Bob Avian, the two-time Tony Award-winning choreographer who worked on A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls and Promises, Promises in a Broadway career that spanned six decades, has died. He was 83.
Avian, who often collaborated with famed Broadway choreographer and director Michael Bennett, died Thursday of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, publicist Matt Polk announced.
In 1976, Avian received his first Tony as co-choreographer of A Chorus Line and won his second three years later for co-choreographing Ballroom (he produced that as well). He was also a lead producer on the original and national companies of Dreamgirls, winner of six Tonys.
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Avian, who often collaborated with famed Broadway choreographer and director Michael Bennett, died Thursday of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, publicist Matt Polk announced.
In 1976, Avian received his first Tony as co-choreographer of A Chorus Line and won his second three years later for co-choreographing Ballroom (he produced that as well). He was also a lead producer on the original and national companies of Dreamgirls, winner of six Tonys.
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