John Carrafa is a two time Tony-Nominated and Emmy-Nominated choreographer and director. His work appears in over 160 episodes of television, 28 feature films and nine Broadway productions as well as countless Off-Broadway and regional theater productions. He is currently series choreographer of HBO's The Gilded Age (now in Season 4) and Only Murders In The Building (now in season 5) and recently completed principal photography in New York on a new untitled feature film starring Stephen Merchant and Cameron Diaz.
He currently lives and works in New York City, Los Angeles California and London, England.
Broadway and theater Love! Valour! Compassion! - Off-Broadway (1994) Broadway (1995) Dirty Blonde - Off-Broadway (2000) and Broadway (2001) Urinetown - Off-Broadway (2001) and Broadway (2002) A Little Night Music - Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, 2002 Into The Woods - Broadway (2002) Dance of the Vampires - Broadway (2003) Good Vibrations - Broadway (2005)
Filmography Brain Donors - (1992) Love! Valour! Compassion! - (1997) The Last Days of Disco - (1998) The Thomas Crown Affair - (1999) The Polar Express - (2004) Who's The Top? - (2005) The Other Guys - (2010) Something Borrowed - (2011)
Television
Sex and The City - (1999) Big Love - (2010) Ugly Betty - (2009) Blue Bloods - (2011) The Big C - (2012) Elementary - (2012) Nashville - (2013) Nurse Jackie - (2013) Last Week Tonight - (2019)
Awards
World Dance Award for Feature Film - (2012) Director of Best Musical Daegu International Theater Festival - *"Academy" (2010) Honorable Mention Best Director NYMF - *"Academy" (2009) Joseph Jefferson Award - *"Animal Crackers" (2009) Nomination Media Choreography Honors - for *"The Polar Express" (2005) Dora Award - *"Urinetown" (2004) Drama Desk - *"Urinetown" (2001) Nomination Lucille Lortel Award - *"Urinetown" (2001) Outer Critics Circle Award - *"Urinetown" (2001) Nomination Tony Award - *"Urinetown" (2002) Nomination Tony Award - *"Into The Woods" (2002) Nomination
External links
Official Site Playbill.com article, May 23, 2002 Stepping Into Success - NY Times 2002