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The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Broadway Creative Team


Production Staff

Charles Dickens Source Material
(Based on novel)
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Rupert Holmes Bookwriter
Composer
Lyricist
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James Cochrane Projection Designer
Jason Steven Cohen Associate Producer
David Conte Company Manager
Graciela Daniele Choreographer
Graciela Daniele has earned 10 Tony Award nominations and six Drama Desk nominations. Her Broadway Director/ Choreographic credits include Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Annie Get Your Gun, Marie Christine, Once on This Island, Chronicle of a Death Foretold and Dangerous Game. She directed and choreographed Michael John LaChiusa’s Hello Again and Marie Christine and Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s Dessa Rose and The Glorious Ones (Lincoln Center). She has Musical Staged/ Choreographed Ragtime (Astaire, Ovation [L.A.], NAACP, and Callaway Award), The Goodbye Girl, Zorba with Anthony Quinn, The Rink starring Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera, and The Mystery of ... read more
Lindsay W. Davis Costume Designer
Merle Debuskey NYSF General Press Representative
Paul Gallo Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Laurent Giroux Assistant Stage Manager
James Harker Production Stage Manager
Robin Herskowitz Stage Manager
Rupert Holmes Orchestrator
Rupert Holmes is the author of numerous songs, musicals, plays and novels, which have earned him three Tony Awards (Best Book, Best Score and Best Musical), several Drama Desk Awards, and the prestigious Edgar Award, which was given to him by the Mystery Writers of America. He has developed and arranged songs for many renowned artists, including Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Barry Manilow, Paul Williams, the Manhattan Transfer and Barbara Cook. His Solitary, which starred Stacy Keach, set a new box office record at the Kennedy Center. Other notable theatrical projects include the Tony Award-Winning, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, ... read more
Paul Huntley Hair and Wig Designer
London-born Paul Huntley has worked hundreds of Broadway shows, most memorably the original productions of Amadeus, Cats, Evita, Sweeney Todd, The Producers and Hairspray. A recipient of the Drama Desk and Tony awards, he has also worked with the some of the most legendary leading ladies of the cinema, ranging from Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh to Jane Fonda and Faye Dunaway. Current shows include Anything Goes, War Horse, Other Desert Cities and Leap of Faith. ... read more
Cindia Huppeler Dialect Coach
Mervyn Haines, Jr. NYSF Technical Director
Richard Kornberg NYSF Press Representative
Wilford Leach Director
Bob MacDonald Company Manager
Rob Marshall Dance Captain
Assistant to the Choreographer
Marshall went on to perform as a dancer in various Broadway shows, but suffered a herniated disc while performing in Cats and after recovering, transitioned into choreography and then directing. He debuted in the film industry with the TV adaptation of the musical Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. He went on to direct the 2002 adaptation of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. His next feature film was the drama Memoirs of a Geisha based on the best-selling book of the same name by Arthur Golden starring ... read more
Andrew Mihok NYSF Production Manager
Tom Morse Sound Designer
Joseph Papp Producer
Joseph Papp was an American theatrical producer and director. He established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in Lower Manhattan. There Papp created a year-round producing home to focus on new plays and musicals. ... read more
Michele Pigliavento Assistant Stage Manager
Seymour "Red" Press Music Contractor
Marge Rivingston Vocal Coach
Susan Sampliner Assistant Company Manager
Bob Shaw Scenic Designer
Scenic Designer
Michael Starobin Musical Director
Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing, Freaky Friday, Falsettos, First Daughter Suite, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Kid Victory, If/Then, Annie, Dogfight, Leap of Faith, Queen of the Mist, People in the Picture, Sondheim on Sondheim, Next to Normal (Tony Award), Glorious Ones, Grinch, Adrift in Macao, Bernarda Alba, Spelling Bee, Assassins (Tony Award), Tom Sawyer, A New Brain, A Christmas Carol, Hello Again, Guys & Dolls (1992), My Favorite Year, In Trousers, Sunday in the Park with George, Once on This Island, Closer Than Ever, Legs Diamond, Romance Romance, Carrie, Birds of Paradise, Rags, Three Guys Naked, Von Richtofen. ... read more
Edward Strauss Assistant Conductor
Musical Director
Martha Swope Production Photographer
Rosemarie Tichler NYSF Casting
Laurel Ann Wilson NYSF General Manager

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Awards and Nominations

1986 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: Rupert Holmes won.
Best Choreography: Graciela Daniele was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Wilford Leach won.
Best Direction of a Musical: Wilford Leach won.
Best Musical: Joseph Papp won.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Rupert Holmes won.

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