Production Staff
Fred E. Ahlert
Lyricist
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Composer
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Herman Autry
Composer
Ada Benson
Lyricist
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Composer
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Harry Brooks
Composer
Hoagy Carmichael
Composer
(additional)
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Nat "King" Cole
Lyricist
(Additional)
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Composer
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Dorothy Fields
Lyricist
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Fred Fisher
Composer
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Lyricist
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Porter Grainger
Lyricist
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Composer
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Murray Horwitz
Source Material
(based on idea)
(based on idea)
Additional Material
Charlie Johnson
Lyricist
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J. C. Johnson
Lyricist
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Charlie Johnson
Composer
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Ed Kirkeby
Lyricist
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Ted Koehler
Lyricist
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Harry Link
Composer
Frank Loesser
Lyricist
(Additional)
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Richard Maltby, Jr.
Source Material
(based on idea)
(based on idea)
Additional Material
Conceiver
BROADWAY: Conceived and directed two Tony Award winning musicals: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (1978: Tony, N.Y. Drama Critics, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards — also Tony Award for Best Director); FOSSE (1999: Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards); as well as RING OF FIRE, (2006). With composer David Shire: director/lyricist: BABY (1983, seven Tony nominations); lyricist: BIG (1996, Tony nomination: Best Score). With Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, co-lyricist: MISS SAIGON (Evening Standard Award, London 1990; Tony nomination: Best Score, 1991); co-lyricist: THE PIRATE QUEEN (2007). Director: THE STORY OF MY LIFE (2009). Director/co-lyricist: Andrew Lloyd Webber's SONG & DANCE (1986 Tony ... read more
George Marion, Jr.
Lyricist
(Additional)
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Billy Mayhew
Lyricist
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Composer
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Jimmy McHugh
Composer
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Andy Razaf
Lyricist
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Everett Robbins
Composer
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Lyricist
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Lester A. Santly
Lyricist
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Roy Turk
Lyricist
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Composer
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Thomas "Fats" Waller
Composer
Clarence Williams
Lyricist
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Joe Young (i)
Lyricist
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Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Manag
Producer
(Original Producer)
(Original Producer)
Theatre Owner / Operator
Johnson-Liff Associates
Casting
Howard Atlee
Press Representative
Emanuel Azenberg
Producer
Mr. Azenberg's producing credits on Broadway include Ragtime, The Lion in Winter, Mark Twain Tonight, Ain't Misbehavin', Children of a Lesser God, Master Harold...and the boys, Stoppard's The Real Thing, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Sunday in the Park With George, Whoopi Goldberg, Long Day's Journey into Night, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Side Show, The Iceman Cometh, Stones in His Pockets, Private Lives and Movin' Out.
He has produced Neil Simon's work since 1972, including The Odd Couple,The Sunshine Boys, Chapter Two, They're Playing Our Song, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, Broadway Bound, Lost in Yonkers.
Film: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are ... read more
Randy Barcelo
Costume Designer
John Lee Beatty
Scenic Designer
Broadway: Venus in Fur, Time Stands Still, A View from the Bridge, The Royal Family, The Color Purple, Doubt, Chicago, Dinner at Eight, Proof, Rabbit Hole, Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, The Most Happy Fella, The Sisters Rosensweig, Burn This, Penn & Teller, Ain't Misbehavin', Talley's Folly, Crimes of the Heart, Morning's at Seven, among others.
Off-Broadway: Other Desert Cities, The Substance of Fire, A Life in the Theatre. Thirty-six seasons with MTC, Lincoln Center, Circle Rep, City Center Encores! Tony, Obie, DD, OCC awards; Theatre Hall of Fame.
Graduate of Brown and Yale School of ... read more
Bruce Birkenhead
Assistant Manager
Pat Collins
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Ron Dante
Producer
William Elliott
Vocal Music Arranger
William Elliott (ii)
Vocal Music Arranger
Dasha Epstein
Producer
Bill Evans
Press Representative
Richard Evans
Production Stage Manager
Arthur Faria
Choreographer
(Musical Staging)
(Musical Staging)
Jane Gaynor
Producer
Jeffrey Gutcheon
Vocal Music Arranger
Luther Henderson
Orchestrator
Musical Supervisor
Orchestrations/Arrangements
Music Arranger
Jeremy Johnson
Assistant to Ms. Collins
D. W. Koehler
Stage Manager
Ash / LeDonne
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Richard Maltby, Jr.
Director
BROADWAY: Conceived and directed two Tony Award winning musicals: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (1978: Tony, N.Y. Drama Critics, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards — also Tony Award for Best Director); FOSSE (1999: Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards); as well as RING OF FIRE, (2006). With composer David Shire: director/lyricist: BABY (1983, seven Tony nominations); lyricist: BIG (1996, Tony nomination: Best Score). With Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, co-lyricist: MISS SAIGON (Evening Standard Award, London 1990; Tony nomination: Best Score, 1991); co-lyricist: THE PIRATE QUEEN (2007). Director: THE STORY OF MY LIFE (2009). Director/co-lyricist: Andrew Lloyd Webber's SONG & DANCE (1986 Tony ... read more
Otts Munderloh
Sound Designer
The Shubert Organization
Producer
The Shubert Organization is America's oldest professional theatre company and the largest theatre owner on the Broadway. Since the dawn of the 20th Century, Shubert has operated hundreds of theatres and produced hundreds of plays and musicals both in New York City and throughout the United States. Shubert currently owns and operates seventeen Broadway theatres and six off-Broadway venues.
David Potts
Assistant to Mr. Beatty
Maurice Schaded
Company Manager
Earl Shendell
Musical Coordinator
Arthur Siccardi
Technical Coordinator
Arthur Siccardi was a Production Manager, Technical Supervisor, and Production Supervisor with countless Broadway credits. He worked on shows such as Chicago, La Cage Aux Folles, Billy Elliot, Grease, A Chorus Line, The Color Purple, Gypsy, Mamma Mia!, Jesus Christ Superstar, Saturday Night Fever, Annie Get Your Gun, and many more.
Clint Spencer
Production Supervisor
Wendy Stuart
Dance Captain
Martha Swope
Production Photographer
Jose Véga
General Manager
Awards and Nominations
1978 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards
Best Musical: Fats Waller won.
Best Musical: Richard Maltby, Jr. won.
1978 Theatre World Awards
Performance: Nell Carter won.
Performance: Armelia McQueen won.
1978 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: Arthur Faria was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Richard Maltby, Jr won.
Best Musical: Emanuel Azenberg won.
Best Musical: Dasha Epstein won.
Best Musical: Jane Gaynor won.
Best Musical: Ron Dante won.
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