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Richard Adler Lyricist
Composer
Mr. Adler co-composed the music and lyrics for Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, both of which won Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Score. He also earned a Tony Award nomination for his musical, Kwamina. Some of his biggest hit songs are You Gotta Have Heart, Hey, There, Hernando’s Hideaway, Whatever Lola Wants, Steam Heat, Rags to Riches, and Everybody Loves a Lover. During the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, Richard Adler staged and produced numerous presidential entertainments, including the unforgettable birthday celebration for President Kennedy featuring Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday, Mr. President. ... read more
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Leon Barry Composer
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Ray Bauduc Composer
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Irving Berlin Lyricist
Composer
Irving Berlin's incredible songbook remains deeply engrained in the current musical landscape of the US, UK and beyond. Contemporary pop artists who have given their own stamp to his work include Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan, Gregory Porter, Rufus Wainwright, Billie Martin, Herb Alpert, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, Michael Buble, Lily Frost, Sarah McLachlan and most recently Gwen Stefani on her 2017 Christmas album. His music continues to be widely featured in films, commercials and television shows. Lady Gaga sang "God Bless America" at 2017's Super Bowl Halftime Show, whilst Seth MacFarlane covered "Let's Face the Music and Dance" for animated ... read more
Patrick S. Brady Composer
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
Lew Brown Lyricist
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Cy Coleman Composer
Cy Coleman was a prolific composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist who made a significant impact on American music and Broadway. Born Seymour Kaufman in 1929 in New York City, Coleman began playing piano at an early age and was soon performing in clubs and bars around the city. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, but his true education came from playing with jazz greats like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Coleman's first foray into Broadway was with the musical "Wildcat" in 1960, which starred Lucille Ball. The show was not a critical success, ... read more
Bob Crosby Lyricist
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Neil Diamond Lyricist
Composer
Throughout his illustrious and wide-ranging musical career as a singer, songwriter and performer, Diamond has had 38 Top 40 singles and sold over 130 million records worldwide. Perhaps best known for "Sweet Caroline," his number one singles include: "Cracklin' Rosie," "Song Sung Blue," "Longfellow Serenade," "I've Been This Way Before," "If You Know What I Mean," "America," "Yesterday's Songs," and "Heartlight." Diamond's extensive list of achievements includes induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he recently received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor and the Grammy Lifetime ... read more
Howard Dietz Lyricist
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Mort Dixon Lyricist
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Dave Dreyer Composer
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Fred Ebb Lyricist
As a writer, lyricist, composer and director, Fred Ebb made incalculable contributions to the New York theatrical community. Mr. Ebb is a Tony, Grammy, Emmy, Olivier and Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award winning recipient. Fred Ebb's first professional songwriting assignment came in 1953 when he and Phil Springer were hired by Columbia Records to write a song for Judy Garland called "Heartbroken." Mr. Ebb was introduced to composer John Kander in 1964 by music publisher Tommy Valando and became one of the most legendary songwriting teams in American history. The first successful collaboration was on the song "My Coloring ... read more
Dorothy Fields Lyricist
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Bob Haggart Composer
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G. Harrell Composer
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Ray Henderson Composer
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Billy Higgins Lyricist
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Bert Kalmar Lyricist
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John Kander Composer
