An Evening With Mario Cantone, Music/Lyrics/Musical supervisor, 2002
• Laugh Whore, Music/Lyrics/Musical supervisor/Music arrangements/Assistant Director, 2004
• Rock of Ages, Music/Lyrics, 2009

Regional Theatre

• Crowns
• Two Gentlemen of Verona, director
• The Full Monty as director/choreographer
• Take Me America as director
• Show Boat director, at the Village Theatre
• Bernarda Alba, director
• Barnstomer at the Red Mountain Theatre Company
• Ain't Misbehavin
• The Thing About Time, director, NYC workshop
• Reunion in Bartersville, director, NYC workshop
• Great Wall, director, Village Theatre
• Buddy's Tavern
• Dig Lenny Bruce
• 21
• Ragtime (musical), Coalhouse
• Dreamgirls, Curtis
• Funked Up Fairy Tales, director/choreographer

off-Broadway Credits

• The River, 1988, Acolytes/Man #1 (u/s)/Man #2 (u/s)
• Once on This Island, Daniel Beauxhomme, 1990
• Bright Lights, Big City, Tad, 1999
• Taking a Chance on Love, Performer, 2000
• The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Lucas, 2000 (also jazz teacher and dance captain)
• Tick, Tick... Boom!, Michael, 2001
• Newyorkers, Performer, 2001
• Romantic Poetry, Frankie, 2008
• Steve, 2015

Film and Television Credits

TV

• Beverly Hills, 90210, Beach Club Director, 1 episode, 1996
• Seinfeld, Customer, 1 episode, 1997
• Law & Order, Detective Alvin Roberts, 1 episode, 2004
• Everwood, Piano Player, 1 episode, 2005
• Mario Cantone: Laugh Whore, TV movie, 2005 (composer)
• The Broadway.com Show, Jerry Dixon, 3 episodes, 2014
• He's With Me, Lyle Pressman, 2 episode, 2015
• Gotham, Mr. Thatch, 1 episode, 2016

Film

• The Peacemaker, Sniper #2, 1997

Other Work

Dixon also teaches classes in workshopping shows, auditioning, and adapting stories. In concert form, Dixon has performed and worked with such performers as Idina Menzel, Julia Murney, Norm Lewis, LaChanze, Marin Mazzie, and Raul Midon.

Awards and nominations

• 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for tick...tick...BOOM! (nominated)

References

1. Frizzelle, Christopher (12 October 2017). "Jerry Dixon Named New Artistic Director of Village Theatre". TheStranger.com. Index Newspapers LLC. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

• http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/1097/Jerry-Dixon
• http://www.jerrydixon.com/#!about/c10fk
• http://www.jerrydixon.com/#!theatre/c234g
• http://www.jerrydixon.com/#!video/c1knb
• http://www.jerrydixon.com/#!concert/c15qv
• http://www.jerrydixon.com/#!current/c1j2j
• http://www.jerrydixon.com/#!services/c15ya

External links

• Jerry Dixon on IMDb