Irving Berlin's incredible songbook remains deeply engrained in the current musical landscape of the US, UK and beyond. Contemporary pop artists who have given their own stamp to his work include Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan, Gregory Porter, Rufus Wainwright, Billie Martin, Herb Alpert, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, Michael Buble, Lily Frost, Sarah McLachlan and most recently Gwen Stefani on her 2017 Christmas album. His music continues to be widely featured in films, commercials and television shows. Lady Gaga sang "God Bless America" at 2017's Super Bowl Halftime Show, whilst Seth MacFarlane covered "Let's Face the Music and Dance" for animated ... read more
Mr. Schmidt has designed nearly 60 Broadway shows and dozens of regional productions for the Guthrie, The Old Globe, The Alley Theatre, and Seattle Rep, among others. He has three Drama Desk Awards (Into the Woods, Veronica's Room, Over Here!), three Tony nominations (The Front Page, Into the Woods, 42nd Street), an Obie, and many other awards. ... read more
Serino founded Serino Coyne, the nation's longest-running live-entertainment advertising agency, with Nancy Coyne in 1977. He departed as President in 2007. In the three decades that he spent with the company, it worked on such iconic shows as A Chorus Line, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Grand Hotel, Miss Saigon, Angels in America, Sunset Boulevard, Rent, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Thoroughly Modern Mille, Hairspray, Wicked, and many more.
He died in June 2023. ... read more
