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The Nance - Broadway Creative Team


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Production Staff

John Lee Beatty Sets Designer
Broadway: Venus in Fur, Time Stands Still, A View from the Bridge, The Royal Family, The Color Purple, Doubt, Chicago, Dinner at Eight, Proof, Rabbit Hole, Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, The Most Happy Fella, The Sisters Rosensweig, Burn This, Penn & Teller, Ain't Misbehavin', Talley's Folly, Crimes of the Heart, Morning's at Seven, among others. Off-Broadway: Other Desert Cities, The Substance of Fire, A Life in the Theatre. Thirty-six seasons with MTC, Lincoln Center, Circle Rep, City Center Encores! Tony, Obie, DD, OCC awards; Theatre Hall of Fame. Graduate of Brown and Yale School of ... read more
Andre Bishop Producer
(Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater)
Andre Bishop is a prominent figure in the world of theater, known for his work as a producer and artistic director. He was born in New York City in 1944 and grew up with a love of theater, attending productions on Broadway and Off-Broadway as a teenager. After graduating from Harvard University in 1967, Bishop began his career in theater as an assistant to the legendary producer Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival. Bishop quickly rose through the ranks at the New York Shakespeare Festival, becoming the company's associate producer in 1973. During his time there, he worked on ... read more
Bernard Gersten Producer
(Executive Producer, Lincoln Center Theater)
David Gursky Conductor
DAVID GURSKY is a New York City-based theater composer, conductor and pianist. He is the composer of the musical PALM BEACH, which had its world premiere on the mainstage of the La Jolla Playhouse in June 2005, directed by Des McAnuff. ? ?David is also the composer of the musical stage adaptations of the MGM films HEARTBREAKERS and THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, both commissioned by MGM On Stage. HEARTBREAKERS was presented in the National Alliance For Musical Theater's ?2010 Festival of New Musicals, directed by Christopher Ashley. On film, David contributed a song for the feature film IRA & ABBY.On Broadway, ... read more
Glen Kelly Composer
(Original Music)
Music supervisor and arranger for Broadway's The Producers. Other Broadway credits include The Book of Mormon, Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, Beauty and the Beast, The Frogs, High Society, Steel Pier, Dance a Little Closer and A Christmas Carol. For New York City Ballet, he arranged the music and co-wrote the libretto (with Susan Stroman) for Double Feature. Other ballet credits include Thou Swell (for NYCB) and But Not for Me for the Martha Graham Company. ... read more
Jack O'Brien Director
Broadway: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Front Page, It's Only a Play, Macbeth, The Nance, Dead Accounts, Catch Me If You Can, Impressionism, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination), Henry IV (Tony), Hairspray (Tony), Imaginary Friends, The Invention of Love (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Full Monty (Tony nomination), More to Love, Getting Away With Murder, Pride's Crossing, The Little Foxes, Damn Yankees, Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nomination), Porgy and Bess (Tony nomination). Metropolitan Opera: Il Trittico. Carnegie Hall: Guys and Dolls. Central Park: Much Ado About Nothing. Off-Broadway: Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award). ... read more
Ann Roth Costumes Designer
Roth is a Carnegie Mellon graduate who began her career as a scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera. She intended to remain in the field of production design until she met Irene Sharaff at the Bucks County Playhouse. Sharaff invited her to California to assist her with costumes on the film Brigadoon and suggested Roth apprentice with her for five films and five Broadway productions before setting out on her own. Roth's first Hollywood film was 1964's The World of Henry Orient, where her designs included "monogrammed handmade yellow silk pajamas" for glamorous womanizer Peter Sellers. Roth next designed costumes for ... read more
Leon Rothenberg Sound Designer
Seth Sikes Assistant Director
Sikes is one of New York City’s most popular nightclub singers. Prior to the Covid crisis, he had been performing sold-out club appearances in Manhattan clubs and in other cities. Sikes’s critically-acclaimed tributes to Judy Garland (which won a Broadway World Award), Liza Minnelli and Bernadette Peters are a consistent draw for audiences. The hardworking Sikes, a native of Texas, was also Associate Director of the multiple Tony-award winning musical The Band’s Visit. ... read more
Japhy Weideman Lighting Designer

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Awards and Nominations

2013 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Music in a Play: Glen Kelly was nominated but did not win.

2013 Drama League Awards
Distinguished Performance Award: Nathan Lane was nominated but did not win.
Distinguished Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play: 0 was nominated but did not win.

2013 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Director of a Play: Jack O'Brien was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding New Broadway Play: 0 was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical): John Lee Beatty was nominated but did not win.

2013 The Hewes Awards
Hewes Design Award: Ann Roth won.

2013 Tony Awards
Best Costume Design of a Play: Ann Roth was nominated but did not win.
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Japhy Weideman was nominated but did not win.
Best Scenic Design of a Play: John Lee Beatty was nominated but did not win.
Best Sound Design of a Play: Leon Rothenberg was nominated but did not win.

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