Memphis: A New Musical - Broadway Creative Team

David Bryan Rashbaum (born February 7, 1962) is an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the keyboard player for the rock band Bon Jovi, with which he also co-wrote songs and performed backing vocals. In 2018, Bryan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bon Jovi. He is also known for writing the music and co-writing the lyrics with Joe DiPietro for the musical Memphis, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Original Score. ... read more Joe DiPietro won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score for Memphis, which was also awarded the 2010 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. His other shows include All Shook Up; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (the longest running musical revue in off-Broadway history); The Toxic Avenger and The Thing About Men (both winners of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway musical). His plays include the much-produced comedy Over the River and Through the Woods, The Art of Murder (Edgar Award winner for Best Mystery Play), Creating Claire ... read more Junkyard Dog Productions is a Tony Award-winning production company founded in 2005 by Randy Adams, Marleen and Stuart Oken. The company has produced a number of successful Broadway shows, including the critically acclaimed "Memphis," which won four Tony Awards in 2010, including Best Musical. Junkyard Dog Productions has also produced several other successful Broadway shows, including "First Date," "Come From Away," and "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations." In addition to their Broadway productions, Junkyard Dog Productions has also produced national tours of their shows, as well as international productions. "Come From Away," which tells the story of ... read more Broadway: Anastasia, Dear Evan Hansen, School of Rock, Hamilton. Upcoming Broadway: Prince of Broadway, The SpongeBob Musical, Frozen, Half Time. Current tours: Kinky Boots, Hamilton (Chicago), Hamilton (national tour). ... read more Christopher Ashley won the Tony Award for his direction of the stage production of Come From Away on Broadway, and serves as the Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA. Other film credits include Diana: The Musical on Netflix, the feature films Jeffrey and Lucky Stiff, and the American Playhouse production of Blown Sideways Through Life for PBS. At La Jolla Playhouse, Mr. Ashley directed the world-premiere productions of Come From Away, Diana: The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Memphis, The Darrell Hammond Project, Hollywood and Chasing the Song. Other select Playhouse credits include Freaky ... read more Broadway design credits include: The Addams Family, Rock of Ages, West Side Story (Revival), Bye Bye Bye Birdie, Dreamgirls (National Tour); Memphis, Gypsy (with Patti LuPone), 9 to 5 (Mark Taper Forum and Broadway), Young Frankenstein (Broadway and National Tour), The Little Mermaid, The Royal Family, After Miss Julie, Accent on Youth, Guys and Dolls (Revival), 33 Variations, Pal Joey, A Catered Affair, Minsky’s (Pre-Broadway/Mark Taper Forum), Curtains, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (Broadway and National Tour), Sunday In The Park With George, Company, Sweeney Todd, Dangerous Liaisons, The Ritz, Cymbeline, The Country Girl (Frances McDormand), The New ... read more Patty Baker is an American actress who has made a name for herself on Broadway. She was born in New York City and grew up in a family that was passionate about the arts. Her parents were both musicians, and they encouraged her to pursue her own artistic interests from a young age. Baker attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, where she studied drama and dance. After graduating, she went on to study at the Juilliard School, where she honed her skills as an actress. Her talent was quickly recognized, and she was soon cast in ... read more Shelton Becton's Broadway credits include Baby It's You, Shuffle Along, Memphis, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, and The Color Purple. ... read more Binkley's Broadway credits includeSummer: The Donna Summer Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Come From Away (2017 Tony nomination), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony winner/2018 Olivier winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How to Succeed... (2011 Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination). He is also the Co-Founder/Resident Lighting Designer for Parsons Dance. 