How to choreograph (by John Carrafa):
Step 1: Show up at rehearsal with a blank slate.
Step 2: Ask the actors to come up with some ideas.
Step 3: Set "your" new choreography.
Step 4: Profit.
Unfortunately, the second time he tried this (at Into the Woods), he got his ass handed to him on the first day of rehearsal.
Good thing cruise ships let him work at his own pace.
If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them. - Ethel Merman