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Smokey Joe's Cafe - Broadway Creative Team


Production Staff

Stephen Helper Conceiver
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Jerry Leiber Composer
Lyricist
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Mike Stoller Composer
Lyricist
Mike Stoller is one-half of the legendary songwriting team of Leiber & Stoller. Together with Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller has been writing songs for almost sixty years. Not content to be confined to one musical style, they have created enduring classics in a variety of genres including Rhythm & Blues, Pop, Country, Jazz, Cabaret, and - perhaps most notably - Rock & Roll. If Elvis Presley was the king of Rock & Roll, then Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were certainly two of the most important powers behind that throne. It's impossible to think of Elvis without thinking of "Hound ... read more
Jack Viertel Conceiver
Theatre Owner / Operator
Steven Baruch Producer
Steven Beckler Production Supervisor
Steven Beckler has been stage managing Jerry Zaks shows since the national tour of Tap Dance Kid in 1985. Some of their other associations include: Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes, The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, Smokey Joe's Café, Wenceslas Square and Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Other Broadway credits include: 'night, Mother; High Fidelity; Moon Over Buffalo; Grease and Wicked. ... read more
Brian Brake Drums
Boneau / Bryan-Brown Press Representative
Chris Eminizer Saxophones
Nina Essman Associate Company Manager
Richard Frankel Producer
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Peter Fulbright Production Manager
Thomas Glaser Associate Producer
Laura Green Company Manager
Tanya Grubich Promotions
Tanya Marie Grubich, 60, of Bucks County, PA passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 16, 2024 after a courageous battle with Early Onset Dementia. Beloved wife of Stephenie Harris; daughter of Annette Marie Bartlett and the late George Richard Grubich; and sister of Justin Grubich (wife Jessica Ogiony) and to Michael Grubich. Tanya was born in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and grew up in the family business, the Original Christmas Store, traveling the world with her parents for inventory and opening and managing multiple locations. She was a highly competent entrepreneur at an early age. A ... read more
Mariah Hale Associate Scenic Designer
Kenneth Hanson Production Stage Manager
Timothy Hunter Lighting Designer
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Kandra Jahoda Assistant to the Designer
David Keyes Associate Conductor
Synthesizer
Jason Kruegar Assistant Sound Designer
Heidi Landesman Scenic Designer
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
Musical Director
Conductor
Music Arranger
Louis St. Louis was an American songwriter, music arranger and singer, famous for songs written for Grease, particularly the song "Sandy" (co-written with Scott Simon), which was a hit for John Travolta and performing "Rock 'n' Roll Party Queen" and "Mooning" (songs originally from the musical, where they were sung by a character named Roger that was cut from the film) with Cindy Bullens on the soundtrack. ... read more
Mary MacLeod (i) Dance Captain
Assistant Stage Manager
Laura Manteuffel Assistant Lighting Designer
Steve Margoshes Orchestrator
Rhoda Mayerson Associate Producer
Joey McKneely Choreographer
(Musical Staging)
Tony Meola Sound Designer
Broadway: Lysistrata Jones (associate producer as well as sound design); …Drood (Drama Desk Award); First Date (associate producer); Pal Joey; The Ritz; Laugh Whore; Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Lion King (Drama Desk Award); The Sound of Music; A Christmas Carol (MSG); Steel Pier; Forum; The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything Goes. London: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; and Anything Goes. National and international: The Lion King, Les Miserables, ... read more
Randy Houston Mercer Hair Designer
Make-Up Designer
Broadway designs include The Book of Mormon, Crybaby, Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, La Boheme, Flower Drum Song, Cabaret, The Producers, Follies, Sunset Boulevard, Smokey Joe's Café, Chicago, Guys and Dolls, Crazy for You, Christmas Carol, Titanic, Big, Major Barbara. Films-The Crazies, Little Children, Spiderman 2, Company Man, Runaway Bride, Meet Joe Black, Hearts in Atlantis, Mirror Has Two Faces. Client list includes Tina Fey, Glenn Close, Barbra Streisand, Sigourney Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Binoche, Lauren Bacall, and Sir Anthony Hopkins. ... read more
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
Frank Pagano Percussion
David C. Paulin Assistant Scenic Designer
Richard Frankel Productions General Manager
Joel Reynolds Assistant Scenic Designer
Brian Ronan Associate Sound Designer
Over 40 Broadway designs including The Prom, Tootsie, Mean Girls, Margaritaville, Springsteen on Broadway, War Paint, The Last Ship, Beautiful, If/Then, Anything Goes, American Idiot, Next to Normal, Spring Awakening, Grey Gardens. On the West End: Spring Awakening, Book of Mormon and Beautiful. Off Broadway designs include Bowie’s Lazarus, Giant, Rent, Everyday Rapture, Saved, 10 Million Miles, and Bug. He is the recipient of Obie, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Olivier and Tony awards. ... read more
Marc Routh Associate Producer
Lori Steinberg Assistant Director
Rick Steiner Producer
Maximo Torres Stage Manager
Thomas Viertel Producer
Scott Walton Promotions
Lori Werner Assistant Choreographer
Jerry Zaks Director
Jerry won four Tony Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards and an Obie Award. Mr. Zaks directed many Broadway shows including Sister Act, Guys and Dolls, Six Degrees of Separation, Lend Me a Tenor, House of Blue Leaves, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Anything Goes, La Cage aux Folles, Little Shop of Horrors and more. Mr. Zaks received SDC's Mr. Abbott Award for lifetime achievement and an honorary doctorate of fine arts from his alma mater, Dartmouth College. Mr. Zaks is a 2013 inductee to the Theater Hall of Fame. ... read more
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Awards and Nominations

1995 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Best Broadway Musical: 0 was nominated but did not win.

1995 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: Joey McKneely was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Jerry Zaks was nominated but did not win.
Best Lighting Design: Frederic H. Mayerson was nominated but did not win.
Best Lighting Design: Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre/Gordon Davidson was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Richard Frankel was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Thomas Viertel was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Steven Baruch was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Jujamcyn Theaters was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Jack Viertel was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Rick Steiner was nominated but did not win.

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