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier and Canadian Dora Awards for Kiss of the Spider Woman. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and ... read more David Bryan Rashbaum (born February 7, 1962) is an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the keyboard player for the rock band Bon Jovi, with which he also co-wrote songs and performed backing vocals. In 2018, Bryan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bon Jovi. He is also known for writing the music and co-writing the lyrics with Joe DiPietro for the musical Memphis, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Original Score. ... read more Clayton Craddock's drumming career spans decades and numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals. Clayton is currently the drummer of the Broadway Show Ain't Too Proud-The Life And Times Of the Temptations now playing at the Imperial Theatre. Heavily influenced by 70's soul and funk, Clayton learned from the best in the business about groove, feel, and consistency. Harvey Mason (Herbie Hancock), Jerome Brailey (P-Funk), Jonathan "Sugarfoot" Moffet (Michael Jackson), Larry Blackmon (Cameo), and Ed Greene (Barry White) were influenced his approach to the drums. Later, when he discovered rock, metal, fusion, and jazz, he drew inspiration for his playing style ... read more Kelly Devine is a theatre choreographer. Her Broadway choreography credits include Rock of Ages, Rocky, Doctor Zhivago, Come from Away and Escape to Margaritaville. She was associate choreographer on Memphis and Jersey Boys. In 2018 she choreographed the Off-Broadway musical Clueless. She won the 2019 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Choreography for her work on the West End production of Come From Away. ... read more Recent orchestrations and/or dance arrangements: Memphis (Broadway), Romantic Poetry (M.T.C.), All Shook Up (1st national tour), Walmartopia (cast recording), Berlin, Imperfect Chemistry (cast recording), Always...Patsy Cline, Honky Tonk Angels. Coming up: The Addams Family, The Big Time. Broadway/Tours: All Shook Up (conductor), Ring Of Fire (Assoc. M.D., cast recording), Rent (Assoc. Conductor), The Full Monty (conductor, 1st national). ... read more Credits include: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Memphis (2010 Tony), Long Story Short, A Little Night Music, The Miracle Worker, La Bete, The Norman Conquests (2009 Tony). Movie: On Coal River. Upcoming: Broadway: Best Of Enemies, Chix 6, Kings Speech, Sleuth, Annie, The Honeymooners. Tours: Addams Family, Memphis, Idaho, Inventing Avi. Movie: Imogene. ... read more David Gallo has designed over 30 Broadway production, including Memphis, First Date, The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony Award for Best Scenic Design), The Mountaintop, Reasons to Be Pretty, Xanadu, Company, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Working with August Wilson from 1996 until his death, David designed the premire productions of Wilson's later works, including King Hedley II, Jitney, Gem of the Ocean, and Radio Golf, the latter two of with each garnered him Tony nominations. Other awards: Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Ovation, Obie, LA Drama Critics, Outer Critics Circle, NAACP. ... read more Credits: Memphis (La Jolla, 5th Avenue and Broadway), Aida, Swing!, Pajama Game, E.S., Merrily We Roll Along, Sondheim Celebration. Assistant choreography: Great Observer, Bolden, Idlewild, Five Heartbeats. Film/television: Chicago, “Glee,” “Eli Stone,” “Law & Order: CI/SVU,” “South Beach.” Tours: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Diana Ross. ... read more The Hartman Group is a new media relations firm currently representing the Broadway productions of A Steady Rain, Billy Elliot, In the Heights, Memphis, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages, West Side Story and Wicked. The firm also represents the national tour of Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Cirque du Soleil’s Wintuk, Dreamgirls at the Apollo, Broadway Across America and Second Stage Theatre. The Hartman Group is headed by Michael Hartman, a partner of Barlow Hartman Public Relations, which operated from 1999 to 2009 and represented over one hundred Broadway productions including Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, Grease, Young Frankenstein, Legally Blonde, ... read more Orchestrator: (Broadway/London) Porgy and Bess (Tony nomination- Best Orchestrations), new orchestrations for Les Misérables (performed worldwide since 2006), Legally Blonde, King Kong, Cry-Baby, Grease (2007), Dessa Rose, A Man of No Importance, Wind in the Willows (Stiles & Drewe). Other orchestrations: Do You Hear the People Sing? (symphonic tour of Boublil/Schönberg), Tom Jones (Stiles & Leigh), Just So (Stiles & Drewe), Lady Gaga (“The Sound of Music” - 2015 Oscars, with Stephen Oremus), “The Wiz Live!,” Rufus Wainwright, Radio City Rockettes and Emily Bear. Music Supervisor: Memphis. Apprentice to orchestrator William David Brohn: Sweet Smell of Success, Ragtime, The Secret ... read more Music Coordination for Broadway: The Book of Mormon, American Idiot, The Addams Family, Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, Billy Elliot, Wicked, Mamma Mia, The Lion King; National Tour coordination: Les Misérables, Next To Normal, 9 to 5, Billy Elliot, In The Heights, Shrek, The Lion King, West Side Story, Wicked. Barbra Streisand Concerts (1994-2007). ... read more Steven C. Kemp is a NYC based set designer for theatre and opera. His designs have been seen Off-Broadway at Keen Company, Mint Theatre Company, Second Stage, the Cherry Lane Theatre and Playwright's Realm. Other NYC credits include work at 59E59, HERE Arts, Clubbed Thumb, Studio 42, Hudson Stage Company, Poliglot Theatre, NYMF, Fringe and the New School For Drama. He has designed internationally on The Physicists (Hungarian Theatre of Cluj), the recent European tour of Ain't Misbehavin' directed by Richard Maltby and the tour of Dixie's Tupperware Party. His regional and opera credits include designs at La ... read more Broadway: Memphis, 33 Variations, Guys and Dolls, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple, Martin Short: Fame . . .,Good Vibrations, The Apple Tree, A Raisin in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Lieutenant of Inishmoor, Radio Golf, Sight Unseen, Cymbeline, Henry IV, The Rivals, Xanadu, and Superior Donuts. Jersey Boys U.S. tour, Chicago, Las Vegas Toronto, London, and Melbourne. The Color Purple national tour, Xanadu national tour, and In The Heights national tour. Many Off-Broadway and regional credits. ... read more Broadway: Nice Work If You Can Get It, A Little Night Music, Sunday In The Park With George. London: A Little Night Music (Chocolate Factory, West End), Parade (Donmar), Pacific Overtures (Donmar). Premieres: The Last Five Years (New York, London), The Glorious Ones (Ahrens/Flaherty), Loving Repeating (Flaherty), Saturday Night (US premiere), Parade (US tour), My Fair Lady (McCarter), Putting It Together (Court Theatre, Chicago), Pacific Overtures (Chicago Shakespeare), Sweeney Todd, Passion, Anyone Can Whistle (Ravinia Festival - Chicago). Recipient of four Joseph Jefferson Awards (Chicago) and one Barrymore Award (Philadelphia) for music-direction. Future projects: Honeymoon in Vegas (Jason Robert ... read more Tony Ponturo is a seasoned Broadway producer with over 40 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He has produced some of the most successful Broadway shows of all time, including "Memphis," "The Addams Family," and "August: Osage County." Ponturo began his career in the advertising industry, working for Anheuser-Busch for over 26 years. During his time there, he was responsible for some of the most memorable advertising campaigns in history, including the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales Super Bowl ad. In 2008, Ponturo made the transition from advertising to Broadway producing. His first show, "Memphis," won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. He ... read more Credits include: Memphis, Xanadu; Chita Rivera, The Dancer's Life; Marie Christine; Scarlet Pimpernel; Triumph of Love; Victor/Victoria; The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public; Jelly's Last Jam; Me And My Girl; Singin' in the Rain; The Three Musketeers; Zorba; Marilyn; An American Fable; 42nd Street ('80 & 2001); Angel; and Shenandoah. ... read more Steve received wide critical praise, as both Fight Director and Actor, in the Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theatre’s Henry IV directed by Jack O’Brien. Other Broadway: Dracula the Musical (Des McAnuff, director), Twelfth Night, Two Shakespearean Actors (LCT), Anna