American composer John Kander (b. Kansas City, MO, March 18, 1927) is the musical partner of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb, who together created at least sixteen Broadway shows, Flora the Red Menace (1965), Cabaret (1966), Chicago (1975), and Curtains (2007) among them. They also contributed material to fourteen films and television specials over their forty-year association. Independently John Kander supplied the scores to many films, including Something For Everyone (1970), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Places in the Heart (1984), and Billy Bathgate (1991). ... read more
Stanley Lebowsky Composer
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Frederick Loewe Composer
Frederick Loewe, a classically trained musician, wrote the scores for some of America's most memorable musicals, including My Fair Lady, Camelot, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, and Gigi. Among his most famous songs with lyricist-partner Alan Jay Lerner are "Almost Like Being in Love," "I Could Have Danced All Night," and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls." A musical prodigy, Loewe was born in Berlin in 1901 and, at 13, was the youngest piano soloist to play with the Berlin Philharmonic. His popular song "Katrina," written when he was 15, sold more than a million copies across Europe. Struggling to find work ... read more 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
Johnny Mercer Lyricist
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Cole Porter Composer
Lyricist
Cole Porter composer and lyricist, created a sophisticated and rich body of work that appeared on both Broadway and the Big Screen. Charming melodies and clever lyrics set Porter aside from other composers. Notable songs include, “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)” for Paris, “Night and Day” for Gay Divorce, “Wunderbar” for Kiss Me, Kate, “All Through the Night,” “I Get A Kick Out Of You,” “Blow Gabriel Blow,” and the title song for Anything Goes. Porter won his first Tony for his Kiss Me, Kate score. He also wrote many famous songs that appeared in films including, “I’ve ... read more
Louis Prima Composer
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Andy Razaf Lyricist
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Ann Reinking Conceiver
Ann Reinking received the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Chicago. Most recently, she served as Choreographer for The Visit on Broadway (2011) and Dance Consultant for An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin (2004). Other Choreography: Applause-nat'l tour, Paper Mill Playhouse; Chicago-Encores! NY City Center; "Bye-Bye Birdie"-ABC-TV; Legends -Joffrey Ballet Chicago; Nilsson/Schmillson-Seattle's Spectrum Dance Theatre; Threepenny Opera-Williamstown Theatre Festival; Chicago starring Bebe Neuwirth and Juliet Prowse-Civic Light Opera of Long Beach (L.A. Drama Critics Award); Suite to Sondheim-Pacific Northwest Ballet; Pal Joey-Goodman Theatre of Chicago (Jefferson Award); Theatre: Roxie Hart-Chicago, Encores! NY City Center; Bye-Bye ... read more
Leo Robin Lyricist
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Gil Rodin Lyricist
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Jerry Ross Lyricist
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Harry Ruby Composer
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Lalo Schifrin Composer
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Stephen Schwartz Lyricist
Composer
Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama. Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as an A&R producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. His first major credit was the title song for the play BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE; the song was eventually used in the movie version as well. In 1971, he wrote the music ... read more
Arthur Schwartz Composer
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Ted Snyder Lyricist
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Jule Styne Composer
With the scores of such Broadway classics as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Peter Pan, Bells Are Ringing, Gypsy, and Funny Girl to his credit, composer Jule Styne ranks as one of the undisputed architects of the American musical theater. Born in London's East End on December 31, 1905, Styne's family moved to the United States in 1912. Young Julius showed such a talent for the piano that he had performed with the Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit Symphonies by age 10. He developed his feel for popular music working with the jazz bands of 1920s Chicago, and as vocal coach to such ... read more ... read more
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Chet Walker Conceiver
