Mary Poppins - Broadway Creative Team

... read more During his 23-year writing collaboration with composer George Stiles, Anthony has written the book and lyrics for Tutankhamun, Just So, Soho Cinders, the multi award-winning Honk! and the lyrics for Peter Pan - A Musical Adventure (book by Willis Hall). With composer Tony Hatch, he wrote lyrics for The Card and, with Singaporean composer Dick Lee, the lyrics for A Twist of Fate. Work as a director includes Snoopy, Honk! (South Africa, Chicago, Tokyo and Singapore) and Just So (North Shore Music Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre). As a performer, recent work includes Rogues to Riches, The Three Musketeers and ... read more Julian Fellowes is an award-winning screenwriter, director, producer, novelist and actor. He is the creator, sole writer and executive producer of the multiple award-winning international television phenomenon, "Downton Abbey" for which he won two Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Movie or Miniseries and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special. He is also the writer of the upcoming "Downton Abbey" movie. In 2002, Fellowes won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Gosford Park." ... read more ... read more ... read more ... read more ... read more ... read more ... read more Stiles and Drewe’s musical Honk! won London’s Olivier Award for Best New Musical (2000) and has since been seen in more than 2,000 productions worldwide. Their other shows include Just So (North Shore Music Theatre), Peter Pan, Tutankhamun and Soho Cinders. George’s new musical The Three Musketeers, with lyrics by Paul Leigh and book by Peter Raby, played at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Other work includes the scores for Sam Mendes’ Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya (BAM), musical adaptations of Tom Jones and Moll Flanders, songs for the RSC’s Shakespeare Revue and a blissful spell as Dame Edna’s pink pianist ... read more Broadway & West End: Evita, Mary Poppins, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, The Woman in White, Jesus Christ Superstar. West End: The Wizard Of Oz, Betty Blue Eyes, Love Never Dies, Oliver!, Evita, The Sound of Music ... read more Broadway: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Come Fly Away, The Little Mermaid, The Seafarer, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, The History Boys, The Woman in White, Democracy, The Boy From Oz, Jumpers. Tours: Dreamgirls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King. Las Vegas: The Lion King, Phantom Las Vegas. ... read more Kristen Blodgette currently serves as conductor of Sweeney Todd on Broadwya. Associated with Andrew Lloyd Webber since conducting the National Tour of Cats in 1985; The Phantom of the Opera since its New York opening, supervising (as assistant to David Caddick) the Broadway production, the North American companies and International productions in Hamburg, Australia, Mexico City, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Madrid, Buenos Aires and Stuttgart. Broadway credits include Cats, Sunset Boulevard, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Woman in White, Mary Poppins, LoveMusik, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Additional credits; Annie Get Your Gun with Deborah Voigt (Glimmerglass Festival), Bounce directed by Harold Prince (Goodman, Kennedy ... read more Widely hailed as the UK's most popular and successful choreographer/director, Matthew is the creator of the world's longest-running ballet production, a five-time Olivier Award winner and the only British director to have won the Tony® Award for both choreographer and director of a musical. He is artistic director of New Adventures, which has created an enormous new audience for dance with its groundbreaking dance/theatre productions Nutcracker!, Highland Fling, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Car Manand Play Without Words. Musical theatre includes Oliver!, My Fair Lady (Olivier Award), South Pacific and Mary Poppins (Olivier Award). Matthew's latest production, Edward Scissorhands, based on ... read more 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 Andrew began his theatre career at Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1968 and was appointed head of sound at the Royal Opera House in 1971. A year later he co-founded Autograph Sound Recording, a leading British sound design and equipment rental company, now responsible for numerous productions woldwide. He was associate designer on several landmarks of British musical theatre such as Evita, Cats and Starlight Express. Original design credits include Song and Dance, Abbacadabra, Little Me, Les Misérables, Chess, Follies, Into the Woods, The Card, Miss Saigon, Children of Eden, City of Angels, Martin Guerre, The Fix, The Witches of Eastwick, ... read more David Caddick has been the music director for numerous Broadway and London West End musicals including Evita, Cats, Song & Dance, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon and Sunset Boulevard. He was the executive producer for the Broadway production of Oklahoma! and music director for the world premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Bounce. Music director for the film of Evita starring Madonna. He won a GRAMMY® Award for producing the complete symphonic recording album of Les Misérables and also produced the cast albums of Oliver!, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins and the 2006 revival of A Chorus ... read more Broadway: Jersey Boys; Spamalot; ...Spelling Bee; The Producers; Mamma Mia!; Phantom…; Good Vibrations; Bombay Dreams; Oklahoma!; Flower Drum Song; Imaginary Friends; Metamorphoses. Nat’l tour: Disney’s On the Record; Les Miserables. Lincoln Center: The Frogs; Contact; Thou Shalt Not; A Man of No Importance; Anything Goes (concert). Off-Broadway: Second Stage. Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival; Kennedy Center; La Jolla Playhouse; Yale Rep. Film: The Producers The Musical. Ms. Rubin is a member of the Casting Society of America. ... read more Recent Productions: Don Carlos (MET, NY) Love Never Dies (Adelphi, London). Bob Crowley has designed over twenty productions for the National Theatre, including most recently: The Habit of Art, The Power of Yes, Phèdre, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Gethsemane, and Fram (which he also co-directed with Tony Harrison), The History Boys (Broadway - Tony Award), His Girl Friday and Mourning Becomes Electra, plus more than twenty-five productions for the RSC, including: Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Plantagenets, for which he won an Olivier Award. For the Donmar Warehouse - Into the Woods and Orpheus Descending. Other credits include: Pavane ... read more Broadway: End of the Rainbow, Mary Poppins, Ring of Fire. Miss Saigon, Chicago (Revival), Music Man (Revival), Phantom of the Opera. National Tours: The Producers, Phantom of the Opera. Lincoln Center Theatre: Thou Shalt Not, In The Summer House, Four Baboons Adoring the Sun. Regional: End of the Rainbow (Guthrie), White Christmas (Paper Mill Playhouse), Ring of Fire (Studio Arena). Events: Stephen Sondheim’s 75th Birthday Celebration, True Colors: A Celebration of Music and Dance. ... read more Peter Donovan is an astute musical storyteller. His perceptive songs span genres and feature narratives based on both real-life and fictitious characters, written with a contemplative heart. After finding success and a dedicated fanbase with Seattle’s All The Real Girls and his side project The Rose Petals (alongside Elijah Ocean), Donovan returns in 2022 with his first proper solo album, This Better Be Good. His previous releases spun expertly-crafted character sketches that earned plaudits from Paste Magazine, Consequence of Sound, American Songwriter, and more. With This Better Be Good, Donovan spreads his wings, combining the plaintive soul of indie rock, the ... read more Richard Eyre was director of the Royal National Theatre (1988-1997). He has directed many classics and new plays by David Hare, Christopher Hampton, Tom Stoppard, Alan Bennett, Trevor Griffiths, Tony Harrison and Nicholas Wright. He directed Arthur Miller’s The Crucible on Broadway in 2001 and Hedda Gabler in the West End in 2006. He has won five Olivier Awards, four Evening Standard Awards, three Critics Circle Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild. He has directed many award-winning films for TV and four feature films: The Ploughman’s Lunch, the Oscar®-nominated Iris (which he co-wrote), Stage Beauty and ... read more Geoffrey trained at the Bird College of Performing Arts. He has worked extensively in Musical Theatre both as a performer and as a choreographer. As a performer, Geoffrey has appeared in Cats, Fiddler on the Roof, Matador, Mr Cinders, Martin Guerre, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story, Oliver! and numerous appearances in West End Galas, Royal Variety Performances and the Laurence Olivier Awards. Geoff's most recent work includes Additional Choreography for the current West End hit revival of Miss Saigon (Prince Edward Theatre) and Musical Staging for the current Broadway revival of Les Miserables (Imperial Theatre, New York) ... read more Howard’s current work on Broadway includes Tom Stoppard’s Rock ’n’ Roll, Mary Poppins (2007 Tony nomination) and Mamma Mia! (also London and worldwide). In the West End: Macbeth, Glengarry Glen Ross, Guys and Dolls, Donkeys’ Years and Edward Scissorhands. Previous work in New York/on Broadway includes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Putting It Together and The Makropulos Case and Nabucco for the Metropolitan Opera. ... read more Broadway: War Paint, Groundhog Day, Fool for Love, Act One, Venus in Fur, God of Carnage, Long Day's Journey Into Night (with Redgrave and Hoffman), Exit the King, numerous others. Off-Broadway: Public, LCT3, Signature, Playwrights Horizons, others. Regional/international: Goodman, Westport, Two River Theater, Williamstown, others. Royal National, Royal Shakespeare Company. Film/TV: numerous. Faculty: Juilliard. ... read more Shaun Kerrison is a director whose Broadway credits include Les Miserables and Mary Poppins. ... read more Broadway: Evita, Mary Poppins, Bonnie & Clyde, Wonderland, South Pacific, Woman In White, Jesus Christ Superstar, Riverdance. Broadway conductor: Miss Saigon and The Phantom of the Opera for last 15 years. Producer: West Side Story (Grammy); Promises, Promises, South Pacific (Grammy noms). ... read more Cameron’s Original productions include LES MISÉRABLES, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and CATS - the three longest running musicals of all time, now in their 4th decades - MISS SAIGON, MARY POPPINS (currently back in the West End and co-produced with Disney), LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, SONG AND DANCE, TOMFOOLERY, MARTIN GUERRE, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE and SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM. He also reinvented modern versions of OLIVER!, FOLLIES, HALF A SIXPENCE, BARNUM and MY FAIR LADY. His new versions of LES MISÉRABLES, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, MISS SAIGON