Kinky Boots - Broadway Creative Team

... read more Harvey Fierstein's theater work includes Torch Song Trilogy (Best Play, Best Actor, Tony and Drama Desk awards), Kinky Boots (Best Musical Tony), La Cage aux Folles (Best Book, Tony and Drama Desk awards), Newsies (Tony nominated), Casa Valentina (Tony nominated), A Catered Affair (12 Drama Desk nominations), Safe Sex (Ace Award), Legs Diamond, Spookhouse, Flatbush Tosca, and Freaky Pussy. He's written teleplays for NBC's "Hairspray Live!" and "The Wiz Live!" His revised script of Funny Girl, ran to critical acclaim in London and has been filmed for broadcast. His political editorials have appeared in The New York Times, TV Guide, ... read more Firth was born in Frodsham, England. He spent much of his time at school writing songs and it was only a few weeks before going to King's College, Cambridge to read English that he attended an Arvon Foundation course in West Yorkshire. This was run by Willy Russell and whilst on it, Firth had to write dialogue. He wrote about the only thing he knew - two sixteen-year-olds trying to write a song. Another course participant optioned it for his production company and Firth decided to become a writer. While at Cambridge he joined the Footlights where his contemporaries included ... read more STEPHEN OREMUS received the 2013 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Kinky Boots, for which he also served as Music Supervisor and Arranger. He received the 2011 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for co-orchestrating The Book of Mormon, as well as the 2012 Grammy Award for producing the cast recording. In addition to orchestrations for The Book of Mormon, he wrote the vocal arrangements and serves as music supervisor for the Broadway, National Tour, and London productions. Stephen is the music supervisor and arranger of the original Broadway production of Wicked, and of the subsequent productions of this hugely popular musical ... 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 Broadway theatre credits include: The Heart of Rock and Roll, Cabaret, The Notebook, Harmony, Purlie Victorious, , Back to the Future, Here Lies Love, Once Upon a One MOre Time, Life of Pi, Dancin' , A Doll's House, Pictures from Home, Some Like It Hot, A Beautiful Noise, KPOP, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Broadhurst Theatre); Hadestown (Walter Kerr Theatre - Tony Nomination); Pretty Woman: The Musical (Nederlander Theatre); Anastasia (Broadhurst Theatre); Dear Evan Hansen (Music Box Theatre - Tony Award); Kinky Boots (Al Hirschfeld Theatre - Tony Award and Olivier Award); Gettin’ the Band Back Together ... read more Broadway: Tuck Everlasting (Tony nom.); Something Rotten! (Tony nom.); Aladdin; Kinky Boots (Tony nom., Olivier Award); Follies (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award); Elf; Legally Blonde (Tony nom.); The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Award, Olivier nom.); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Flower Drum Song (Tony nom.); Side Show. Other: Dreamgirls (Olivier nomination), Sinatra (Radio City), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Pageant (Olivier Nomination), The Kathy and Mo Show. TDF Young Master Award. ... read more Broadway: Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, Miss Saigon, Thoroughly Modern Millie, La Cage Aux Folles and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Also, the MTV series "Legally Blonde: The Search For Elle Woods" where he served as a judge. Love to BDF, my besties, and fam! ... read more Michael is an award winning scenic designer working in theater, television, and live events. His recent work includes the Broadway debuts of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues and Dominique Morrisseau’s Skeleton Crew, international productions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Billy Elliot the Musical in Sao Paulo, Brazil, premieres of Katori Hall's The Hot Wing King (2021 winner Pulitzer Prize for Drama) at Signature Theatre Company, and The Blood Quilt (Arena Stage), Dominique Morrisseau's Mud Row (People’s Light), Lauren Gunderson's I and You (59E59), Noah Heidle's Birthday Candles, Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Your Blues Ain't Sweet Like Mine, Quiara Alegria Hudes The ... read more Broadway/Tours: Elf, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Spiderman Turn Off The Dark, A Life in the Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet, The Addams Family, Memphis, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages, In the Heights, Wicked, 9 to 5, South Pacific, Peepshow in Vegas. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, MCC, Signature. Film: Margin Call, Howl, Sex and the City 1 & 2, Jonah Hex, Main Street, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, I Love You Phillip Morris, Rachel Getting Married, Dan in Real Life, Then She Found Me, Across the Universe, Ira & Abby, Rent, Pieces of April, Camp, The Grey Zone, Finding ... read more Broadway: Groundhog Day (Tony nomination), The Play That Goes Wrong, Spring Awakening (Tony nomination), It's Only a Play, Macbeth starring Alan Cumming, Godspell, Kinky Boots (Broadway - Tony Award, National Tour, Toronto, Australia, and West End), The Visit (Tony nomination), Mothers and Sons (Tony nomination), The Bridges of Madison County (National Tour), Allegiance, Chinglish, Oleanna starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles, Speed-the-Plow, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America (Tony nomination), Blithe Spirit (Broadway, West End and National Tour), and 13. Off-Broadway: Daddy Long Legs, Altar Boyz (Co-Conceiver), My First Time (Author), The Awesome 