Ain't Too Proud - Broadway Creative Team

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 Darren Bagert is an entertainment creator, producer, and director specializing in all forms of media including live entertainment, fashion, film/television, Broadway and beyond. He is a five-time Tony Award winning producer, as well as the recipient of almost every theatrical award in the industry including the Olivier Award; Drama Desk Award; Outer Critics Circle Award; Lucille Lortel Award; Drama League Award. Project highlights include: MOULIN ROUGE! the Musical -- winner of 10 Tony Awards including the 2021 Best Musical Award -- based on the Baz Luhrmann film, a global sensation spanning multiple markets (New York/Broadway, London/West End, North American Tour, Australia, ... read more Deborah Barrera created FireMused Productions in 2010 to develop and produce commercial theatre for Broadway and in the West End. Broadway Credits include: Ain’t To Proud, An American Idiot, An American in Paris, La Cage Aux Folles ,with Kelsey Gramer, One ManTwo Govnor’s, with James Cordon, Sweat, Glass Menagerie with Zach Quinto and Cherry Jones, China Doll with Al Pacino, Elling ,The Heidi Chronicles with Elizabeth Moss, The Mountain Top with Samuel Jackson, and the West End productions of 1984. FMP, LLC has investments in the following Broadway Productions: Hamilton, Freestyle LoveSupreme, Front ... read more David Binder is a Tony Award-winning producer whose credits include Broadway, off-Broadway, and festivals. ... 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 Broadway credits include Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Assassins (Tony Award nomination), set and club design for the critically acclaimed revival of Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls (Tony Award nomination), Buried Child, Design for Living, A Streetcar Named Desire, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and others. His other credits include Frozen (Disney California), as well as numerous opera World premieres, including Moby-Dick, Cold Mountain, Everest, Doubt, The Manchurian Candidate, and It's a Wonderful Life. He has designed for the Whitney Museum of American Art, BAM, Radio City Music Hall, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, ... read more Stephen Byrd has pursued his interest in producing high quality entertainment vehicles for many years. As President/ CEO of the American Cinema Group, Inc., he has raised capital for, and invested in several TV & Film projects. Mr. Byrd formed Front Row Productions, Inc. which is dedicated solely to producing quality theatrical productions, and has a slate of major theatrical projects in the works. As the Producer of the first African American Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, which was the highest grossing play on Broadway in 2008, Mr. Byrd also won the Laurence Olivier ... read more 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 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 Ruth's Broadway credits include: In The Heights; Passing Strange; Legally Blonde; Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway; High Fidelity; The Lieutenant of Inishmore; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Caroline, Or Change; A Raisin in the Sun; Golda's Balcony; Frozen; ‘Night Mother; Steel Magnolias; Barefoot in the Park; Metamorphoses. Off-Broadway: Altar Boyz; Our Lady of 121st Street; The Exonerated; Red Light Winter; tick tick…Boom!. Los Angeles: As Much As You Can. Ruth is on the boards of the LAByrith Theater, The Play Company and the Yale School of Drama Leadership Committee; She is vice-chair, and Stephen is Treasurer of the ... read more 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 Mike Karns is a theater producer and entrepreneur with a background in sales and marketing. He is a proud graduate of The Pennsylvania State University. As the owner of Marathon Live Entertainment, he has been integral to the creation and development of Social Media content and strategy for clients from a variety of sectors including celebrities, not-for-profit organizations, and Broadway bound shows. In addition to his own Social Media clients, he also serves as the Account Executive for Audience Development at The Social Edge, a dynamic social media marketing and management firm based in New York City. As a producer, Karns ... read more Kennedy's Broadway sound design credits include On Your Feet, Doctor Zhivago, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Tony Award), Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, Catch Me If You Can (Tony nomination), Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Rent, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel, and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award). In addition, he was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie, ... 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 McAnuff is a two-time Tony Award-winning director and former Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival. Broadway: Summer, Doctor Zhivago, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls, Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys (Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Musical), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event), Dracula, the Musical, How to Succeed..., The Who’s Tommy (Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Director), A Walk in the Woods, Big River (Tony Awards for Best Director, Best Musical). McAnuff is also Director Emeritus of La Jolla Playhouse, where during his tenure as Artistic Director, he staged more than 35 ... read more Recent Broadway: Lennon, Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Beauty & the Beast, Hairspray, Movin’ Out, Sweet Charity, Good Vibrations, Dracula, Caroline or Change, Little Shop…, Thoroughly Modern Millie, 42nd St, Urinetown, Nine, La Boheme, Big River, Boys From Syracuse, Look of Love, Urban Cowboy, Never Gonna Dance, Thou Shalt Not, By Jeeves, Follies, Oklahoma!, Jekyll and Hyde, Rocky Horror Show, Seussical, The Music Man, Fosse, Swing!, Parade, Footloose, Kat and the Kings, Civil War, Triumph of Love. Studio Musician (bass): Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, Eric Clapton, BB King, Sinatra, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. ... read more David Mirvish is a Toronto-based theatrical producer. Mr. Mirvish owns and operates four theatres in Toronto: the Royal Alexandra, the Princess of Wales, the Panasonic and the Canon. Mirvish Productions, a company founded by Mr. Mirvish in 1986, produces live theatre for these and other venues throughout Canada, the United States and England. In 1982, Mr. Mirvish and his father, Ed Mirvish, purchased and refurbished the venerable Old Vic Theatre in London, England, which they operated until 1998. ... read more Peter's Broadway credits include SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, Dear Evan Hansen, A Doll's House, Part 2, An Act of God, Amalie, A New Musical, Fela!, The Heidi Chronicles, and The Best Man. His other credits include Grounded and Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), Wakey, Wakey (Signature Theatre), The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Second Stage Theater), Notes from Underground (Yale Repertory Theatre), The Grace Jones Hurricane Tour, Rent (New World Stages), Real Enemies (BAM Next Wave Festival), and Blind Date (Bill T. Jones). For Nature Theater of Oklahoma, No Dice and Life & Times (Burgtheater, Vienna). His upcoming ... read more B’way: Bandstand, Fiddler on the Roof, China Doll, An American In Paris, The Visit, Wolf Hall, The Heidi Chronicles, You Can't Take It With You, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, All The Way (Tony), Matilda. ... read more 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 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/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 Simons had degrees in theater and computer science from Columbia University, and did not go to drama school until he was 39. He also received a degree from Columbia Business School. He had wanted to go into acting since high school, but was unable to due to his living circumstances. "[A]s the only member of my family to have graduated college with retired grandparents and a mom who had me at a slightly older age, I felt the need to become the family breadwinner." He finally quit corporate business to enter film business at the age of 47. He further ... 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 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 Wheeler is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, musical director, musical supervisor, and musician. Perhaps best known for his 17 seasons as musical director of the ABC show Dancing with the Stars, he has enjoyed many years of success over several mediums. His Broadway credits include Side Show, Hugh Jackman - Back on Broadway, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony Award nomination), Never Gonna Dance, Hairspray (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Full Monty (Tony Award nomination), Swing! (Tony Award nomination), Little Me (Tony Award nomination), The Life (Tony Award nomination), Dreamgirls, The Wiz, The Tap Dance Kid, and Lena Horne: The ... read more