The Sound of Music - Broadway Creative Team

... read more Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, whose musicals include Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Described by Stephen Sondheim as an "experimental playwright", Hammerstein helped bring the American musical to new ... read more Howard Lindsay was an actor, director, playwright and producer who made a significant impact on the American theater scene during the first half of the 20th century. Born on March 29, 1889 in Waterford, New York, Lindsay attended Boston Latin School and Harvard University before beginning his career in the theater. Lindsay made his Broadway debut as an actor in the 1915 production of "The Prince Chap" and went on to appear in several other Broadway shows, including "The Enemy" (1925) and "The Royal Family" (1927). However, it was his work as a playwright and producer that brought him the most ... read more Richard Rodgers was an American composer of 43 Broadway musicals, leaving a legacy as one of the most significant composers of 20th century American music. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. His compositions have had a significant impact on popular music. Rodgers was the first person to win an EGOT. In addition, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, making him one of only two people to receive all five awards ... read more James is a professional freelance director and qualified lecturer on both musical theatre and acting programmes. James has won awards for his teaching practice and directed multiple award-winning monologues for young actors entering the UK Skills competitions. He is now Co-Artistic Director of Assembled Junk Productions Ltd. James was born in Leicester before attending and graduating from UCLan in 2004 with a BA (Hons) in English and Theatre studies. He then developed his training with East 15 in theatre direction and with acclaimed directors including Alex Clifton (Artistic Director of ChesterPerforms and Head of Acting at R.A.D.A.) and Olivier award-winning ... read more Terry Berliner (she/her) Broadway: The Lion King, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, The Sound of Music and The Red Shoes. Off Broadway: Time and Again, Captains Courageous, Violet, and Merrily We Roll Along. Other NYC: Promising, Hereafter, Next Thing You Know, Cloaked (2011 Kleban Prize and Jonathan Larson Award-winning new musical), The Maiden’s Prayer, By Proxy, One Thing I Like To Say, Emma, The Mercy Seat, Spine, and Allegro at Encores! Terry received the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for her production of Bingo. Her work in regional theaters has been seen at Merrimack Repertory Theatre, ... read more Jay Binder has cast over 70 Broadway productions, including the Tony Award winning productions of The Lion King, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Dames At Sea, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Gypsy, The King and I, Lost in Yonkers and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. In addition, he was fortunate enough to cast every Neil Simon play from 1990 through 2009. Mr. Binder was one of the founders and continues to be a driving force behind the highly-acclaimed Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert series at City Center in New York City. His work casting this series led ... read more Bruce has orchestrated nearly 100 musicals and operas the world over including War Paint, The Light in the Piazza (co-orchestrator; Tony Award), 9 to 5, Grey Gardens, Urinetown, The Wild Party (Broadway), Assassins (London), Floyd Collins and Giant. Awards: Tony Award (plus two nominations), Obie, Drama Desk (plus eight nominations). ... read more add please Producers (2001) Producer Hairspray (2002) Producer ... read more SIMONE GENATT is the Chairperson and Co-Founder of Broadway International Group and Broadway Asia Group. Over the last 20 years, she has been responsible for shows in over 60 countries on five continents including recent productions with Theatre du Chatelet; Warner Bros, Universal Theatrical Group, DreamWorks Animation, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stage Entertainment, Baruch/Frankel/Viertel/Routh, Nederlander Worldwide, Resorts World, Shiki Theater Company, Toho Company, Umeda Group, Takarazuka, Poly Group, CPAA, CMC and Shanghai Media Group among many others. Select international productions include many Tony Award-winning musicals and other live attraction entertainment productions: An American In Paris; Amelie; Anastasia; The Sound of ... read more Broadway: Amelie; Sunday in the Park With George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony