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Choreographer Jennifer Weber: 1 big year, 2 Broadway debuts, 2 Tony nominations

By Sarah LaDuke
Published June 8, 2023 at 11:15 AM EDT
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http://www.jenniferwebernyc.com/

The American Theatre Wing's 76th Annual Tony Awards will be presented this Sunday, June 11 and choreographer Jennifer Weber is nominated for twice nominated for her work on the musicals “& Juliet” and “KPOP.”

Weber has collaborated with Disney+ as an Executive Producer and Choreographer for a new film version of “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” - a project she conceived, co-wrote, and directed first as a stage show that tours annually and was captured as an Emmy- winning PBS Special.

Her film directing debut, “While You Were Gone,” which she wrote, directed and choreographed premiered at the prestigious Dance Camera West Festival and won a 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Arts/Entertainment Short Form Content.

Jennifer Weber is an Olivier Award nominated and Emmy Award winning choreographer and director for stage and screen.

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Sarah LaDuke
Sarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.
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