Evita - Broadway Creative Team

Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Several of his songs have been widely recorded and were successful outside of their parent musicals, such as "Memory" from Cats, "The Music of the Night" and "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from Evita, and "Any Dream Will Do" from ... read more Developed and produced Xanadu (Drama Desk Award Best Book of a Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award Best New Musical, 4 Tony nominations) on Broadway, National Tour, and in Japan. Presented Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony on Broadway, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on Broadway as well as the revival of Evita and produced the feature films Book of Love (Sundance 2004) and WTC View. ... read more Broadway credits as Director/Choreographer: Evita (Tony nomination), How to Succeed (Tony nominations Direction/Choreography), Promises, Promises (Tony nomination Choreography); as Choreographer: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award Best Choreography), Wedding Singer (Tony nom.), Cry Baby (Tony nom.), Curtains (Tony nom.). London - as Director: Anna Christie (Donmar), A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar - Olivier nomination, Best Revival), Shrek The Musical; as Director/Choreographer: Parade (Donmar - Olivier nominations, Direction/Choreography); as Choreographer: Evita (Olivier nom.), Guys and Dolls (Olivier nom.), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Olivier nom.), Forum at The National Theatre. Other: 81st Annual Academy Awards (Emmy Award Choreography). Rob is a member of The ... read more NEIL AUSTIN was the recipient of the 2019 Tony Award for Ink (Friedman); the 2018 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Lyric); and the 2010 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Red (Golden). He was also awarded the 2017 and 2011 Olivier Awards for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace, West End) and The White Guard (National, London). His Broadway credits include Ink, Travesties, Hughie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Evita, Red, Hamlet, The Seafarer and Frost/Nixon. Other work in the U.S. includes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ... read more Broadway: Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, On A Clear Day..., Jerusalem, Catch Me If You Can, How to Succeed..., The Scottsboro Boys. Off-B'way: Tales From the Tunnel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Pippin (Menier Chocolate Factory), His Greatness (Finborough). FringeNYC: All Day Suckers, His Greatness. Australia: Doctor Zhivago. Graduate, McGill University. ... 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 David has been Music Director, Supervisor and/or Arranger for thirty-five Broadway productions. Most recently, David acted as dance arranger on Roundabout Theatre Company’s Kiss Me, Kate and Tootsie, currently on Broadway. Other theatre credits include: many arrangements for the Boston Pops and Tanglewood Festival Chorus, The Kennedy Center Honors, Radio City Music Hall (where he spent many years as music director), EssentialVoicesUSA (including the upcoming Washington Women), and TV’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Music director for several productions at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (including The King and I with choreographer Peggy Hickey), and for NBC’s live performances of The Sound of Music ... read more Since 1946, the Pittsburgh CLO has been the driving force behind live musical theater in Pittsburgh and the entire Southwestern Pennsylvania region. Under the direction of Van Kaplan since 1997, this not-for-profit arts organization appreciates the support of nearly 200,000 patrons each year and produces a subscription series, educational programs, national tours and develops and invests in new works, including 13 Broadway shows (13 Tony Awards®) featuring the recent productions of Catch Me If You Can and The Addams Family. Its dedication to the musical theater art form extends to include such programs as the CLO Academy, the CLO Mini ... read more Studied composition with Howard Ferguson and Richard Rodney Bennett at the Royal Academy of Music in the 1960s. He is best known as an orchestrator of musicals, particularly those of Andrew Lloyd Webber — Cats, Starlight Express, Song and Dance, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, By Jeeves, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game, The Phantom of the Opera, The Woman in White, Love Never Dies and most recently The Wizard of Oz. ... read more Bway: Evita, The Pee-wee Herman Show. Worth Street: Christopher Shinn's Four, The Normal Heart, Drama Desk for The Stage Door Canteen. Headed Press at The Public for 11 years. Highlight credits there (downtown & Broadway): The Tempest, Noise/Funk, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, The Seagull w/Meryl Streep. VP Theatre, Scott Sanders Productions. ... read more Evita (Broadway, 2012) Producer Porgy and Bess (Broadway, 2012) Associate Producer Enron (Broadway, 2010) Producer Race (Broadway, 2009) Producer November (Broadway, 2008) Producer Talk Radio (Broadway, 2007) Producer The Pajama Game (Broadway, 2006) Producer Tony Award Winner A Thousand Clowns (Broadway, 2001) Producer ... read more Credits include Evita, The Book of Mormon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Seminar. Recent productions: House of Blue Leaves, West Side Story, La Bete, Come Fly Away, Ragtime, Gypsy, The Color Purple, Spamalot. Co-founded the investment firm Furman Selz, currently vice chairman Jeffries & Company. Vice chairman of Lincoln Center, Chairman emeritus of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, vice president NY City Opera. ... read more Allan S. Gordon is a prominent Broadway producer and theatre owner, known for his contributions to the theatre industry. Born in Canada, Gordon began his career in the entertainment industry as a stage manager, before transitioning to producing. Gordon's Broadway producing credits include the Tony Award-winning productions of "The Elephant Man" (1979), "Barnum" (1980), and "Master Harold...and the Boys" (1982). He also produced the popular musical "Me and My Girl" (1986), which ran for over 1,400 performances. In addition to his work as a producer, Gordon is also a theatre owner. He is the co-owner of the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, which has ... read more Adam has received Tony Awards for The Color Purple, Kinky Boots and Pippin, and other nominations for Cry-Baby, Peter and the