Knechtges ' work on Broadway as choreographer includes the musicals '' The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee '' ( 2005 ) , '' Xanadu '' ( 2007 ) , '' 110 in the Shade '' ( 2007 revival ) , '' You May Now Worship Me '' ( Special benefit concert , 2008 ) , '' Sondheim on Sondheim '' ( 2010 ) and '' Lysistrata Jones '' ( 2011 ) . He received nominations for the Tony Award , Best Choreography and Drama Desk Award , Outstanding Choreography for '' Xanadu '' . Knechtges ' choreography for '' Sondheim on Sondheim '' was praised for making " excellent use of multiple layers offered to him by set designer Beowulf Boritt . " His off-Broadway work includes '' Nerds '' ( 2005 ) ; '' The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee '' ( 2005 ) , for which he received the Lucille Lortel Award nomination , Outstanding Choreographer ; '' Vanities : A New Musical '' ( 2009 ) ( also at Theatreworks , California ) ; and '' Citizen Ruth '' ( New York International Fringe Festival , 2009 ) . In regional theatre , he choreographed '' The Girl in the Frame '' at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester , Connecticut ( 2005 ) and both directed and choreographed '' Give It Up ! '' , with a book by Douglas Carter Beane at the Dallas Theater Center , Dallas , Texas ( 2010 )
New York International Fringe Festival
New York International Fringe Festival
Dan Knechtges