Award & Drama Desk Nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet. Other: A Legendary Romance; Poster Boy (Williamstown); Beaches (Drury Lane); Brooklynite (Vineyard); Little Dancer and First You Dream (Kennedy Center); Zorro (Moscow; Atlanta); Hinterm Horizont (Berlin); Sweeney Todd and Man of La Mancha (Portland Opera); and She Loves Me (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Audio Consultant for the revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Education: Yale University. ... read more Broadway: War Paint, Groundhog Day, Fool for Love, Act One, Venus in Fur, God of Carnage, Long Day's Journey Into Night (with Redgrave and Hoffman), Exit the King, numerous others. Off-Broadway: Public, LCT3, Signature, Playwrights Horizons, others. Regional/international: Goodman, Westport, Two River Theater, Williamstown, others. Royal National, Royal Shakespeare Company. Film/TV: numerous. Faculty: Juilliard. ... read more London-born Paul Huntley has worked hundreds of Broadway shows, most memorably the original productions of Amadeus, Cats, Evita, Sweeney Todd, The Producers and Hairspray. A recipient of the Drama Desk and Tony awards, he has also worked with the some of the most legendary leading ladies of the cinema, ranging from Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh to Jane Fonda and Faye Dunaway. Current shows include Anything Goes, War Horse, Other Desert Cities and Leap of Faith. ... read more Broadway: The Producers (Usherette, Ulla u/s), 42nd Street, Cats(Cassandra), Sound of Music, Radio City Rockette, Irving Berlin's White Christmas in Boston (Rita). Point Park University Graduate. Four national commercials running - keep your eye out for me! ... read more Broadway: Lysistrata Jones (associate producer as well as sound design); …Drood (Drama Desk Award); First Date (associate producer); Pal Joey; The Ritz; Laugh Whore; Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Lion King (Drama Desk Award); The Sound of Music; A Christmas Carol (MSG); Steel Pier; Forum; The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything Goes. London: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; and Anything Goes. National and international: The Lion King, Les Miserables, ... 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 A.R.T.: Jagged Little Pill. Broadway: eighteen shows including Cats (revival), Dames at Sea, Cinderella, Ghost the Musical, La Bête (revival), A Little Night Music (revival), The Norman Conquests (revival), Young Frankenstein, The Producers (entire run), Smokey Joe’s Café, The Sound of Music (revival, also Australia), Beauty and the Beast, Love! Valour! Compassion! Adjunct professor in the graduate program at Columbia University. Stage Manager Vice President of AEA, 1st Vice President of BC/EFA. ... read more Off-Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Intrigue with Faye; Batboy the musical; The Divine Sister. Regional Theaters: Goodspeed Musicals; Old Globe; Guthrie; Shakespeare Theatre; Ballet Arizona; Alley Theatre; American Players; Children's Theatre Company; Universal Studios Hollywood; Studio Theatre; Goodspeed Musicals; Edinburgh Festival. National Tours: Fame; Godspell; Jesus Christ Superstar. Opera: Portland Opera, Nationale Reisopera (NL), Gotham Chamber Opera, Tiroler Landestheater, Wexford Opera Festival. Awards: Irene Sharaff Young Master 2008, Lucille Lortel Nomination 2001. ... read more As members of AEROSMITH-America's Greatest Rock & Roll Band-the songwriting team of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry have sold more than 150 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are the recipients of countless awards including four Grammys, eight American Music Awards, six Billboard Awards, 12 MTV Video Music Awards and an Emmy, among many other honors. In 2013 Tyler and Perry were awarded with the Founder's Award at the ASCAP Pop Awards and inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame. With scores of multi-platinum albums, AEROSMITH continues to ... read more Roundabout: The Overwhelming, Suddenly Last Summer, Betrayal. Broadway: Misery, Romeo and Juliet, Dead Accounts, Grace, Godspell, The Normal Heart, reasons to be pretty, Butley, Dinner at Eight, Betrayal, The Real Thing. Off-Broadway: The Public, LCT, MTC, Atlantic, MCC, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Vineyard, NY Theatre Workshop, Theatre for a New Audience. Disney’s Frozen at DCA. Awards: 2016 Lucille Lortel Award (Guards at the Taj), 2012 Lucille Lortel Award (Through a Glass Darkly), 2011 Drama Desk nomination (A Small Fire), 2005 Lucille Lortel Award (Rodney’s Wife). ... read more