Walsh, Thommie

Walsh, Thommie
▪ 2008

      American choreographer and dancer

born March 15, 1950, Auburn, N.Y.

died June 16, 2007, Auburn
debuted on Broadway as a dancer (in Seesaw [1973]) but was better known for his collaborations with choreographer and performer Tommy Tune; the two won Tony Awards for choreography for A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine (1980) and My One and Only (1983). Walsh also created the role of Bobby in A Chorus Line (1975), and in 1990 he co-wrote an exposé titled On the Line, in which he revealed that the original cast members from whose stories the plot of the blockbuster show was developed had received only 1% of the royalties. In later years he did Broadway staging and worked in real estate.

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