Starcatcher, Evita, After Midnight and On the Town. Prior to Broadway, Mr. Gordon was one of the heads of international publicity at Sony Pictures. ... read more Michael Grandage is the recipient of Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, British Critics' Circle and South Bank Awards. His Olivier Award-winning musicals include Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel and Guys and Dolls. Grandage received a Tony Award for Best Direction for Red and Tony nominations for Frost/Nixon and The Cripple of Inishmaan. Grandage served as Artistic Director of London's Donmar Warehouse for 10 acclaimed seasons before establishing the Michael Grandage Company (MGC) in 2012. As Artistic Director of MGC, he directed Photograph 51, Henry V, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Peter and Alice and the feature film Genius. www.MichaelGrandageCompany.com ... read more Producer of Spanish-speaking versions of Young Frankenstein, A Steady Rain, Norman Conquests, and Good People in Buenos Aires (all in association with Pablo Kompel). Broadway: Evita. Off-Broadway: Rated P for Parenthood. Film/Television: El Club de los Famosos, Fernando in Arizona (in development). ... read more Broadway: Evita, Legally Blonde, Come Fly Away, Catch Me If You Can. Upcoming: First Date, Kinky Boots. He has co-presented Fosse and The Full Monty in Japan, and Japanese local productions of Never Gonna Dance, The Boy From Oz, The Producers, Sweet Charity, Titanic, Brooklyn, All Shook Up, Grease, Side Show. ... read more Credits: Evita; Sugar Babies; Me and My Girl; The Goat (Tony Award); Movin’ Out (Tony Award); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Cyrano; Dirty Dancing; West Side Story; 9 to 5; The Addams Family; Merchant of Venice; Race; Promises, Promises; Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark; Priscilla Queen of the Desert; and Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award). ... read more Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Several of his songs have been widely recorded and were successful outside of their parent musicals, such as "Memory" from Cats, "The Music of the Night" and "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from Evita, and "Any Dream Will Do" from ... read more Winner of three Tony Awards and London’s Olivier Award, producer Hal Luftig has worked on and Off-Broadway for the past 25 years. Broadway: Evita, Catch Me If You Can, Come Fly Away, West Side Story, All My Sons, Legally Blonde, The Times They Are A-Changin’, Whoopi, Movin’ Out, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Annie Get Your Gun, High Society, The Diary of Anne Frank, Play On!, The King and I, Moon Over Buffalo, Angels in America, Jelly’s Last Jam, Death and the Maiden, The Secret Garden. Hal has an M.F.A. from Columbia University/ ... read more Additional producing credits include: WHITE NOISE Associate Producer Royal George Theatre, Chicago BIG FISH Producer Oriental Theatre, Chicago 2013 ... read more Owns London’s Wig Specialities. Theatre: La Cage Aux Folles, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Frost/Nixon, Hairspray, South Pacific, Legally Blonde, Passion, End of the Rainbow, White Christmas, Piaf, Sweet Charity, Evita, Guys and Dolls, The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, All New People, Donmar West End Season. Television: “Little Britain,” “Poirot.” Film: The Ghost Writer, Titanic, Star Wars, “Dumbledore” in Harry Potter. Personal Wigmaker to Sean Connery, Dame Edna, Kylie Minogue, Madonna. ... read more Founder, Green Curtain Productions. Six Tony® and Drama Desk awards. Credits: The Book of Mormon, Jerusalem, Arcadia, La Bête, Red, The Addams Family, A Behanding in Spokane, Ragtime, Hamlet, All My Sons, Sunday in the Park with George, Cyrano, Journey’s End, Coram Boy, History Boys, Butley, Drowsy Chaperone, The Color Purple, Spamalot, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Pillowman, Democracy, Jumpers, Flower Drum Song. ... read more James L. Nederlander is President of the Nederlander Organization and son of James M. Nederlander (Chairman). He is the third generation of a family known for owning and operating theatres around the world as well as theatrical productions, cultural presentations and popular music attractions. Current productions include West Side Story, The Addams Family, Next to Normal and Race. Upcoming productions include a live show with magician David Blaine. ... read more Recipient of Tony, Oliver, Evening Standard, Critics Circle, Garland and Ovation Awards for his work both here in the U.S. and in the U.K. His most recent work on Broadway includes the scenic and costume designs for the Donmar Warehouse productions of Red, Hamlet with Jude Law and Frost/Nixon. Also, King Lear with Derek Jacobi (BAM) and Parade (Taper, LA). ... read more Mick has designed the sound for numerous world premiere productions including: Saturday Night Fever (London, New York and worldwide), Bombay Dreams (London, New York), The Woman In White (London, New York), the largest ever production of Phantom Of The Opera (Las Vegas), the critically acclaimed West End production of Evita (London, Broadway, Sydney Opera House and Australian tour), Zorro The Musical (London, Paris and worldwide), Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit productions of The Sound Of Music (London, Toronto, UK Tour, Asia, Australia) and Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London), Sister Act (London, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Barcelona, Berlin),the world premiere of Love ... read more Emmy and Tony Award-winning theatre, film and television producer. Broadway: The Color Purple, with partner Oprah Winfrey; The Pee-wee Herman Show (Broadway & Los Angeles). Additional Broadway: Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, among others. The film division is producing several movies for Walt Disney Studios, including "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," a modern fable, written and directed by Peter Hedges, starring Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton, with a release date of August 15, 2012. The company has other musicals in development, including Houdini, with a book by Aaron Sorkin, a score by Stephen Schwartz, directed by Jack O'Brien and starring ... read more Broadway: Evita, Catch Me If You Can (Associate). New York: The Harmonious Pimps of Harmony’s Last Show, Camp Wanatachi, Yes We Can, PINK!, Broken Box Mime Theater, The Realm, The Redheaded Man. 2010NY Innovative Theatre Award, Outstanding Director for PINK! Co-Artistic Producing Director of Down Payment Productions. ... read more