BROADWAY: Conceived and directed two Tony Award winning musicals: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (1978: Tony, N.Y. Drama Critics, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards — also Tony Award for Best Director); FOSSE (1999: Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards); as well as RING OF FIRE, (2006). With composer David Shire: director/lyricist: BABY (1983, seven Tony nominations); lyricist: BIG (1996, Tony nomination: Best Score). With Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, co-lyricist: MISS SAIGON (Evening Standard Award, London 1990; Tony nomination: Best Score, 1991); co-lyricist: THE PIRATE QUEEN (2007). Director: THE STORY OF MY LIFE (2009). Director/co-lyricist: Andrew Lloyd Webber's SONG & DANCE (1986 Tony ... read more
BUNNY CHRISTIE is an international Production Designer. This year, she was awarded an OBE and won her fourth Olivier Award for Best Design for the London production of Company. She previously worked with Marianne Elliott when she designed the visually stunning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which has been seen and loved all over the world, and for which she won a Tony Award. She recently devised a version for UK schools, giving many students their first experience of live theatre. Previous work in New York includes Ink, for which she was nominated for ... 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
David Ian is a British theatre producer based in London. His various international producing credits include Seminar, The Producers, The King and I, Grease, Defending the Caveman, Saturday Night Feve , Ain’t Misbehavin’, Daisy Pulls It Off, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, Sound of Music, Ragtime, Sweet Charity, La Cage, Flashdance, Shawshank Redemption, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pirates of Penzance, Rocky Horror Show, Singin’ in the Rain, Evita, Chess, Dr. Dolittle, West Side Story, Cats, Chicago, Starlight Express, My Fair Lady, Gypsy, Phantom (Las Vegas), Happy Days. ... read more
Nicholas began his pop career as early as 1960. Adopting the stage name Paul Dean, he formed Paul Dean & The Dreamers who were booked to support The Savages, the backing band for the British rocker Screaming Lord Sutch.
It was here that Sutch first noticed the young Nicholas, who was soon to become vocalist and pianist with The Savages. Still using the name Paul Dean, he released two solo singles in 1965–66. After taking a new stage name, Oscar, he began a long association with the Australian-born entrepreneur, Robert Stigwood. In 1966, Nicholas signed with Stigwood's Reaction Records label and ... read more
