Gregg Burge

Gregg Burge was an American tap dancer and choreographer who also acted and sang. He grew up on Long Island and took up song and dance as a boy after seeing Sammy Davis Jr. on television. He studied ballet and tap at the High School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1975, and won a scholarship to the Juilliard School. His early credits included a regular role on The Electric Company and an Off Broadway run in Bojangles, where he worked with tap stars including Chuck Green and Mabel Lee. On Broadway he danced the Scarecrow in The Wiz for four years and appeared in Sophisticated Ladies. He received a Tony Award nomination and a Fred Astaire Award for Oh, Kay!, won that award again for Song and Dance, and was nominated twice for Drama Desk Awards. In A Chorus Line (1985) he played Richie and assisted choreographer Jeffrey Hornaday, and he choreographed Michael Jackson's Bad video with Jeffrey Daniel.