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Michael Mayer Bookwriter
Tracy Straus and Barney Straus Associate Producer
Lorenzo Thione and Jay Kuo Associate Producer
Michael Aarons Guitar 1
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
Kevin Adams Lighting Designer
Four-time Tony winner Kevin Adams has designed SpongeBob SquarePants (Tony nom.), Head Over Heels, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony and Outer Critics Award), American Idiot (Tony Award), Spring Awakening (Tony Award; Olivier nom for the West End production), Next To Normal (Tony nom), The 39 Steps (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Hair (Tony nom), Man And Boy, Everyday Rapture, Passing Strange, Take Me Out, A Class Act, Hedda Gabler with Kate Burton, solo shows by Eve Ensler and John Leguizamo. Off-Broadway he has worked on the original production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Scottsboro Boys, Rent, Carrie, new ... read more
Hudson Theatrical Associates Technical Supervisor
Alec Berlin Guitar 2
Liz Caplan Vocal Coach
Chloe Chapin Associate Costume Designer
Edward Coco Associate Scenic Designer
Randy Cohen Keyboard Programmer
Brandon Dailey Hair Designer
Carmel Dean Musical Director
Conductor
Keyboard/Accordion
Scott M. Delman Producer
Delman has previously co-produced The Book of Mormon, Arcadia, That Championship Season, All My Sons, Speed-the-Plow, Blithe Spirit, Mary Stuart (Tony nominee), Reasons to Be Pretty (Tony nominee), Hamlet, Ragtime (Tony nominee), The Addams Family and American Idiot (Tony nominee). ... read more
John Domo Producer
(In Association With)
Awaken Entertainment Producer
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Freda Farrell Stage Manager
Trey Files Drums/Percussion
Jeffrey Finn Producer
Broadway: Seminar, American Idiot (Tony® nomination), A View From the Bridge (Tony® nomination), Oleanna, Blithe Spirit, On Golden Pond (Tony® nomination). Off-Broadway: Game Show. Regional: Poor Behavior and Oleanna at the Mark Taper Forum, The Subject Was Roses at the Kennedy Center. National tours: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber; On Golden Pond; The Who’s Tommy; Leader of the Pack; Tell Me on a Sunday; Promises, Promises; Company; Chess; and numerous Broadway Songbooks concert tours. In 1992, Jeffrey Finn Productions launched a corporate events company, Hot On Broadway, to produce customized corporate entertainment exclusively featuring current Broadway performers. Other current ... read more
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The Hartman Group General Press Representative
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
Doug Hamilton Production Photographer
Ashley Hanson Associate Sound Designer
James Harker Production Stage Manager
Broadway includes Doctor Zhivago, Mothers and Sons, Grace, American Idiot, A Bronx Tale, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Pillowman, Proof, ...Charlie Brown, Beauty and the Beast and Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss. Off-Broadway includes Nobody Loves You, Mark Stuart Dance Theatre’s Standard Time, 10 Million Miles, What the Butler Saw and La Boheme with Linda Ronstadt. Nine seasons at Long Wharf Theatre. ... read more
Kimberly Helms Company Manager
Steven Hoggett Choreographer
Steven Hoggett has previously collaborated with John Tiffany on The Twits for the Royal Court, Let The Right One In and Black Watch for the National Theatre of Scotland, The Glass Menagerie at A.R.T. and on Broadway, and Once on Broadway and in the West End. Other recent credits include American Idiot, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Last Ship, Rocky the Musical and The Crucible on Broadway; St Joan at The Public; Close to You at NYTW and the Criterion; The Light Princess for the National Theatre; Dr. Dee for the Manchester International Festival; and Rigoletto for the Metropolitan Opera. ... read more
Tom Hulce Producer
Thomas Edward Hulce is an American actor and theatre producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus (1984), as well as the roles of Larry "Pinto" Kroger in Animal House (1978), Larry Buckman in Parenthood (1989), and Quasimodo in Disney's animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). Hulce's awards include an Emmy Award for The Heidi Chronicles, a 2007 Tony Award for Best Musical as a lead producer for Spring Awakening, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for Amadeus, and four Golden Globe nominations. ... read more
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Christine Jones Scenic Designer
CHRISTINE JONES is a Tony-award winning set designer and the Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed Theatre for One, a portable private performing arts space for one actor and one audience member. Her Olivier and Tony Award winning scenography can currently be seen on Broadway and in the original London production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Along with co-designer Brett J. Banakis, Jones redesigned The Lyric Theatre in NYC, home to the first American production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Jones, along with co-designer Amy Rubin, most recently worked on Cyrano at The New Group, starring ... read more
Michael Keller Musical Coordinator
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
Tom Kitt Orchestrator
Music Arranger
Musical Supervisor
Tom Kitt is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and musician. For his score for the musical Next to Normal, he shared the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Brian Yorkey. He has also won two Tony Awards and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Next to Normal, as well as Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations for If/Then and SpongeBob SquarePants. He has been nominated for eight Drama Desk Awards, winning one, and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for Jagged Little Pill in 2021. ... read more
