Jay Binder has cast over 70 Broadway productions, including the Tony Award winning productions of The Lion King, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Dames At Sea, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Gypsy, The King and I, Lost in Yonkers and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. In addition, he was fortunate enough to cast every Neil Simon play from 1990 through 2009. Mr. Binder was one of the founders and continues to be a driving force behind the highly-acclaimed Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert series at City Center in New York City. His work casting this series led ... read more
Baritone Michael Borth is despite his young age a singer with quite a lot of experience and a wide-ranging repertoire from baroque to 20th century music, from oratorio (Mendelssohn's Paulus at Berliner Philharmonie 2014) to contemporary opera (2020/21 debut in Peter Maxwell Davies' chamber opera Mr. Emmet takes a walk).
First impulses for a professional stage career came out of a participation in musical productions at school where he succeeded in leading roles.
Michael Borth studied in Weimar with Siegfried Gohritz and in Berlin at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler with KS Roman Trekel, followed by 2 years in Valencia ... read more
Michael is an award winning scenic designer working in theater, television, and live events. His recent work includes the Broadway debuts of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues and Dominique Morrisseau’s Skeleton Crew, international productions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Billy Elliot the Musical in Sao Paulo, Brazil, premieres of Katori Hall's The Hot Wing King (2021 winner Pulitzer Prize for Drama) at Signature Theatre Company, and The Blood Quilt (Arena Stage), Dominique Morrisseau's Mud Row (People’s Light), Lauren Gunderson's I and You (59E59), Noah Heidle's Birthday Candles, Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Your Blues Ain't Sweet Like Mine, Quiara Alegria Hudes The ... read more
Producing credits include: The Little Dog Laughed; Metamorphoses; Frozen; A View From the Bridge (Tony® Award); How I Learned to Drive (Pulitzer Prize); Wit (Pulitzer Prize); Three Tall Women (Pulitzer Prize). Upcoming: Behind the Limelight; Cassandra’s Angel. ... read more
Bets originated the role of Suzy Simpson in The Marvelous Wonderettes Off Broadway and can be heard on all three Wonderette Cast recordings. Last Year, Bets received the Craig Noel award for best actress as Diana in Next To Normal (SDMT). Regional; Big Fish, Pride And Prejudice, Mary Poppins, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Sweeney Todd, The Andrews Brothers, Ragtime, 1776, Into The Woods, Evita, Children Of Eden, All Shook Up, Fiddler On The Roof, Annie Get Your Gun, Once Upon A Mattress And Love, Loss And What I Wore. Bets can be heard as Talulah the Monkey in Barbie ... read more
