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BROADWAY: Conceived and directed two Tony Award winning musicals: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (1978: Tony, N.Y. Drama Critics, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards — also Tony Award for Best Director); FOSSE (1999: Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards); as well as RING OF FIRE, (2006). With composer David Shire: director/lyricist: BABY (1983, seven Tony nominations); lyricist: BIG (1996, Tony nomination: Best Score). With Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, co-lyricist: MISS SAIGON (Evening Standard Award, London 1990; Tony nomination: Best Score, 1991); co-lyricist: THE PIRATE QUEEN (2007). Director: THE STORY OF MY LIFE (2009). Director/co-lyricist: Andrew Lloyd Webber's SONG & DANCE (1986 Tony ... read more
Gary Ross Source Material
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David Shire Composer
David Shire is a multi-talented composer, songwriter, and pianist known for his work on Broadway, film, and television. Born in Buffalo, New York in 1937, Shire began playing the piano at a young age and went on to study music at Yale University. Shire's Broadway career began in 1964 with the musical "Here's Where I Belong." Although the show was short-lived, Shire's music caught the attention of producer Harold Prince, who would go on to collaborate with Shire on several successful productions. In 1970, Shire and Prince teamed up for the musical "Company," which earned Shire his first Tony Award nomination ... read more
Anne Spielberg Source Material
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John Weidman Bookwriter
Fuji Television Network, Inc. Producer
(Co-Producer)
Dennis Anderson Woodwind
Nicholas Archer Keyboard
Associate Conductor
Rick Baxter Lighting Supervisor
Brian Besterman Music Designer
(Electronic)
Douglas Besterman Orchestrator
Brian Besterman Keyboard
Patrick S. Brady Vocal Music Arranger
(Additional Arrangements)
Patrick S. Brady was the musical director and vocal arranger for the Broadway production and film version of The Producers. He also served as musical supervisor for two national tours and international companies in London, Toronto and Melbourne. Other Broadway shows include The Will Rogers Follies, Nick & Nora, Crazy for You, King David, Big, Triumph of Love, Fosse. Off-Broadway credits: Pete ‘n' Keely, Closer Than Ever and St. Louis Woman. He has arranged and conducted albums for Sally Mayes (The Comden & Green Songbook, The Story Hour), Judy Kaye (Diva by Diva) and Rebecca Luker (Anything Goes). ... read more
Patrick Brady Keyboard
David Brian Brown Hair and Wig Designer
Broadway highlights: Dear Evan Hansen, She Loves Me, Curious Incident..., Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, Arcadia, A Steady Rain, Shrek, The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, The Invention of Love, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Side Show, Steel Pier. Film/TV credits: "Peter Pan Live!" (NBC), "The Sound of Music Live!" (NBC), It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy-nominated), To Wong Foo... ... read more
Dave Brown Trumpet
Boneau / Bryan-Brown Press Representative
Danny Cahn Trumpet
John Campo Woodwind
Steven Chaikelson Company Manager
Joyce Chittick Dance Captain
A veteran of 10 Broadway shows including Roundabout Theatre's productions of The Pajama Game with Harry Connick Jr, in which Clive Barnes called her a "Knockout!" and a Fred Astaire Award winner for Cabaret, starring Natasha Richardson. She has also been seen onstage at Carnegie Hall, The Public Theater, Lincoln Center, MTC, NYC Town Hall, and Barrington Stages. More recently, Joyce opened the Las Vegas Company of Jersey Boys as Mary Delgado, played Joan in Dames At Sea at Bay Street Theatre and performed with Spinal Tap at the Beacon Theater. As a choreographer, she recently choreographed a world event ... read more
Rick Conway Assistant Costume Designer
Tracy Dorman Assistant Costume Designer
Bruce Eidem Trombone
Kenneth Feld Producer
Tamlyn Freund Assistant Stage Manager
Paul Gallo Lighting Designer
Paul Gemignani Conductor
Musical Director
Pick a Stephen Sondheim Broadway premiere in the last three decades – say, Sweeney Todd or Sunday in the Park with George or Into the Woods. Who was at the podium on opening night? If you guessed Paul Gemignani, you got it right. In fact, Maestro Gemignani has been a distinguished and constant presence in musical theater for the last forty years. In 2001 he was honored with a Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award®. Significantly, for an artist so closely associated with Sondheim, Gemignani made his Broadway debut as a conductor in Sondheim’s Follies (1971), taking over the role of music ... read more
Stacey Todd Holt Dance Captain
Stacey Todd Holt was last seen on Broadway in Rocky. Prior credits include Elf (X2), Cry-Baby, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Producers, Contact, Big, Crazy For You. National Tour credits include C4U, Contact, and Young Frankenstein. His TV appearances range from “Great Performances” on PBS to launching chicken strips for Wendy's. ... read more
Douglas Huszti Assistant Scenic Designer
Serino Coyne, Inc. Advertising
Fremont Associates, Inc. General Manager
Michael Ishii French Horn
Angela Kahler Assistant Costume Designer
Robert Kamlot General Manager
Daniel F. Kearns Associate Producer
Steve Canyon Kennedy Sound Designer
Kennedy's Broadway sound design credits include On Your Feet, Doctor Zhivago, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Tony Award), Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, Catch Me If You Can (Tony nomination), Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Rent, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel, and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award). In addition, he was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie, ... read more
