Listen to My Heart - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Deborah Brevoort is the award-winning author of numerous plays, musicals and operas. Originally from Alaska, she now resides in the New York City area. She is best known for The Women of Lockerbie, which won the silver medal in the Onassis International Playwriting Contest and is being produced all over the world. Other plays include: Blue Moon Over Memphis, a Noh Drama about Elvis Presley, The Poetry of Pizza, The Blue-Sky Boys, The Comfort Team, My Lord, What a Night, The Velvet Weapon, Into the Fire, and Signs of Life. Her musical works include Crossing Over, ... read more David Friedman is a multi-talented artist who has made a name for himself in the Broadway community as a composer, lyricist, and pianist. Born in New York City in 1950, Friedman began playing the piano at the age of four and was composing music by the time he was six. He attended the Manhattan School of Music and later the Juilliard School, where he studied piano and composition. Friedman made his Broadway debut in 1983 as the conductor and pianist for the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." He went on to work on several other Broadway productions, including "Song ... read more Playwright, producer, singer, songwriter and actress, Gifford has starred in numerous television programs and movies in her 40-year career. She is currently the beloved 3 time Emmy winning co-host of the fourth hour of TODAY with the great Hoda Kotb. She is the author of 4 New York Times bestsellers including the 2018 blockbuster, The Rock, The Road and The Rabbi. She penned the Tony-nominated (2012) Broadway musical, Scandalous. Gifford writes a new song for the popular monthly TODAY segment, Everyone Has a Story. Prior to NBC News, Gifford was co-host of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee for 15 ... read more Alix Korey is a veteran of eight Broadway shows, the last being All Shook Up. Others include costarring roles in Chicago, Neil Simon’s 45 Seconds From Broadway, Triumph Of Love, Ain’t Broadway Grand and Pirates Of Penzance. Off- Broadway, she originated roles in The Wild Party (Drama Desk nomination), No Way To Treat A Lady (Outer Critics Circle nomination) and Suburb (Dramaleague award) among many others. She has appeared in numerous films and prime time TV shows, and has released two award-winning solo CDs. For 15 years, she taught at NYU in the Tisch School’s Cap21 program, and after ... read more