Tommy Abbott was an American choreographer, born in 1934 in Waco, who died in 1987.
Biography
Tommy Abbott (born Tom Shaw Abbott;
November 4, 1934 – April 8, 1987) was an American actor, dancer, and choreographer who portrayed Gee-Tar in the original production of West Side Story. Abbott was for many years the assistant choreographer to Jerome Robbins. He was the chief choreographer for the film version of Fiddler on the Roof.
Contemporaries
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