David Krane Dance Music Arranger
Elie Landau Assistant Company Manager
Vivien Leone Associate Lighting Designer
Michelle Leslie Production Associate
William Ivey Long Costume Designer
William Ivey Long has over 70 Broadway design credits in addition to his work in television, film, opera and ballet. Mr. Long has won 6 Tony Awards, with 15 nominations. He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in January 2006 and recently completed a 4-year elected term as Chairman of the American Theatre Wing. ... read more
Paula Mallino Promotions
Frank Marino First Assistant Stage Manager
Àra Marx Assistant Stage Manager
Gregory Meeh Special Effects Designer
Gregory Meeh designs special effects for theatre, opera and film. Credits: Kà, Cirque du Soleil. Broadway: An Act of God, Misery, Doctor Zhivago, The Last Ship, The Addams Family, Spamalot, Twelfth Night (Lincoln Center, Eddy Award), An Inspector Calls (Drama Desk Award), The Phantom of the Opera. ... read more
Joe Mosello Trumpet
John J. Moses Woodwind
Mike Ockrent Director
Mike Ockrent was a British stage director and choreographer who left an indelible mark on the world of theater. Born on June 18, 1946, in London, Ockrent began his career as a stage manager before transitioning to directing and choreography. He went on to become one of the most sought-after directors on both sides of the Atlantic. Ockrent's Broadway debut came in 1984 with the musical "Me and My Girl," which he directed and choreographed. The show was a huge success, running for over 1,400 performances and earning Ockrent a Tony Award nomination for Best Choreography. He followed this up with ... read more
Atkin Pace Associate Scenic Designer
Paul Palazzo Assistant Lighting Designer
Mary Nemecek Peterson Assistant Costume Designer
David Peterson Associate Scenic Designer
Paul Pizzuti Drums
Dean Plank Trombone
Albert Regni Woodwind
Charles Reynolds Magic Consultant
Thomas Peter Sarr Assistant Scenic Designer
Clifford Schwartz Stage Manager
F.A.O. Schwarz Producer
(In Association With)
Ronald Sell French Horn
Music Contractor
John Shivers Associate Sound Designer
JOHN SHIVERS (Sound Design) Shucked, Beauty and the Beast (New Production Worldwide) Pretty Woman (Worldwide), Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award recipient), Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Leap of Faith, Bonnie & Clyde, Sister Act, 9 to 5, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, In My Life, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Julia Sweeney’s God Sad ‘Ha’. International: Wicked, Spirit of Life, The Secret, Tarzan, Das Wunder Von Bern, The Lion King (Shanghai) and (Singapore), Regional: The Muny (2015 -Present), Trading Places, Afterwords, The Wanderer, Becoming Nancy, 42nd St., Rock of Ages, The Heart of ... read more
Arthur Siccardi Production Supervisor
Arthur Siccardi was a Production Manager, Technical Supervisor, and Production Supervisor with countless Broadway credits. He worked on shows such as Chicago, La Cage Aux Folles, Billy Elliot, Grease, A Chorus Line, The Color Purple, Gypsy, Mamma Mia!, Jesus Christ Superstar, Saturday Night Fever, Annie Get Your Gun, and many more. ... read more
Paul J. Sonnleitner Moving Light Programmer
Susan Stroman Choreographer
A five-time Tony Award winning director and choreographer most known for Crazy For You, Contact, The Scottsboro Boys, and The Producers. Her work has been honored with Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel and a record six Astaire Awards. She directed and choreographed The Producers, winner of a record-making 12 Tony Awards including Best Direction and Best Choreography. She co-created, directed and choreographed the Tony Award winning musical Contact for Lincoln Center Theater, which was honored with a 2003 Emmy Award for “Live from Lincoln Center”. She directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed musical The Scottsboro Boys on Broadway and in ... read more
David Febland Studios Artwork Designer
Ginger Thatcher Assistant Choreographer
Doreen Tighe Assistant Lighting Designer
Kyodo Tokyo, Inc. Producer
(Co-Producer)
Scott Traugott Associate Costume Designer
Robin Wagner Scenic Designer
Wagner was born in San Francisco, the son of Phyllis Edna Catherine (née Smith-Spurgeon) and Jens Otto Wagner. His mother was from New Zealand and his father was from Denmark. He attended art school and started his career in theatres in that city with designs for Don Pasquale, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Tea and Sympathy, and Waiting for Godot, among others. In 1958, he relocated to New York City, where he worked on numerous off-Broadway productions before making his Broadway debut as an assistant designer for the Hugh Wheeler play Big Fish, Little Fish in 1961. His first solo ... read more
Scott Walton Promotions
Eric Weidman Woodwind
Thad Wheeler Percussion
Xin Zhao Violin
Steven Zweigbaum Associate Director
Production Stage Manager

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Awards and Nominations

1996 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical: John Weidman was nominated but did not win.

1996 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Best Broadway Musical: 0 was nominated but did not win.

1996 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: John Weidman was nominated but did not win.
Best Choreography: Susan Stroman was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: David Shire was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Richard Maltby, Jr was nominated but did not win.

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