David Warren Gibson

David Warren Gibson was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, the son of Sonja Würfel, a ballet dancer from Leipzig, Germany, and Samuel Warren Gibson, an American diplomat for the U.S. Embassy in Berlin and the Hague. He has one brother. His associates moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota subsequent to he was 3 years old. David attended Westwood Jr. High School and studied art at the Minneapolis Art Institute. He had his first solo work of paintings afterward he was 13 at the Theater in the Round. At the similar time, he worked gone the Eleanor Moore Agency as a model for print ads. His family subsequently moved to Dallas, Texas, where he attended Richardson High School. David acted in researcher plays and continued painting. He as well as studied dance in the evenings at S.M.U. After graduating from High School, his intimates moved to Houston, Texas, where David attended the University of St. Thomas and the University of Houston. He was moreover signed later a local male modeling agency action print ads and runway decree for fashion shows. The Wilhelmina Modeling Agency invited him to grant N.Y. to sign next them. David took the opportunity and moved to N.Y. where he studied acting as soon as Susan Batson from the Actors Studio, and attended the Parsons School of Design.

David's first audition in N.Y. was for Bob Fosse (1978) who cast him in the Broadway show Dancin' , in which he performed for 17 months. Additional Broadway credits include Dreamgirls (1981), Sweet Charity (as Charley Dark Glasses) (1986), and Chicago (as Aaron)(1996–2003). David traveled later than Liza Minnelli in the production By Myself (1983) performing in the two-man court case directed by Fred Ebb. This be in traveled throughout the U.S. and along with appeared at the Apollo in London. Off-Broadway, David played Starbuck in The Rainmaker (1982) and Edmund in Long Day's Journey into Night (1982). He toured in Busker Alley (1994) as a cover to Tommy Tune.

He has played small roles, usually uncredited, in several movies, including The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas credited as "Aggie" (member of Aggie choir) (1982), Annie (1982), The Last Dragon"(1985), A Chorus Line (1985), Postcards from the Edge" (uncredited)(1990), Havana (Sailor) (1990), and Bugsy (1991).

Television specials include Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance where he performed in imitation of Ann Reinking (1980), and when Diana Ross in her legendary concert in Central Park. (1983). He has performed numerous times on the Tony, Emmy, and Academy Awards shows as without difficulty as for Broadway on Broadway, in Times Square, and at The Kennedy Center Honors, performing considering Bebe Neuwirth, Chita Rivera and the cast of "Chicago."

In 2006, David assisted on the L.A. Opera's production of Manon under the music doling out of Plácido Domingo, with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon.

In 2011, David was associate director and choreographer for Fifty*Four*Forever with director Tommy Tune at the University of Miami.

David had his first solo exhibition of paintings at age 13 in Minneapolis. His paintings have been purchased by art collectors around the world. A photograph album of his discharge duty was published by Left Coast Galleries in 2009.