80s Prom (Creator), and Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, ... read more Harvey Fierstein's theater work includes Torch Song Trilogy (Best Play, Best Actor, Tony and Drama Desk awards), Kinky Boots (Best Musical Tony), La Cage aux Folles (Best Book, Tony and Drama Desk awards), Newsies (Tony nominated), Casa Valentina (Tony nominated), A Catered Affair (12 Drama Desk nominations), Safe Sex (Ace Award), Legs Diamond, Spookhouse, Flatbush Tosca, and Freaky Pussy. He's written teleplays for NBC's "Hairspray Live!" and "The Wiz Live!" His revised script of Funny Girl, ran to critical acclaim in London and has been filmed for broadcast. His political editorials have appeared in The New York Times, TV Guide, ... read more More to come. ... read more Off-Bway: Nymph Errant (Prospect), Romeo & Hamlet (Gayfest). Other NYC: The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, Dani Girl (EPBB); Kaspar Hauser, The Great Recession (The Flea); Newsadoozies (UCB); Stop the World...(Musicals Tonight), Suicide!? (Empirical Rogue). Selected regional credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (SpeakEasy Stage - Elliot Norton and IRNE Award nominations for Best Female Performance in a Musical), Cymbeline (Opera House Arts), Rocky Horror (ReVision), As Bees in Honey Drown (Twin Tiers), Tommy (Lake Dillon), The Full Monty (Cape Rep), and two times flying Lufthansa in Boeing Boeing (Twin Tiers and Seven Angels, respectively). As text/dialect coach: Kinky Boots ... 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 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 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 A Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winning artist with 30 sterling years and global record sales in excess of 50 million, Cyndi Lauper has proven that she has the heart and soul to keep her legion of fans compelled by her every creative move. Lauper recently became a New York Times Best Selling author with her autobiography – Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir – published by Simon & Schuster and wrote the original score for the Tony award winning best musical Kinky Boots. Helping others has always been a guiding force for Cyndi and she focuses her efforts to make a difference ... read more THOMAS CHARLES LEGALLEY: Costume Designer. BROADWAY Lysistrata Jones.(La Jolla Playhouse); Boeing, Boeing, The 39 Steps (Hartford Stage Co); TRYST (TheaterWorks: HARTFORD)Next Fall, God of Carnage (DallasTheater Center). BROADWAY ASSOCIATE DESIGNER, Kinky Boots. Off-Broadway Assistant: The Orphans’ Home Cycle, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore,Restoration. National Tour: West Side Story (assistant). Education: MFA - Stage Design, Southern Methodist University. please visit www.tlegalley.com. ... read more Jason Loffredo is a Music Director, Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator living in New York. A few select credits include, Music Director for Altar Boyz, Keyboard/Conductor sub for Xanadu, Legally Blonde, Rock of Ages, Keyboard sub for The Little Mermaid, Avenue Q, 9 to 5, The Addams Family, Jesus Christ Superstar and others. Orchestrator for Sympathy Jones. Composer of You Don't Know Jack and The Book Revue project: http://thebookrevue.blogspot.com Graduate of Syracuse University. ... 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 Broadway/Off-Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Elf, The Drowsy Chaperone, To Be Or Not To Be, Pig Farm, The Trailer Park Musical, Altar Boyz. West Coast: Robin & the 7 Hoods, Peep Show, Minsky's, Vanities. National Tours: Drowsy, Barbie Live!, Trip of Love. Associate Hair Designer: Mamma Mia! (North America), The Wedding Singer (Broadway), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tour). Other NY: Show Boat @ Carnegie Hall, Encores! No, No, Nanette & Follies, numerous productions at Juilliard. ... read more Brent McCreary is a General Manager, Company Manager, and Ticketing Director with 15 years of experience serving over 25 Broadway, Off-Broadway, and national touring productions, including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Kinky Boots, If/Then starring Idina Menzel, and Peter and the Starcatcher. As a General Management Associate with 321 Theatrical Management, he collaborated on notable productions including Wicked, Next to Normal, Bring It On: The Musical, and Sister Act. In recent years, Brent served as Director of Operations and Account Management at tech startup Sessions Live founded by Pandora’s Tim Westergren. His expertise extends to providing ticketing and revenue ... read more Most recent: FOUND at Philadelphia Theatre Company and The SpongeBob Musical in Chicago. Broadway: China Doll; An American In Paris; Kinky Boots; The Best Man. ... read more Broadway designs include The Book of Mormon, Crybaby, Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, La Boheme, Flower Drum Song, Cabaret, The Producers, Follies, Sunset Boulevard, Smokey Joe's Café, Chicago, Guys and Dolls, Crazy for You, Christmas Carol, Titanic, Big, Major Barbara. Films-The Crazies, Little Children, Spiderman 2, Company Man, Runaway Bride, Meet Joe Black, Hearts in Atlantis, Mirror Has Two Faces. Client list includes Tina Fey, Glenn Close, Barbra Streisand, Sigourney Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Binoche, Lauren Bacall, and Sir Anthony Hopkins. ... read more A graduate of University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Johnny’s Broadway credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Shuffle Along, Kinky Boots, Gigi, Holler If Ya Hear Me, The Heiress, Bring It On: The Musical, Harvey, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, and Hair. He