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Nine - Broadway Creative Team


Production Staff

Mario Fratti Source Material
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Arthur Kopit Bookwriter
Kopit was an American playwright. He was a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist (Indians and Wings) and a three-time Tony Award nominee: Best Play, Indians (1970); Best Play, Wings (1979); and Best Book of a Musical, for Nine (1982). He won the Vernon Rice Award (now known as the Drama Desk Award) in 1962 for Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad and was nominated for another Drama Desk Award in 1979 for Wings. ... read more
Maury Yeston Composer/Lyricist
Composer
Lyricist
Shulamith Producer
(In Association With)
Weiler / Miller Associates General Manager
Jonathan Tunick Musical Supervisor
Orchestrator
Jonathan Tunick is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer. Tunick’s stage career began with Take Five (1957). He went on to collaborate memorably with Stephen Sondheim, orchestrating shows such as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Into the Woods, Passion, and Putting It Together. Additional notable Broadway credits include Promises, Promises; A Chorus Line; Nick & Nora; A Funny Thing...; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Nine; A Gentleman’s Guide...; and 110 in the Shade. In 1997, he won his first Tony Award, for his work on the musical Titanic. This accomplishment gave ... read more
Michael N. Appell Producer
(In Association With)
Mark Beigelman Associate Producer
Roger S. Berlind Producer
Charles Blackwell Production Stage Manager
Peter Cunningham Production Photographer
Duke Durfee Assistant to Mr. Miller
Vincent Fanuele Conductor
Vincent Fanuele is a musical director and conductor. Credits include A Christmas Story [Broadway, 2012], Follies [Broadway, 2011], Bye Bye Birdie[Broadway, 2009], Grease[Broadway, 1994], The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public[Broadway, 1994], Nine[Broadway, 1982], and A Chorus Line[Broadway, 1975]. ... read more
Jacksina and Freedman General Press Representative
Stephen R. Friedman Theatre Owner / Operator
Michael Gottfried Hair Designer
Wally Harper Musical Director
Natasha Katz Assistant to Ms. Madeira
Natasha Katz is a New York-based lighting designer. She is a six-time Tony Award winner who has designed extensively for theatre, opera, dance, concerts, and permanent lighting installations around the world. Her recent Broadway credits include: Diana, The Music Man, All My Sons, Burn This, The Prom, Frozen, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Cats, School of Rock, An American in Paris, Aladdin, Skylight, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, and Aida. ... read more
Harvey J. Klaris Producer
Tommy Krasker Assistant to Mr. Yeston
Ash / LeDonne Advertising
Francine LeFrak Producer
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
Bruce H. Lumpkin Stage Manager
Nancy Lynch Assistant Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Marcia Madeira Lighting Designer
Sandra Mandel Advertising
Jack Mann Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Irwin Meyer Theatre Owner / Operator
Lawrence Miller Settings
Scenic Designer
The Nederlander Organization Theatre Owner / Operator
Atkin Pace Assistant to Mr. Miller
Seymour "Red" Press Music Contractor
Michael Kleinman Productions Producer
(In Association With)
Richard Siegel Technical Coordinator
Neil Spisak Assistant to Mr. Long
Michel Stuart Producer
Tommy Tune Director
Tommy Tune is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, choreographer and a celebrated song & dance man. Over the course of his career, he has won ten Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1965, Tune made his Broadway debut as a performer in the musical Baker Street. His first Broadway directing and choreography credits were for the original production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1978. His direction of Nine The Musical in 1982, which also won the Tony for Best Musical, garnered him ... read more
Thommie Walsh Choreographer
Thommie Walsh was a Tony Award-winning Broadway performer, choreographer, and director. Born on November 6, 1950, in Ogden, Utah, Walsh began his career as a dancer in the Broadway production of "Seesaw" in 1973. Walsh quickly became a sought-after dancer and choreographer, working on numerous Broadway productions throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He received his first Tony Award nomination in 1978 for his choreography in "A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine." He went on to receive two more nominations for his choreography in "My One and Only" and "The Will Rogers Follies." In addition to his work as a choreographer, ... read more
Jerry Wexler Producer
(In Association With)
Maury Yeston Vocal/Incidental Arrangements
Maury Yeston is a Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, and writer who has made a significant impact on the world of musical theater. Born on October 23, 1945, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Yeston was raised in a musical family and began studying piano at a young age. He attended Yale University, where he earned a degree in music theory and composition, and later earned a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Cambridge. Yeston's first major success in musical theater came in 1982 with the debut of his show "Nine." Based on Federico Fellini's film "8½," "Nine" tells the story of ... read more
Franco Zavani Dialect Coach

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Awards and Nominations

1982 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Costume Design: William Ivey Long won.
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Tommy Tune won.
Outstanding Lighting Design: Marcia Madeira won.
Outstanding Music: Maury Yeston won.
Outstanding Musical: 0 won.

1982 The Hewes Awards
Costume Design: William Ivey Long won.

1982 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: Arthur Kopit was nominated but did not win.
Best Choreography: Tommy Tune was nominated but did not win.
Best Costume Design: William Ivey Long won.
Best Direction of a Musical: Tommy Tune won.
Best Lighting Design: Marcia Madeira was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Francine LeFrak won.
Best Musical: Kenneth D. Greenblatt won.
Best Musical: Harvey J. Klaris won.
Best Musical: Michel Stuart won.
Best Musical: James M. Nederlander was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Roger S. Berlind was nominated but did not win.
Best Scenic Design: Lawrence Miller was nominated but did not win.

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