Lorin Latarro Dance Captain
Associate Choreographer
Lorin Latarro: Choreographer of Broadway’s upcoming TOMMY, INTO THE WOODS, WAITRESS, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, LES LIASONS DANGEREUSE with Janet McTeer and Live Schreiber, WAITING FOR GODOT with Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stuart, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG for Roundabout, and LA TRAVIATA at The Met Opera. Lorin recently directed Candace Bushnell’s one woman show, IS THERE STILL SEX IN THE CITY at the Daryl Roth Theatre, which became a NYTimes Critic’s Pick. Additional Directing credits #DATEME at The Westside Theatre, A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME at Chicago’s Nederlander Broadway. Additional Choreography includes Encores OLIVER, CHESS at ... read more
Andrea Lauer Costume Designer
Latitude Link Producer
Janice Lopez Assistant Costume Designer
Leah Loukas Wig Designer
Pat Magnarella Associate Producer
Darrel Maloney Video and Projection Designer
Christopher Maring Associate Producer
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Michael Mayer Director
Recent work includes: Chess (Kennedy Center), WarholCapote (ART), Michael Moore's The Terms of My Surrender (Belasco), and the world premiere of Nico Muhly's opera Marnie at London's ENO. Broadway Credits include: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Award, best musical revival, also National Tour), Spring Awakening (Tony Award/Best Musical and Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Director; also London, National Tour, Vienna, Tokyo, and Seoul productions); American Idiot (also co-author, Drama Desk Award for Best Director; also US, UK and Asia tours); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award/Best Musical also London and National Tour), Side Man (Tony ... read more
Johanna McKeon Associate Director
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Damon Pelletier Assistant Scenic Designer
John Pinckard Producer
(In Association With)
Ira Pittelman Producer
Ira and Tom Hulce first partnered in 2005 to develop and produce the musical Spring Awakening (Atlantic Theater Company, Broadway), which won eight 2007 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Next was Green Day's American Idiot (Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Broadway), which won two 2011 Tony Awards and toured North America/UK for three years. They also produced the Broadway revival of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever starring Harry Connick Jr. and have supported the development of a number of new musicals including 10 Million Miles (Atlantic Theater) and The Fortress Of Solitude (Dallas Theater Center, The Public). ... read more
Tix Productions Associate Producer
Amy Ralske Cello
Austin Regan Assistant Director
Brian Ronan 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
Bethany Russell Assistant Stage Manager
Rachel Scheer Assistant Company Manager
Dan Scully Associate Video and Projection Designer
Alissa Smith Viola
Aaron Sporer Associate Lighting Designer
Jared Stein Associate Conductor
Jared Stein performed in Caligula in 2004. He was the music producer and supervisor on the tour of American Idiot in 2011. He was the associate conductor on the Broadway production of American Idiot in 2010. ... read more
Abbie M. Strassler General Manager
Hop Theatricals Producer
Ben Thompson Assistant Dance Captain
Benjamin Travis Assistant Lighting Designer
Larry Welk Producer
Amy Wright Make-Up Designer

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Awards and Nominations

2010 BroadwayWorld Awards
Best Choreography: Steven Hoggett won.
Best Direction of a Musical: Michael Mayer won.
Best Lighting Design: Kevin Adams won.
Best Musical: American Idiot won.
Best Orchestrations: Tom Kitt won.
Best Scenic Design: Christine Jones won.
Best Sound Design: Brian Ronan won.

2010 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Director of a Musical : Michael Mayer won.
Outstanding Musical : American Idiot was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Orchestrations : Tom Kitt was nominated but did not win.

2010 The Hewes Awards
Lighting Design: Kevin Adams won.

2010 Tony Awards
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Kevin Adams won.
Best Musical: John Domo was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Tom Hulce was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Ira Pittelman was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Ruth and Stephen Hendel was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Vivek Tiwary/Gary Kaplan was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Aged in Wood and Burnt Umber was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Scott Delman was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: John Pinckard was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Awaken Entertainment was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Berkeley Repertory Theatre was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Allan S. Gordon/Elan V. McAllister was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Bensinger Filerman and Moellenberg Taylor was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Larry Welk was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Jeffrey Finn was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: HOP Theatricals was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Scott Delman was nominated but did not win.
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Christine Jones won.

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