Shinbone Alley - Off-Off-Broadway Creative Team

After serving in World War II, Mel Brooks began performing as a drummer and pianist in Borscht Belt resorts in the Catskill Mountains before working as a stand-up comic and tummler at Grossinger’s. In 1949, he was hired by Sid Caesar to write for The Admiral Broadway Revue. In 1950, he joined the writing staff of Your Show of Shows, where he worked alongside Carl Reiner and Neil Simon until the show ended in 1954. He continued with Caesar on Caesar's Hour (1954–1957). In 1960, Brooks and Carl Reiner released the comedy album 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel ... read more Rick Hip-Flores has recently conducted Fun Home, Beautiful, and Rocky on Broadway, and was Associate Conductor and Arranger at the Radio City Spectacular, directed by Mia Michaels. As keyboardist: School of Rock, Aladdin, Billy Elliot, and Into the Woods (Public Theater); Musical Director of We Will Rock You (First National Tour); Music Supervisor of Heatwave: The Jack Cole Project at Queens Theatre in the Park, and 'Swonderful at Pittsburgh CLO. Rick graduated from Columbia University, and is an award-winning composer/lyricist.