and OLIVER! are now proving ... read more Stephen Mear is an English dancer, choreographer and director best known for his award-winning work in musical theatre. In the 1990s, Mear taught dance at the London Studio Centre. In 2005 he and co-choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Choreography, for their work on the new West End musical Mary Poppins, which they subsequently won once more for the revival of the same production in London at the 2020 Olivier Awards. This production later transferred to Broadway in 2006, being nominated for the Tony Award for Best Choreography in 2007. Mear choreographed the Broadway musical of ... read more 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 With 15 productions currently running worldwide, a Disney musical is being performed professionally somewhere on the planet virtually every hour of the day. Their Broadway productions - King David; Beauty and the Beast; The Lion King; Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida; Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh; Tarzan and The Little Mermaid – have won a combined 12 Tony Awards. ... read more Christine Rowland has worked in both subsidised and commercial theatre. She was resident Costume Supervisor at the National Theatre for several years and Head of Costume at the RSC. Work for Cameron Mackintosh includes: Carousel (London, New York and Japan), Oliver! (London, UK tour, Toronto and Sydney), The Witches of Eastwick (London and Melbourne), My Fair Lady (London and USA tour), Betty Blue Eyes (London), Mary Poppins (London, UK tour, New York, USA tour, Holland, Australia, Vienna and Stuttgart), Les Misérables 25th anniversary production (USA and UK tours, O2 concert, Spain, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Australia, New York, Dubai, Brazil ... read more Broadway: Mary Poppins, Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma!, Annie Get Your Gun, On the Town, The Life, Christmas Carol, Sondheim 75. Tours: Kiss Me, Kate; Carousel. Choreography: Platinum, Applause, How Now…, Dance Break ’06, The Pajama Game, Singin’ in the Rain, Jack Prince, The Ark, Tom Sawyer, Fascinating Rhythm. For Ellery, Tai, Rowan and Quinn. ... read more Thomas Schumacher serves as President & Producer of Disney Theatrical Productions, overseeing the development, creation and execution of Disney's legitimate Stage Entertainment worldwide. The division's credits include Beauty and the Beast, King David, The Lion King, Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, On the Record, High School Musical, TARZAN, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Peter and the Starcatcher, Newsies, Aladdin, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Shakespeare in Love, Freaky Friday and Frozen. Recently he served as Executive Producer for the live-action film Beauty and the Beast. As President of Walt Disney Feature Animation, he oversaw some 21 animated features, including The ... read more JOHN SHIVERS (Sound Design) Shucked, Beauty and the Beast (New Production Worldwide) Pretty Woman (Worldwide), Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award recipient), Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Leap of Faith, Bonnie & Clyde, Sister Act, 9 to 5, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, In My Life, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Julia Sweeney’s God Sad ‘Ha’. International: Wicked, Spirit of Life, The Secret, Tarzan, Das Wunder Von Bern, The Lion King (Shanghai) and (Singapore), Regional: The Muny (2015 -Present), Trading Places, Afterwords, The Wanderer, Becoming Nancy, 42nd St., Rock of Ages, The Heart of ... read more Stiles and Drewe’s musical Honk! won London’s Olivier Award for Best New Musical (2000) and has since been seen in more than 2,000 productions worldwide. Their other shows include Just So (North Shore Music Theatre), Peter Pan, Tutankhamun and Soho Cinders. George’s new musical The Three Musketeers, with lyrics by Paul Leigh and book by Peter Raby, played at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Other work includes the scores for Sam Mendes’ Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya (BAM), musical adaptations of Tom Jones and Moll Flanders, songs for the RSC’s Shakespeare Revue and a blissful spell as Dame Edna’s pink pianist ... read more JASON TRUBITT (Production Supervisor) has been associated with Disney Theatrical since 2006. In addition to stage managing the original Broadway productions of Mary Poppins and Aladdin, he has supervised 12 productions of Aladdin and 5 productions of Beauty and the Beast in 9 countries. Prior to supervising, Jason was a Broadway stage manager for 20 years and has worked on The Phantom of the Opera, Barry Manilow’s Copacabana, Mamma Mia!, Never Gonna Dance, Wicked, Brooklyn, La Cage Aux Folles, Mary Poppins, Sister Act, and Aladdin. Jason also stage managed several seasons at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, ... read more A native of Portland, OR, Alan earned his bachelor's degree at Columbia University, majoring in music composition and orchestration, and got his start in the professional theater at Circle in the Square - first as subscription manager and later as assistant managing director. After years of gaining experience on the road with touring productions, Alan was appointed general manager of productions for The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1985. It was while there that Wasser began his long, enormously successful professional relationship with Mackintosh, starting with the United States premiere of Les Misérables in December, 1986 ... read more