CHET WALKER is a multi-Award-Winning Director/Choreographer who has garnered acclaim onstage in theaters across the globe, as well as in television, film, music videos and across all commercial media. Notably, Chet originally conceived the 1999 Broadway musical FOSSE, which won numerous prestigious awards including the Tony Award for Best Musical - and was most recently nominated for the 2013 Tony Award for Best Choreography for his work on the Broadway Revival of PIPPIN, a show that also won for Best Musical and that Chet has since seen remounted internationally. ​ As a unique visionary, Chet continues to develop, direct, and choreograph ... read more
Harry Warren Composer
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Marybeth Abel Production Stage Manager
Douglas Besterman Orchestrator
Mitchell Bloom Associate Costume Designer
Patrick S. Brady Conductor
Musical Director
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
Andrew Bridge Lighting Designer
Theatre includes: Three Tony Awards for his lighting designs: Fosse (Ovation Award Los Angeles), Sunset Boulevard (Ovation Award Los Angeles) and The Phantom of the Opera (Drama Desk and Outer Circle Critics’ Awards NY, Dora Mavor Award (Canada) and Los Angeles Critics’ Award). Phantom has now been seen in Britain, USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Japan, China, Korea, Australia, South Africa, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Singapore and as Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular. West End shows include: Acorn Antiques, Absolutely! {Perhaps} directed by Franco Zeffirelli, Singin’ in the Rain (NT), Sunset Boulevard (USA and tour, Canada, ... read more
Mary Bryant Press Representative
Ralph Burns Orchestrator
Bill Burns Dance Captain
Angel Creeks Dance Captain
Jonathan Deans Sound Designer
Jonathan Deans (Sound Designer) His work spans from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden to The Beatles 'LOVE' and Michael Jackson’s 'ONE' in Las Vegas. His Broadway credits include Pippin (Tony Nomination) Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, La Cage aux Folles (Tony and Drama Desk Nomination),Young Frankenstein, The Pirate Queen, Lestat, Taboo, Follies, Seussical, The Music Man, Fosse, Parade, Candide and Ragtime (A number of different awards). He designed the Off-Broadway revival of Carrie (Drama Desk Nomination). His work with Cirque du Soleil includes ONE, LOVE, KA, Believe, Zumanity, O, Mystere, La Nouba, Wintuk, Ovo, ... read more
Peter Eastman Associate Scenic Designer
Bob Fosse Choreographer
(Original)
Bob Fosse was an American actor, choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director. He directed and choreographed musical works on stage and screen, including the stage musicals The Pajama Game (1954), Damn Yankees (1955), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961), Sweet Charity (1966), Pippin (1972), and Chicago (1975). He directed the films Sweet Charity (1969), Cabaret (1972), Lenny (1975), All That Jazz (1979), and Star 80 (1983). Fosse's distinctive style of choreography included turned-in knees and "jazz hands". He is the only person ever to have won Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year (1973). He ... read more
Mary Porter Hall Production Stage Manager
Gordon Lowry Harrell Music Arrangements
Musical Supervisor
Music Arranger
Mary Harwell Assistant Stage Manager
Stuart Howard Casting
Keith Hurd Promotions
Peter Hylenski Associate Sound Designer
Peter Hylenski received a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award Honour for his work on Moulin Rouge! The Musical. A Grammy, Olivier, and seven-time Tony nominee, his selected design credits include Frozen, Anastasia, Beetlejuice, Once on This Island, Something Rotten, King Kong, Rock of Ages, After Midnight, Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, Side Show, Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, Shrek the Musical, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Lend Me a Tenor, Elf, Wonderland, Cry-Baby, The Times They Are a-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. ... read more
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Chris Jamros Assistant Stage Manager
Bill Klemm Assistant to General Manager
Bryan Landrine 1st Assistant Stage Manager
Vivien Leone Associate Lighting Designer
Santo Loquasto Scenic Designer
Settings/Costumes
Costume Designer
Broadway: Carousel; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award for costume design); Cafe Crown (Tony for set design); The Cherry Orchard (Tony for costume design); Grand Hotel (Tony for costume design). Seventeen additional Tony nominations. Film credits include Radio Days (Academy Award nomination for production design), Bullets Over Broadway (Academy Award nomination for production design), and Zelig (Academy Award nomination for costume design). He received the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration in 2002, was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2004, received the Pennsylvania Governor's Award for the Arts in 2006, the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for ... read more
Lori Lundquist Assistant Stage Manager
Director
