How to Have Great Rehearsals (ft. Gordon Greenberg)

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Broadway Director Gordon Greenberg encourages open dialogues in rehearsals, emphasizing that no question is a bad question.
He asks all involved to treat themselves and others with grace, creating an environment where everyone is doing their best.
Gordon stresses the importance of maintaining a sense of play throughout the rehearsal process.
He advises everyone to assume best intentions from their fellow actors, further enhancing a positive atmosphere.
He acknowledges the inevitability of mistakes, suggesting that these should be opportunities for learning and evolution as artists.
Gordon asserts that theatre should be a platform for sensitivity, enlightenment, and kindness, emphasizing the responsibility of generating positivity into the world.
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More about Gordon
Gordon Greenberg has directed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in London’s West End, written for television and stage, and developed, directed and produced new works for arts institutions across America.
His acclaimed West End revival of Guys and Dolls was nominated for six Olivier Awards and played an extended run at the Savoy Theatre and then the Phoenix Theatre (starring Rebel Wilson.) In his review for the New York Times, Ben Brantley called it "Pure, unforced pleasure...a boozy, bawdy party." The Guardian's Michael Billington called it 'An expert revival...delivered with grace and elan,' and the Evening Standard said 'This unstoppable hit keeps getting better and better...Gordon Greenberg's delicious production of Frank Loesser's classy classic once again boasts chemistry in all the right places.' In its premiere for Chichester Festival Theatre, The Week called it "A triumphant…exhilarating staging of a golden age musical," Charles Spencer of The Telegraph wrote, "I left the theater walking on air and with a grin of pure happiness on my face…One hell of an evening," and Dominic Maxwell of The London Times wrote, "Gordon Greenberg's production leaves the whole audience purring with pleasure."
Greenberg co-wrote and directed the Broadway stage adaptation of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn at Studio 54 for Roundabout Theatre Company, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, and PBS Television's Great Performances. In its review, Variety said “Holiday inn, the 1942 film, has gotten a complete and first-class stage redo...Director Gordon Greenberg and co-writer Chad Hodge have significantly rethought, reshaped and revitalized the script, giving the show more heart, a modern sensibility and a joyful spirit." Deadline called it "An endorphin assault, inducing warm bath pleasure like no other show since 42nd Street," The Hollywood Reporter called it "Pure joy," and the Star Ledger said "Directed with generosity and warmth, it wears down all defenses." It premiered at Goodspeed Musicals, where it had the longest run of any show in that theatre's history.
Born in Texas and raised in New York, Greenberg performed in his first Broadway show at age 12. He attended Stanford University and NYU Film School before joining J. Walter Thompson Worldwide for a stint as a producer/director of commercials. He then moved back into theatre -- first performing on Broadway and on television and soon directing and writing. He was a Curator for Ars Nova, director of musical theatre development at The New Group, and Artistic Producer at Musical Theatre Works, where he created the writers development program and the new voices workshop series. He is also deeply involved in arts education and is Co-Director of The BROADWAY TEACHING GROUP, Broadway’s largest education program, in conjunction with Music Theatre International and Playbill.
He is a member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, The Writers Guild of America, The Dramatists Guild, and the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab.
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