Joshua Bergasse

Joshua Bergasse was born on March 6, 1973, and grew up in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He attended his mother's dance studio and later taught there. He says he was influenced by Bob Fosse, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Hermes Pan, and Michael Kidd. ==Career==

At age 22, Bergasse auditioned for the national tour of West Side Story during a vacation in New York City. He was offered the role of Baby John and was a member of the tour for two years. After the tour ended, he stayed in New York to continue working as a dancer. He earned a Drama Desk, an Astaire, and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for his choreography in Cagney. His other choreographic credits include West Side Story at the Stratford Festival, Little Me at City Center Encores!, ''It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman at City Center Encores!, Pirates of Penzance at Barrington Stage Co., Guys and Dolls at Carnegie Hall, and The Sound of Music'' at Carnegie Hall. After serving as choreographer for Smash, the NBC sitcom, Bergasse choreographed the Broadway premiere of the musical production in 2025, which garnered him his second Tony Award nomination for Best Choreography. ==Personal life==

In November 2012, Bergasse met Sara Mearns when she was auditioning for a featured dancing role on Smash. After five years of dating, they got engaged on Valentine's Day. They were married on November 3, 2018, in Sunset Beach, North Carolina. They have worked on projects together since their marriage such as Rodgers and Hart's I Married an Angel. They divorced in 2024.[9] ==Stage credits==