Scott Elliott

As an actor, his stint at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, MN, where he played a bit part in "Guys and Dolls", led to the chorus of "Les Miserables" and 18 months on the road and on Broadway. Not caring to spend the rest of his days waiting for callbacks, he decided to pursue directing and rose rapidly from the fringe-theater world of folding chairs and do-it-yourself sets to the promised land of Broadway.

Elliott's critical breakthrough …