John Guare is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is best known as the author of The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation. ... read more
Hamlisch, one of only eleven EGOT winners in the history of the entertainment industry, was awarded three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards for his work. On Broadway, he wrote the music for A Chorus Line - which received the Pulitzer Prize - as well as They’re Playing Our Song, The Goodbye Girl and Sweet Smell of Success.
He is the composer of more than forty motion picture scores including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s music for The Sting, for which he received a ... read more
Bender joins Paper Mill Playhouse directly from her role as a member of the musical theater faculty at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Previously, Bender was Senior Vice President of Production and Development at The Araca Group in New York City. Prior to that, she served as the Director of Programming and Artist Services for the New York Musical Festival (NYMF), and as Resident Director for the Broadway productions of The Lion King and Avenue Q. She was the Assistant Artistic Director for Cirque du Soleil's Ovo for productions in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, ... read more
Broadway: Jersey Boys, Hairspray, Little Women, Avenue Q, Wicked, A Year With Frog and Toad, Dance Of the Vampires, Sweet Smell of Success, Into the Woods, Rent, Annie Get Your Gun, Not About Nightingales, The Old Neighborhood. Several Off-Broadway and Off Off-Broadway productions. ... read more
Broadway: Wicked, Mary Poppins, Ragtime (1998 Tony Award®), Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden (1991 Drama Desk Award), Crazy for You, Carousel, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Sweet Smell of Success.
London: My Fair Lady, Oliver!, South Pacific. Stratford-upon-Avon: The Secret Garden.
Lincoln Center: A Man of No Importance, Dessa Rose. Ballet arrangements: for Christopher Wheeldon, Twyla Tharp, Lar Lubovich.
Recordings: for Placido Domingo, Marilyn Horne, Joshua Bell's CD "West Side Story Suite." ... read more
Broadway highlights: Dear Evan Hansen, She Loves Me, Curious Incident..., Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, Arcadia, A Steady Rain, Shrek, The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, The Invention of Love, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Side Show, Steel Pier. Film/TV credits: "Peter Pan Live!" (NBC), "The Sound of Music Live!" (NBC), It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy-nominated), To Wong Foo... ... read more
Recent Productions: Don Carlos (MET, NY) Love Never Dies (Adelphi, London).
Bob Crowley has designed over twenty productions for the National Theatre, including most recently: The Habit of Art, The Power of Yes, Phèdre, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Gethsemane, and Fram (which he also co-directed with Tony Harrison), The History Boys (Broadway - Tony Award), His Girl Friday and Mourning Becomes Electra, plus more than twenty-five productions for the RSC, including: Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Plantagenets, for which he won an Olivier Award. For the Donmar Warehouse - Into the Woods and Orpheus Descending.
Other credits include: Pavane ... read more
Joel Fram is an international music supervisor, arranger, conductor, and producer who has worked extensively in London’s West End and on Broadway, as well as overseeing numerous productions in Europe, Japan, and Australia.
Joel is currently the musical supervisor on GYPSY at the Manchester Royal Exchange and was the Music Director for Marianne Elliott’s production of Stephen Sondheim & George Furth’s legendary musical comedy COMPANY at the Gielgud Theatre and Broadway.
Conducting credits include the West End production of Wicked (starring Idina Menzel) and Forbidden Broadway, both at the Menier Chocolate Factory and its subsequent transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre. On Broadway, ... 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
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: Jersey Boys, Gypsy, Sweet Smell Of Success, Annie Get Your Gun, Patti LuPone's Matters Of The Heart, A Delicate Balance, The Old Neighborhood, Titanic, The Phantom Of The Opera, The Red Shoes, The Secret Garden. National Tours: Wicked, The Phantom Of The Opera, West Side Story. Regional: Jersey Boys (La Jolla Playhouse). Currently: Production Supervisor for Patti LuPone's national concert appearances. Co-Founder/Producer of "Broadway Barks" with Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore. ... read more
Nicholas Hytner has been Director of the National Theatre since 2003, and heads a team that produces around 20 new shows each year.
Since 1989 he has directed 28 productions at the National, including The Madness of George III, Henry V, His Dark Materials, The History Boys, Stuff Happens, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Much Ado About Nothing, England People Very Nice, Phedre, The Habit of Art, London Assurance, Hamlet and Collaborators.
On Broadway he has directed The History Boys, Sweet Smell of Success and Miss Saigon; and at Lincoln Center Theater Carousel and Twelfth Night.
He has directed ... read more
Natasha Katz is a New York-based lighting designer. She is a six-time Tony Award winner who has designed extensively for theatre, opera, dance, concerts, and permanent lighting installations around the world. Her recent Broadway credits include: Diana, The Music Man, All My Sons, Burn This, The Prom, Frozen, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Cats, School of Rock, An American in Paris, Aladdin, Skylight, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, and Aida. ... 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
Music Direction: Imaginary Friends, Scarlet Pimpernel, Radio City Sinatra, upcoming Caraboo and Waiting for the Moon. Dance/Vocal Arranging: Sweet Smell of Success, Jekyll & Hyde, Perfectly Frank, The Act, Marilyn: An American Fable, Woman of the Year, Cabaret. Composing: Superdimensional Microbabes (upcoming anime-based musical), Fourtune (Off-Broadway), The Silver Swan (NEA Fellowship), three theatrical CDs (The Missing Peace, Early One Morning, Songs I Won’t Be Singing), two Harvard Hasty Pudding shows (Tots in Tinseltown, Bewitched Bayou), a gospel-based Requiem, and songs for church, choir, cabaret, and "Saturday Night Live." Harvard (philosophy), Westminster (choral conducting). ... 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
Jodi Moccia is a talented actress who has made a name for herself in the world of theater. She was born and raised in New York City and developed a passion for acting at a young age. She attended the prestigious Juilliard School, where she honed her craft and developed her skills as an actress.
Moccia made her Broadway debut in the musical "Cats" in 1987. She played the role of Rumpleteazer and received critical acclaim for her performance. She went on to appear in several other Broadway productions, including "Les Misérables," "The Phantom of the Opera," and "Miss Saigon."
In addition ... read more
Broadway: Evita, How To Succeed..., Promises..., A Steady Rain, Impressionism, White Christmas, Phantom, Les Misérables, History Boys, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Cabaret, Frog and Toad, Dance of the Vampires, Sweet Smell of Success, Carousel, Angels in America, Will Rogers Follies. MFA, NYU. Faculty, Yale University. ... read more
Christopher trained at The Royal Ballet School and joined The Royal Ballet in 1991. In 1993, he joined New York City Ballet and was promoted to Soloist in 1998. He was named NYCB’s first Resident Choreographer in July 2001. Since then, Mr. Wheeldon has created and staged productions for many of the world’s major ballet companies. In 2007, Mr. Wheeldon founded Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company and was appointed an Associate Artist for Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. Mr. Wheeldon now serves as Artistic Associate of The Royal Ballet. As Artistic Associate, Mr. Wheeldon has created many works for the company, including ... read more
