A CONVERSATION WITH JOANN M. HUNTER + LORIN LATARRO MODERATED BY
DANI BARLOW In late January, SDC Foundation Director Dani Barlow moderated a conversation, over Zoom, between choreographers JoAnn M. Hunter and Lorin Latarro. The longtime friends met when they were both dancers; their overlapping credits include the exuberant, much-loved 1999 Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate, directed by Michael Blakemore and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. (JoAnn started in the show as an Ensemble member and was then a replacement Lois Lane/ Bianca; Lorin later took over JoAnn’s track in the Ensemble and as understudy for Lois/Bianca.) In a photo shoot for the cover of this magazine, JoAnn and Lorin laughed, danced, and generally lit up the room. In conversation, they were engagingly forthright about their creative processes during COVID-19, the challenges they have faced, and their optimism for the future.
JOANN M. HUNTER has been lucky enough to have a career in the theatre for all of her adult life. She is lucky to have worked and learned from, and continue to learn from, so many talented people. Credits include over 25 shows on Broadway and the West End, as well as Japan, China, South Korea, and Australia.
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LORIN LATARRO choreographed Broadway’s Waitress, Mrs. Doubtfire, Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, and Waiting for Godot with Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stuart. Other credits include Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout), La Traviata (Met Opera), Twelfth Night (The Public), Chess (Kennedy Center), 21 Chump Street (BAM), Queen of the Night (Paramount). She directed Is There Still Sex in the City? (Daryl Roth Theatre, NY Times Critic’s Pick). Juilliard BFA, NYU MA.
DANI BARLOW serves as the SDC Foundation Director. She has held positions at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Yale Repertory Theatre, Studio Theatre, and Round House Theatre. Dani holds an MFA in Theater Management from Yale School of Drama and a BA in Theater and Business Administration from Muhlenberg College.
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