Bill Castellino

Bill Castellino is an award-winning director, choreographer, producer, and writer living in New York. He most recently directed the pre-Broadway production of Cagney (Pioneer Theatre Company, Salt Lake City). He also directed the award-winning production of Desperate Measures (York Theatre, New World Stages - Off-Broadway). On television, Bill has directed and choreographed Stop the World, I Want to Get Off (A&E). He also wrote, directed, and choreographed Bell Aria, (Venetian Las Vegas, PBS), and choreographed Rap Master Ronnie (Cinemax). Bill has co-written several musicals and developed many others. He created twelve musical reviews, many cabarets, concerts, and countless corporate and special events (Pepsi, Tisch, Club Gotham, Hilton, Arby’s). Bill has directed many concerts, including those of Mary Wilson of the Supremes, Human Nature, the Four Tops in Chicago, Amanda McBroom, Ann Hampton Callaway, and Christiane Noll. Bill was the Creative Director of Aruba Productions (NYC), co-owner of CRW Productions (NYC), served as Producing Artistic Director of Cherry County Playhouse (Michigan), and wrote, directed and choreographed all the revue entertainment for Holland America Cruise Lines from 1988 to 1992. Bill has taught at Boston University, Marymount Manhattan College, Kalamazoo College, Broadway Dance Center, University of Alabama Birmingham, San Diego University, and UT Austin. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

Awards & Accolades Include: Joseph Jefferson Award (Rap Master Ronnie), Telly Award (The Presidents), 4 L.A. Weekly Awards (Nightclub Cantata, Something’s Rockin in Denmark, Ionescopade, Brain Hotel), 11 Drama-Logue Awards, 2 Lucille Lortel nominations (Ionescopade, Desperate Measures), Carbonelle nomination (Dr. Radio), Audelco nomination (Storyville), 2 Drama Desk nominations (Cagney, Desperate Measures), 3 Outer Critics Circle nominations (Storyville, Cagney, Desperate Measures). Select Credits Include: Storyville (NYC Premiere), Ionescopade (NYC, LA, DC), Tarzan (North Shore Music Theatre), Rent (Weston Playhouse), Nightclub Cantata (LA, NYC), Fame (National Tour), Jolson (National Tour), Chess (National Tour), Gypsy, Rap Master Ronnie, Esther (International Tours), The Rocky Horror Show, The Putnam County Spelling Bee (Riverside Theatre, Florida), Carousel, Edwin Drood, Godspell, La Cage aux Folles, The Music Man (Center Rep, San Francisco), Lullabye and Goodnight (Odyssey Theatre), West Side Story, Joseph, Tommy, Little Shop of Horrors, Beehive, Evita, Oliver! (Gateway Playhouse), Cabaret, Abyssinia, The Last Five Years, The Spitfire Grill, Smokey Joe’s Café (Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Florida), Nunsense, Hair (Barrington Stage Company), Slab Boys, The Last Word, Mardi Gras. Christmas in Hell (York - World Premiere), I Spy a Spy (St. Clements - World Premiere), C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce (Off-Broadway - World Premiere, National Tour), Grumpy Old Men (Royal Manitoba Theatre Center - World Premiere), Dr. Radio (Florida Studio Theatre - World Premiere), Lizzie Borden (Goodspeed Opera House - World Premiere), Heartbeats (Old Globe, Goodspeed Opera House, Cleveland Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, National Tour), Miklat (Florida Stage - World Premiere), Some Kind of Wonderful, Fishwrap (Adirondack Theatre Festival - World Premieres), House Divided (Tennessee Rep - World Premiere), Singing Weatherman, Happy Holidays (Pasadena Playhouse - World Premieres), Presidents (National Tour), How to be an American (York - World Premiere), Crash Club, Soulmates (Florida Studio Theatre - World Premieres), Another Summer, Elizabeth Swados’ We Are Not Strangers, Loren Paul Caplin's A Subject of Childhood (WPA), Why do Fools Fall in Love (West Side Arts), Coconuts and Suicide (Mount Company), Theatre Smash (San Diego, NYC), and City Muzik (Co-Author Loren Paul Caplin, Boston).