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Show Boat - Broadway Creative Team


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Edna Ferber Source Material
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Lyricist
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, whose musicals include Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Described by Stephen Sondheim as an "experimental playwright", Hammerstein helped bring the American musical to new ... read more
Charles K. Harris Composer/Lyricist
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Joseph E. Howard Composer/Lyricist
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Jerome Kern Composer
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P. G. Wodehouse Lyricist
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Chelsea Music Services, Inc. Music Preparation
Peter Baran Associate Scenic Designer
Robert Russell Bennett Orchestrator
Robert Russell Bennett orchestrated more than 300 Broadway musical scores including Show Boat; No, No, Nanette; Of Thee I Sing; Face the Music; Oklahoma!; Carmen Jones; Finian's Rainbow; Kiss Me, Kate; South Pacific; The King and I; My Fair Lady; and Camelot. His arrangements for the 1955 film version of Oklahoma! earned him an Academy Award. He also orchestrated and arranged Richard Rodgers' TV documentary score for "Victory at Sea." A classically trained composer, Bennett's prolific output of original compositions includes symphonies, sonatas, a ballet, a concerto and an opera. ... read more
Jim Brandeberry Company Manager
William David Brohn Orchestrator
Broadway: Wicked, Mary Poppins, Ragtime (1998 Tony Award®), Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden (1991 Drama Desk Award), Crazy for You, Carousel, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Sweet Smell of Success. London: My Fair Lady, Oliver!, South Pacific. Stratford-upon-Avon: The Secret Garden. Lincoln Center: A Man of No Importance, Dessa Rose. Ballet arrangements: for Christopher Wheeldon, Twyla Tharp, Lar Lubovich. Recordings: for Placido Domingo, Marilyn Horne, Joshua Bell's CD "West Side Story Suite." ... read more
Mary Bryant General Press Representative
Randall Buck Production Stage Manager
Lisa Dawn Cave Assistant Stage Manager
Lisa Dawn Cave is a stage manager who has worked on The Lion King, Frozen, Fun Home, Aladdin, West Side Story, and more. ... read more
Dawn Chiang Associate Lighting Designer
Louise St. Cyr Assistant Dance Captain
Vincent DellaRocca Flute / Clarinet / Soprano Sax
Katie Dennis French Horn
Andrew Fenton Assistant Stage Manager
Richard Fitz Percussion
Paul Gallo (ii) Clarinet
Ron Gibbs Assistant Choreographer
Dance Captain
Nancy Granfield Assistant Costume Designer
Allen Hahn Second Assistant Lighting Designer
Jane Harrington Second Assistant Sound Designer
Marsha Heller Oboe / English Horn
Associate Conductor
Broadway credits include Matilda, Rocky, Mamma Mia!, Ghost, Bye, Bye, Birdie, The Story of My Life, Good Vibrations, Seussical, Titanic, and Showboat. David was the music supervisor and principal conductor for the new Radio City New York Spectacular this past summer. Other music directing credits include the Los Angeles production of Ragtime (LA Drama Critics Award- outstanding music direction), The Phantom of the Opera (Toronto), and the Lincoln Center productions of Dessa Rose and The Glorious Ones. His show Bingo, written with Michael Heitzman and Ilene Reid, is currently playing worldwide. ... read more
Jeffrey Huard Conductor
Melanie Huston Assistant Costume Designer
Livent, Inc. Producer
Robert Jackson Assistant to Costume Designer
Richard Kelley Trumpet
Dale Kleps Clarinet / Bass Clarinet / Alto Sax
Florence Klotz Costume Designer
David Krane Dance Music Arranger
Scott Kuney Banjo / Guitar
Byong Kwak Violin
Peter W. Lamb Technical Director
Production Manager
Eugene Lee Scenic Designer
Is resident designer at Trinity Rep and a resident artist at Long Wharf Theatre. He is the production designer of “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” Other Broadway credits: Bright Star, Ragtime, Show Boat and Sweeney Todd. Film credits: Coppola’s Hammett, Huston’s Mr. North, Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street and Demme’s A Master Builder. BFA: Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon. MFA: Yale School of Drama. Three honorary PhDs. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Emmy Awards; Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence; Pell Award; and DesignxRI Lifetime Achievement Award. A ... read more
Martin Levan Sound Designer
Theatre: After ten years as a recording engineer and record producer, Martin Levan began his theatrical career in 1982 when he supervised the sound for Song & Dance in London. Since then Martin has been responsible for designing the sound for many worldwide productions including Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Little Shop of Horrors, Carrie, The Baker’s Wife, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber concerts, Requiem, Aspects of Love, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Show Boat, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, Lautrec and The Beautiful Game. Recordings include the original cast ... read more
Dan Levine Tenor Trombone
Catherine Matejka Associate Conductor
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
Mara Milkis Violin
Brian Miller Flute / Piccolo
Flutist Brian Miller holds degrees in Music Performance from the Oberlin College Conservatory, Northwestern University Graduate School of Music, and the Juilliard School. An in demand free lance performer and recording artist in New York for over twenty years, he has performed with a wide variety of ensembles including the Brooklyn Philharmonic, The Opera Orchestra of New York, The Orchestra of St. Lukes, the New York Pops, and many others. He has been the contracted player for nine Broadway shows, most recently the long running production of Disney's "Mary Poppins" at the New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd Street. ... read more
Bob Millikan Trumpet
Ruth Mitchell Assistant to Mr. Prince
Ruth Mitchell is a renowned American actress and singer who has made a name for herself in the entertainment industry. Born in New York City, Mitchell grew up with a love for the arts and started performing in community theater at a young age. She went on to study theater at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she honed her craft and developed her unique style. Mitchell made her Broadway debut in 1995 in the hit musical "Rent." She played the role of Mimi Marquez, a struggling young artist who falls in love with the character Roger. Mitchell's ... read more
John Monaco Musical Coordinator
George Morera Bassoon / Tenor Sax
Evan Morris Music Preparation
Betsy Nicholson Stage Manager
Donald Oliver Music Preparation
Richard Pilbrow Lighting Designer
Joel Pitchon Violin
Harold Prince Director
Harold S. Prince (b. New York City, NY, 30 January 1928), also known as “Hal” Prince, was a theater producer and director who made a significant contribution to Broadway musicals in America. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, Prince has received ten Drama Desk Awards as Outstanding Director and 21 Tony Awards® for Best Direction, Best Producer, Best Musical, and Lifetime Achievement. In addition, Prince was the Kennedy Center Honoree in 1994 and the recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 2000. Prince received his education at University of Pennsylvania, where he enrolled in a liberal arts ... read more
Judith Richardson Associate General Manager
Domingo Rodriguez Associate Costume Designer
Frank P. Scardino General Manager
Jeffrey Scott French Horn
Nina Simon Violin
Margery Singer Marketing Consultant
Eric Stern Conductor
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
Lesa Terry Violin
Pat Thomas Production Consultant
David Turner (ii) Associate Company Manager
Yuval Waldman Violin
Concert Master
Robert Whelan Technical Supervisor
Ethyl Will Assistant Conductor
Tara Young Associate Choreographer

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Awards and Nominations

1995 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Best Director - Musical: Harold Prince won.
Best Revival - Musical: 0 won.
Best Set, Costume and Lighting Design: 0 won.

1995 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: Susan Stroman won.
Best Costume Design: Florence Klotz won.
Best Direction of a Musical: Harold Prince won.
Best Revival of a Musical: Livent (U.S.) Inc won.

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