John Carrafa [SEP] occupation
John Carrafa
John Carrafa is an American theater and film director/choreographer best known as the two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer of the Broadway musicals "Urinetown" and "Into The Woods" and the Media Choreography Honors Award winner for the Robert Zemeckis film "The Polar Express".
He was a dancer and assistant to Twyla Tharp before becoming a choreographer and director for Broadway, film and television.
He currently resides in New York City and in Los Angeles California.
Broadway and theater.
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at St James Church, Manchester. his parents being John and Jenny HIGTON. John was a cotton spinner (which does seem an unlikely occupation for the father of a Cambridge Alumnus) (source: St James, Manchester parish registers).
William Nichols HIGTON, the son of John and Mary HIGTON, was born on 30 Sep 1798, and baptised on 17 Aug 1810 at St Mary's church, Newington, London (ref: St Mary's church, Newington parish registers). There does not appear to be