Awards/Press
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AWARDS: Tommy Tune Award for Choreography of The Boyfriend, Cinderella, and Several Choreography Awads for Competition Dances
Nominated for Broadway World Awards for Direction of "Smokey Joe's Cafe", and "The Marvelous Wonderettes"
Nominated for Broadway World Award sfor Choreography of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", "Xanadu" and "All Shook Up"
Nominated for Tommy Tune Awards for Choreography of "Oklahoma"
Nominated for Broadway World Award for Best Musical of "Sophisticated Ladies"
Featured on BRAVO TV on "The Real Housewives of New York City" with Sonja Morgan
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LADY BE GOOD, NY CITY CENTER
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"Tune drips with panache as he uses his angular body, sunny smile and mellow drawl to playfully charm the patrons. He eventually gives the stage over to the chorus and they respond with a spectacular display of synchronization, choreographer with period flair by Randy Skinner." -Broadway World (Feb 2015)
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SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE, TEXARTS
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"Smokey Joe's Cafe is Energetic, Must-See fun at TexArts." - Broadway World Austin (February 2018)
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"Director, Kimberly Schafer has assembled a top-notch cast that figuratively rips the roof off of Texarts' small theatre." -Broadway World Austin (February 2018)
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"Direction and Choreography by Schafer capture the magic and vitality of each number and allows the cast to give engaging, nuanced performances." -Broadway World Austin (February 2018)
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" Smokey Joe's Cafe is, in a word, Fun." -Austin 360 (February 2018)
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SPEAKEASY MODERNE, NY CUTTING ROOM, BRAVO TV, and STAGE 72
" Where the stage talent becomes unmistakably evident is during the high-energy dance routines, choreographed in house by Kimberly "Kimmie Diva" Schafer." -Socially Superlative (April 2013)
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"My night at Speakeasy Moderne offered a great variety of fun and sensual entertainment. I was thrilled with the quality of the entertainment." -The Huffington Post (May 2015)
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THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, TEXARTS
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"There is a whimsical flirtation that owes it's success to Kimberly Schafer's charming yet sensual choreography."-Austin 360 (August 2017)
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
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"The Dancing is a revelation. It is so sharp that it evokes pictures being taken in frames onstage. Choreographer Kimberly Schafer has in effect made this a musical in motion." - MD Theatre Guide (February 2015)
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THE BOYFRIEND, NORTHFORK THEATRE
"The dance numbers come alive, literally infusing the audience with boundless energy as they recall their own sings around the dance floor, doing the Charleston or falling in love during a slow waltz. The choreography could perhaps be some of the best seen on a local stage; it's that good." -Southhold Local (October 2014)
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"The Boyfriend dances into hearts of audiences at North Fork Theatre." -Southhold Local (October 2014)
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"Choreographer Kim Schafer kick the whole production into high gear with their creative, fun and elaborate 1920's dance numbers." -Suffolk Times Review (October 2014)
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