Lawrence Leritz
LAWRENCE LERITZ began his career as a internationally acclaimed dancer working with Jerome Robbins, Alvin Ailey, Robert Joffrey, George Balanchine, Ruth Page, John Neumeier, Tommy Tune and Sir Frederick Ashton, working with such companies as Hamburg Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Ballet, Israel's Bat Dor Dance Company, Paris Opera and as guest artist throughout the world, including Placido Domingo's Los Angeles Music Center Opera. Broadway: Jerome Robbins directed revival of Fiddler On The Roof, Fonteyn & Nureyev On Broadway and regionally in The Muny's productions of Can-Can and the stage premiere of Rodgers & Hammerstein's State Fair. Off-Broadway he produced & choreographed the hit show Boobs! The Musical. Choreography highlights include Alone for The Hamburg Ballet, Los Angeles Music Center Opera and Motown's film musical The Last Dragon.
As an actor, film roles include: Love In Kilnerry (2020), Julie Taymor's Across The Universe, The Adjustment Bureau and Easy Money. TV includes: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, opened the 2017 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Emmy winning Night Of Too Many Stars on Comedy Central, Saturday Night Live, All My Children and the best selling exercise DVD, Total Stretch with Lawrence Leritz. As a Spectrum Records recording artist he scored a #1 dance hit single with “Crank It Up,” headlining The Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Lawrence recently starred in a commercial for Walgreens.