has also enjoyed working off Broadway at the Atlantic, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the Public as well as regionally at the 5th Avenue, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Street, Jacob’s Pillow, and the Kennedy Center. ... read more Jerry Mitchell made his Broadway and West End debuts as director of Legally Blonde, for which he also served as Choreographer, and was nominated for both the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his choreography and the Drama Desk Award for his direction. He also recently choreographed the Broadway production of Catch Me If You Can and West End production of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies. Mitchell received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for choreographing the 2005 Tony Award-winning Best Revival of La Cage aux Folles, having also been nominated for the Tony as choreographer ... 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 IPN members bring Broadway productions to more than 110 cities through North America and Japan. Recent Broadway, London, U.S. and international tours include Monty Python's Spamalot, The Color Purple, Throughly Modern Millie, Bombay Dreams, Starlight Express, The King and I and Edward Scissorhands. ... read more Broadway: Kinky Boots, Wicked, La Cage aux Folles (2004, Dance Captain), The Boy from Oz, Taboo, Dance of the Vampires (Asst. Dance Captain). Tour/Regional: Wicked (2nd Natl. & Chicago), Footloose (1st Natl.) ... read more Kenneth Posner designs extensively on Broadway, off-Broadway, for resident theatres, and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Some of his Broadway work includes Pretty Woman, Mean Girls, War Paint, Tuck Everlasting, On Your Feet, If/Then, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Cinderella, Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia-Shipwrecked, and Wicked. He is the recipient of the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle and OBIE Awards. ... read more Broadway: She Loves Me (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards), On the Twentieth Century (Tony nom.), You Can't Take It With You (Tony nom.), Kinky Boots (Tony nom.), Lucky Guy (Tony nom.), Hairspray (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle noms.). Off Broadway: the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park. Founder and president of Rockwell Group, the architecture firm which renovated The Hayes Theater for Second Stage. Honors: AIANY President's Award, Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, Presidential Design Award. ... read more Daryl Roth is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer who has been a driving force in the theater industry for over 30 years. She is known for her innovative productions, which often tackle challenging and thought-provoking subject matter. Born in 1945 in Lakewood, New Jersey, Roth grew up in a family that was deeply involved in the arts. Her father was a musician and her mother was a painter, and they encouraged their daughter to pursue her own creative interests. Roth attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied history and literature. After college, Roth moved to New York City and began ... read more JOHN SHIVERS (Sound Design) Shucked, Beauty and the Beast (New Production Worldwide) Pretty Woman (Worldwide), Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award recipient), Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Leap of Faith, Bonnie & Clyde, Sister Act, 9 to 5, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, In My Life, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Julia Sweeney’s God Sad ‘Ha’. International: Wicked, Spirit of Life, The Secret, Tarzan, Das Wunder Von Bern, The Lion King (Shanghai) and (Singapore), Regional: The Muny (2015 -Present), Trading Places, Afterwords, The Wanderer, Becoming Nancy, 42nd St., Rock of Ages, The Heart of ... read more Credits include: EVita, Catch Me If You Can, Elf, Wonderland, Behanding in Spokane, Tale of Two Cities, Xanadu Japan, Times They Are A Changin’, Soccer Mom, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, August: Osage County, Legally Blonde, All Shook Up tour, On Golden Pond, Scoundrels, Brooklyn, Thoroughly Modern Millie, AIDA, Imaginary Friends, Def Poetry Jam, Disney’s Berlin Hunchback, Capeman, Show Boat, Spider Woman. ... read more Arranger, Orchestrator, and Music Director. Broadway: Music Director of Disney’s Frozen, Music Director of Kinky Boots, currently the Associate Music Supervisor of The Book of Mormon. Associate Music Supervisor of Kinky Boots on Tour, in London and in Toronto. Regional: Chess (Kennedy Center) and Follies (Barrington Stage Co.) Concerts: Bobby and Kristen Lopez: American Songbook at Lincoln Center, Clay Aiken “Tried and True DVD,” for PBS. As an orchestrator; The Heart of Rock and Roll featuring the catalog of Huey Lewis, Swept Away by the Avett Brothers, Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money by Motown legend Lamont Dozier, and Into the Wild. ... read more Will Van Dyke is a New York based composer/lyricist and music director. Will most recently penned the original score for the Off-Broadway play THE GRAVEDIGGER'S LULLABY. Compositions include WRITING KEVIN TAYLOR (Village Theatre), WINNIE THE POOH, KIDS (Disney), THE LION KING EXPERIENCE titles (Disney). Currently in development: MAGNIFICENT CLIMB (with Rick Elice), IMAGINE HARRY, WINTERSONG, SEVEN BROKEN HEARTS, and THE CIRCLE & THE WHEEL (with Jeff Talbott), as well as a theatrical adaptation of his debut album CHASING THE DAY highlighting his work with all of his collaborators. Will has also contributed music for THE DEVIL'S BITCH (Playbill), ... read more