Blade to the Heat - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Vineyard, La Jolla Playhouse and Yale Rep productions of Indecent. Broadway: The Gin Game; The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess; The People in the Picture; Caroline, or Change (also Royal National Theater, London); Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (also National Tour, Old Vic London); Topdog/Underdog (Royal Court); Bells Are Ringing; Parade (directed by Hal Prince; Tony and Drama Desk nominations); Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk (also National Tour, Japan) and The Tempest. Recent: Grounded directed by Julie Taymor, The Library directed by Steven Soderbergh (The Public); La Mouette (Cour d'Honneur, Palais des Papes, Avignon Festival); Abigail's Party (Oslo National ... read more Kline won a scholarship to the Juilliard School’s drama division in 1970. In 1972, he co-founded the City Center Acting Company (now The Acting Company), touring nationally in classical repertory productions and The Robber Bridegroom. He appeared on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow (1976) and returned to the stage in Dance on a Country Grave (1977). He won his first Tony Award for On the Twentieth Century (1978) and a second Tony for The Pirates of Penzance (1980), later reprising the role in the film version (1983). His New York Shakespeare Festival credits included Richard III (1983), Henry V ... read more Broadway: Falsettos; American Psycho; The Visit; A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder; Sondheim on Sondheim; A Little Night Music; Gypsy (with Patti LuPone); Radio Golf; John Doyle's production of Sweeney Todd; Gem of the Ocean; Pacific Overtures; Assassins; Into the Woods; Topdog/Underdog; Dirty Blonde; Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk. He has composed scores for the Broadway productions of The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, and Dan Hurlin's Disfarmer (St. Ann's Warehouse). Awards: four Tony Award nominations, four Drama Desk Awards. Costume designer Paul Tazewell's recent achievements include winning an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for his work on Wicked, directed by Jon M. Chu and featuring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. This accolade was accompanied by a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design, a Critics Choice Award, the Costume Designers Guild's Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film award, NAACP Image Award and the Innovator Award from the African American Film Critics Association, underscoring his critical role in bringing the fantastical world of Oz to life. Additional accolades include an Academy Award nomination for West Side Story in 2021, an Emmy for ... read more THE PUBLIC is theater of, by, and for all people. Artist-driven, radically inclusive, and fundamentally democratic, The Public continues the work of its visionary founder Joe Papp as a civic institution engaging, both on-stage and off, with some of the most important ideas and social issues of today. Conceived over 60 years ago as one of the nation's first nonprofit theaters, The Public has long operated on the principles that theater is an essential cultural force and that art and culture belong to everyone. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public's wide ... read more