Gregg Burge Biography (1957-1998) (original) (raw)

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Born November 14, 1957 (some sources say 1959 and 1960), in Merrick, Long Island, NY; died of complications from a brain tumor July 4, 1998, in Atlanta, GA; son of Fred and Thelma Burge. Career: Actor, dancer, and choreographer. Opened a dance school in 1985. Awards, Honors: MTV choreographerof the year nomination for the Michael Jackson music video, Bad; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best featured actor in a musical, 1991, for Oh, Kay!.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, dancer, choreographer

Birth Details

November 14, 1957

and Merrick, Long Island, NY, United States

Death Details

July 4, 1998

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Richie Walters, A Chorus Line, Embassy,
• Virgil Cloyd (Gamma Rays) School Daze, Columbia,
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Bill Robinson, Soul of the Game (also known as Field of Honour and Baseball in Black and White), HBO,
• Episodic
• Dancing, PBS,
• Also appeared on The Electric Company.
• Specials
• Song performer, Eubie Blake: A Century of Music, PBS,
• Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III, PBS,
• Song performer, The 58th Annual Academy Awards Presentation,
• The Night of Music: A Global Celebration, PBS,
• Celebrating Gershwin, PBS,
• Happy Birthday, Hollywood!, ABC,
• The Music Makers: An ASCAP Celebration of American Music at Wolf Trap, PBS,
• Gregory Hines' Tap Dance in America, PBS,
• Barcelona Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony,
• Television Work
• Choreographer, Barcelona Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony,
• Stage Appearances
• (Broadway debut) Kalidah and Scarecrow, The Wiz!, New York, NY,
• Sophisticated Ladies, Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, CA and other cities,
• Night of 100 Stars II, New York City,
• Man from the Streets, Song and Dance, Royale Theatre, New York City,
• Billy Lyles, Oh, Kay!, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City,
• Give My Regards to Broadway, Carnegie Hall, New York City,
• I'll Be Seeing You: The Music of Sammy Fain, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT,
• Conrack, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT,
• Swinging on a Star, Goodspeed Opera House,
• Abyssina, North Shore Music Theatre, MA,
• Also appeared in Bojangles; Evolution of the Blues, John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC; _One Mo' Time;_and Hoops.
• Stage Work
• Assistant Choreographer for The Wiz!, _Sophisticated Ladies,_and Song And Dance.
• Major Tours
• Stage Work
• Assistant tap choreographer, Song and Dance, U.S. cities,
• Hinton Battle, Sophisticated Ladies, Moscow, Russia and other cities,
• RECORDINGS
• Music Video
• Choreographer and performer in Michael Jackson's Bad, 1987.*