{"id":1510,"date":"2016-09-07T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T13:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2016-09-07T13:55:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T13:55:57","slug":"bite-sized-blog-post-patricia-birch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/07\/bite-sized-blog-post-patricia-birch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bite-sized blog post: Patricia Birch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Patricia-Birch.jpg\" data-src=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Patricia-Birch.jpg\" data-thumb=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Patricia-Birch-199x300.jpg\" class=\"ml-lightbox-enabled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1511 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Patricia-Birch-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Patricia Birch in attendance for 28th Annual Fred &amp; Adele Astaire Awards, Gerald Lynch Auditorium at John Jay College, New York, NY June 7, 2010. Photo By: Rob Rich\/Everett Collection\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Patricia-Birch-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Patricia-Birch-630x949.jpg 630w, http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Patricia-Birch.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PATRICIA BIRCH is a choreographer and director<em>.\u00a0<\/em>In addition to choreographing for iconic television\u00a0series (<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Boardwalk Empire<\/em>) she has also choreographed for feature films including Penny Marshall&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Big<\/em> (1988) with the famous scene of Tom Hanks dancing on the life-size piano.<\/p>\n<p>Her directorial credits include\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cTUVeV9t-sg\" target=\"_blank\">Grease 2<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(1982). She won an Emmy for directing\u00a0<em>Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King Cole<\/em> (1992).<\/p>\n<div class=\"filmo-row odd\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0More to add to this &#8220;bite-sized blog&#8221; &#8211; please send us a comment!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Where to watch her films:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=sr_nr_n_0?fst=as%3Aoff&amp;rh=n%3A2625373011%2Ck%3APatricia+Birch&amp;keywords=Patricia+Birch&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471786379&amp;rnid=2941120011\" target=\"_blank\">AMAZON<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/browse\/person\/20044517\" target=\"_blank\">NETFLIX<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Read more about her:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>ONLINE<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2014\/06\/from-anybodys-to-somebody-the-uber-versatile-pat-birch-gets-a-well-deserved-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">From Anybodys to Somebody: The Uber-Versatile Pat Birch Gets a Well-Deserved Award<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/article\/a-life-in-the-theatre-choreographer-patricia-birch-com-126153\" target=\"_blank\">A Life in the Theatre: Choreographer Patricia Birch<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emmys.com\/bios\/patricia-birch\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Television Academy<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Patricia-Birch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Broadway World<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patricia_Birch\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"filmo-row odd\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><strong><strong>FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"director-tt2244290\" class=\"filmo-row odd\">\u00a02012<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2244290\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1\">Michael Tilson Thomas: The Thomashefskys<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0189166\" class=\"filmo-row even\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a01994<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0189166\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2\">Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns&#8230; and Then Some<\/a> (Video documentary) (videos &#8220;Money Changes Everything&#8221;, &#8220;True Colors&#8221;)<\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0159876\" class=\"filmo-row odd\">\n<p><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a01992<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0159876\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3\">Great Performances<\/a> (TV Series) (1 episode)<\/p>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0304871\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3\">Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King Cole<\/a> (1992)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0970493\" class=\"filmo-row even\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a01987<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0970493\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_4\">The Gershwin Gala<\/a> (TV Movie)<\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0500108\" class=\"filmo-row odd\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a01986<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0500108\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_5\">Callanetics<\/a> (Video)<\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0084021\" class=\"filmo-row even\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a01982<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084021\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_6\">Grease 2<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt2403995\" class=\"filmo-row odd\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a01979<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2403995\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_7\">V.I.P. Night on Broadway Benefit<\/a> (TV Movie)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PATRICIA BIRCH is a choreographer and director.\u00a0In addition to choreographing for iconic television\u00a0series (Saturday Night Live,\u00a0Boardwalk Empire) she has also choreographed for feature films including Penny Marshall&#8217;s\u00a0Big (1988) with the famous scene of Tom Hanks dancing on the life-size piano. Her directorial credits include\u00a0Grease 2\u00a0(1982). She won an Emmy for directing\u00a0Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[276,175,18,226,7,41,277,38,21,9,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1513,"href":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions\/1513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}