Christie, The Real Inspector Hound (Roundabout), Getting Away With Murder, The Who’s Tommy. Off-Broadway: The Night Hank Williams Died, Below The Belt. New York audiences last saw Mr. Rankin’s work in the Metropolitan Opera Company’s production of Handel’s Rodelinda starring Rene Fleming. ... read more Broadway: Memphis, La Cage Aux Folles, Oklahoma!, Swing! Concerts: On the Twentieth Century, Funny Girl, Chance & Chemistry. Other: Disney's Freaky Friday (Associate Choreographer), My Paris, The Band Wagon, Will Rogers Follies, Camelot (Lincoln Center). ... read more Other credits include Father Comes Home from the War Parts 1, 8 & 9 (The Public Theater), Back Back Back (The Old Globe), Franco Dragone's Carmen (La Jolla Playhouse), The Adding Machine (La Jolla Playhouse), the award-winning Cowboy vs. Samurai (Mo'olelo), and Dear Miss Breed (Asian Story Theater). ... read more Broadway/Off-Broadway credits: Memphis: A New Musical (Music Director/Conductor), Amazing Grace: an Epic Musical (Orchestrator), Big Maybelle: Queen of The Blues (Music Supervisor/Orchestrator) The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker (Co-Composer & Lyricist, Orchestrations), The Wiz (Dance Music Arranger), Hot Feet: The Music of Earth, Wind & Fire (Synth Programmer). Film: The Fringe (Composer), Talking with the Taxman About Poetry (Composer). Music Arranger/Orchestrator for shows on Fox, BET and NBC. ... read more Having designed costumes for Broadway, regional theaters, film, and television for over three decades, PAUL TAZEWELL is one of the industry’s most revered designers. From his Academy Award®-nominated work in West Side Story to creating costumes for the Tony Award®-winning Broadway production of Hamilton, his creations have captivated audiences across the globe. Paul recently received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Costume Design for a Musical for his work in the Broadway production of Suffs as well as a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical. He is also a 2024 NAACP Theatre Award nominee for Best ... read more KEN TRAVIS (Sound Designer) Broadway: In Transit, Aladdin (MX,UK, DE, JP, AU, US), Jekyll and Hyde, A Christmas Story the Musical, Scandalous, Newsies, Memphis, The ThreePenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park and Steel Magnolias. Regional and Off Broadway: The Public Theater, The New Group, The Civilians, Atlantic Theater Company, Soho Rep, Classic Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theater, Mabou Mines, Old Globe, Alliance Theater, ACT Seattle, 5th Avenue Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theater, LA CTG, The Guthrie Theater, McCarter Theater, Papermill Playhouse ... read more Trujillo's Broadway credits include On Your Feet (Tony Award nominee, Outer Critics Circle/Astaire Awards), Memphis (Olivier/OCC Award, Drama Desk/Astaire Award nominations), Jersey Boys (Drama Desk/OCC/Greenroom/Dora nominations), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Chita Rivera Award), A Bronx Tale (Chita Award nomination), The Addams Family, Next to Normal, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk nomination), Leap of Faith (Drama Desk nomination), Guys and Dolls (Astaire Award nomination), and All Shook Up. As a director and choreographer, his credits include Arrabal (American Repertory Theater Elliot Norton Award), Gloria Estefan on Broadway (Minskoff Theatre), Flashdance: The Musical (national tour), and White Noise (Royal George Theatre). Other ... read more Orchestrations: Memphis: A New Musical (Broadway), Jelly's Last Jam, Street Corner Symphony, Bring in 'Da Noise/Bring in 'Da Funk (Broadway), and Miracle Brothers (Off-Broadway) Dance music arrangements: The Color Purple (Broadway). Music supervision/arrangements: A Civil War Christmas, Turn of the Century (Regional). Music direction: The Seven, The Colored Museum (Off-Broadway/Regional). Original music: ...Noise/...Funk (Tony/Grammy nominations), Drowning Crow (Broadway), Blue Door, In Real Life (Off-Broadway), Magnolia, Crowns, and The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove (Regional). Longtime music director for Eartha Kitt. ... read more Richard Winkler began producing for Broadway and the West End in 2009. Now with five Tony Awards, three Olivier Awards, and various Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards to his credit, Richard continues to focus on, in his words, "Theatre That Matters." ... read more