Brian Hill | |
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| Born | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Director, playwright |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Canadian & American |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Notable work | Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Story of My Life, revised book of Brigadoon, The Theory of Relativity |
| Notable awards | 2009 Drama Desk Award nominee |
| Website | |
| BartramAndHill.com | |
Brian Hill is a Canadian/American director and playwright living in New York City.
He is best known for the stage adaptation of Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks (UK tour), Broadway’s The Story of My Life (Booth Theatre – 4 Drama Desk Award nominations including Outstanding Book and Outstanding Musical), Something Wicked This Way Comes (11 Barrymore Award nominations), the English language adaptation of Michel Tremblay’s Les Belles-Soeurs (Canadian National Tour), a solo voice musical You Are Here (Off West End), The Adventures of Pinocchio (Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Young People's Theatre Toronto), a musical fable Senza Luce and The Theory of Relativity, all with composer/lyricist Neil Bartram.
He wrote the new book for the Old Globe’s production of NBCUniversal’s October Sky and the revised book for the Goodman Theatre’s acclaimed production of Brigadoon.
The Story of My Life and The Theory of Relativity are licensed through Music Theatre International. The Adventures of Pinocchio is licensed through Concord Theatricals.
His directing credits include work with The Shaw Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Goodspeed Musicals and The Stratford Festival of Canada. He was the original director of Come From Away creating the show's foundational physical vocabulary.[1] For Disney Theatrical Productions he was resident director of the Toronto and Broadway companies of The Lion King and associate director of Broadway’s The Little Mermaid.
As an actor he spent three seasons with the Shaw Festival, originated the role of Frankie (Dora Award for outstanding actor) in the original Canadian cast of Forever Plaid, played Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera and Joe in Sunset Boulevard.