As a writer, lyricist, composer and director, Fred Ebb made incalculable contributions to the New York theatrical community. Mr. Ebb is a Tony, Grammy, Emmy, Olivier and Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award winning recipient. Fred Ebb's first professional songwriting assignment came in 1953 when he and Phil Springer were hired by Columbia Records to write a song for Judy Garland called "Heartbroken." Mr. Ebb was introduced to composer John Kander in 1964 by music publisher Tommy Valando and became one of the most legendary songwriting teams in American history. The first successful collaboration was on the song "My Coloring ... read more
American composer John Kander (b. Kansas City, MO, March 18, 1927) is the musical partner of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb, who together created at least sixteen Broadway shows, Flora the Red Menace (1965), Cabaret (1966), Chicago (1975), and Curtains (2007) among them. They also contributed material to fourteen films and television specials over their forty-year association. Independently John Kander supplied the scores to many films, including Something For Everyone (1970), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Places in the Heart (1984), and Billy Bathgate (1991). ... read more
Galati was an associate director at the Goodman Theatre from 1986 to 2008.
In 2004, Galati was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. He was the recipient of nine Joseph Jefferson Awards for his contributions to Chicago theater.
Galati and co-writer Lawrence Kasdan adapted the novel The Accidental Tourist for a film, The Accidental Tourist which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The pair won a USC Scripter Award for the screenplay.
Galati was awarded the ... read more
Kevin McCollum has received the Tony Award for Best Musical for "In the Heights" (2008), "Avenue Q" (2004), and "Rent" (1996), which also won the Pulitzer Prize. He is currently represented on Broadway with the Olivier Award-winning "The Play That Goes Wrong." He produced "Something Rotten!" (Broadway, National Tour), "Hand to God" ( Broadway, West End), "Motown: The Musical" (Broadway, West End, and National Tour), "The Drowsy Chaperone" in 2006, which won five Tony Awards, Baz Luhrmann's production of "Puccini's La Boheme" in 2002, [title of show] in 2008, the touring and Broadway productions of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," the ... read more
Ann Reinking received the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Chicago.
Most recently, she served as Choreographer for The Visit on Broadway (2011) and Dance Consultant for An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin (2004). Other Choreography: Applause-nat'l tour, Paper Mill Playhouse; Chicago-Encores! NY City Center; "Bye-Bye Birdie"-ABC-TV; Legends -Joffrey Ballet Chicago; Nilsson/Schmillson-Seattle's Spectrum Dance Theatre; Threepenny Opera-Williamstown Theatre Festival; Chicago starring Bebe Neuwirth and Juliet Prowse-Civic Light Opera of Long Beach (L.A. Drama Critics Award); Suite to Sondheim-Pacific Northwest Ballet; Pal Joey-Goodman Theatre of Chicago (Jefferson Award); Theatre: Roxie Hart-Chicago, Encores! NY City Center; Bye-Bye ... read more