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
Debra McWaters Assistant Choreographer
Howard Meltzer Casting
James Milburn Technical Director
John Miller Musical Coordinator
Recent Broadway: Lennon, Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Beauty & the Beast, Hairspray, Movin’ Out, Sweet Charity, Good Vibrations, Dracula, Caroline or Change, Little Shop…, Thoroughly Modern Millie, 42nd St, Urinetown, Nine, La Boheme, Big River, Boys From Syracuse, Look of Love, Urban Cowboy, Never Gonna Dance, Thou Shalt Not, By Jeeves, Follies, Oklahoma!, Jekyll and Hyde, Rocky Horror Show, Seussical, The Music Man, Fosse, Swing!, Parade, Footloose, Kat and the Kings, Civil War, Triumph of Love. Studio Musician (bass): Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, Eric Clapton, BB King, Sinatra, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. ... read more
Arnold Mungioli Casting
Brad Musgrove Dance Captain
Broadway: Pippin. La Cage aux Folles '04 revival, (Original Cast, Hannah); The Producers (Original Cast, Dance Captain, Swing, Carmen Ghia); Fosse (Original Cast, Featured Performer). Tours, Regional Theatre: A Chorus Line (Greg); Cats, 42nd Street, Anything Goes. ... read more
Andrew Neal Assistant Stage Manager
Steve Quinn Company Manager
Ann Reinking Choreographer
(Co-Choreographer)
Director
(Co-Director)
Ann Reinking received the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Chicago. Most recently, she served as Choreographer for The Visit on Broadway (2011) and Dance Consultant for An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin (2004). Other Choreography: Applause-nat'l tour, Paper Mill Playhouse; Chicago-Encores! NY City Center; "Bye-Bye Birdie"-ABC-TV; Legends -Joffrey Ballet Chicago; Nilsson/Schmillson-Seattle's Spectrum Dance Theatre; Threepenny Opera-Williamstown Theatre Festival; Chicago starring Bebe Neuwirth and Juliet Prowse-Civic Light Opera of Long Beach (L.A. Drama Critics Award); Suite to Sondheim-Pacific Northwest Ballet; Pal Joey-Goodman Theatre of Chicago (Jefferson Award); Theatre: Roxie Hart-Chicago, Encores! NY City Center; Bye-Bye ... read more
Lainie Sakakura Dance Captain
NYC based freelance director, award winning choreographer (2015 Joe A. Callaway Award and 2002 Joseph Jefferson Award), librettist, Tony nominated co-producer with Theatre Producers of Color. Broadway: SUFFS (co-producer w/TPOC), CABARET (co-producer w/TPOC), FOSSE (dance reconstruction & onstage dance captain)1999 Tony Award Best Musical, and original cast member of 6 Broadway shows including CHITA RIVERA THE DANCER"S LIFE and 2015 Legacy Robe recipient for THE KING AND I. Director: LIZZIE, TheaterWorks Hartford, CARRIE, HEAD OVER HEELS, and NYC concerts, theatrical events, cabarets, industry readings: Cherry Lane, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Joyce Theater, Neighborhood Playhouse, Summer Stage Central Park; book/direction CORNER ... read more
Frank P. Scardino General Manager
Amy Schecter Casting
Kurt Stamm Assistant to the Director
Chet Walker Choreographer
(Recreation)
CHET WALKER is a multi-Award-Winning Director/Choreographer who has garnered acclaim onstage in theaters across the globe, as well as in television, film, music videos and across all commercial media. Notably, Chet originally conceived the 1999 Broadway musical FOSSE, which won numerous prestigious awards including the Tony Award for Best Musical - and was most recently nominated for the 2013 Tony Award for Best Choreography for his work on the Broadway Revival of PIPPIN, a show that also won for Best Musical and that Chet has since seen remounted internationally. ​ As a unique visionary, Chet continues to develop, direct, and choreograph ... read more
Ethyl Will Associate Conductor
Beth Williams Executive Producer
Wayne Wolfe Press Representative

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Awards and Nominations

1999 Drama League Awards
Distinguished Production of a Musical: 0 won.

1999 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Broadway Musical: 0 won.
Outstanding Choreography: Chet Walker was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Choreography: Ann Reinking was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Costume Design: Santo Loquasto was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Ann Reinking was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lighting Design: Andrew Bridge was nominated but did not win.

1999 Tony Awards
Best Costume Design: Santo Loquasto was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Richard Maltby, Jr was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Ann Reinking was nominated but did not win.
Best Lighting Design: Andrew Bridge won.
Best Musical: Livent (U.S.) Inc. won.
Best Orchestrations: Ralph Burns won.
Best Orchestrations: Douglas Besterman won.

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