Rock of Ages - West End Creative Team

Broadway and Off-B'way Original Cast: Once on This Island (Daniel), Five Guys Named Moe (Nomax), Bright Lights, Big City (Tad), The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Lucas), tick, tick… BOOM! (Michael). Television/Film: "Law & Order," "Everwood," "Peace Maker." Writing: CBS, Comedy Central, Laugh Whore (Broadway & ShowTime). Directing: Show Boat, Bernarda Alba, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Funked Up Fairy Tales. David Gibbs served as the music director and arranger for the original Los Angeles run of Rock of Ages. He has written music for film and TV including Josie and the Pussycats, That Thing You Do, Dumb and Dumber, Alias, The OC, Smallville, What About Brian and many more. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Gigolo Aunts and has toured with such artists as Lisa Loeb, Counting Crows and Tom Morello. He is currently performing with the Low Stars and released a solo record as Kid Lightning. Self-reliance, optimism, and a community are key concepts that define Jon Bon Jovi's music and charitable efforts. The front man for the Grammy Award-winning band Bon Jovi has not only written and performed countless rock anthems, he has utilized his spotlight and raised millions of dollars to aid the working poor, the homeless, and the hungry. After selling more than 130 million albums and performing in over 50 countries for more than 37.5 million fans, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018 in recognition of their longevity and impact on popular music for ... read more Bret Michaels is a singer, songwriter and actor that became a rock icon as the lead singer of the metal band Poison. Outside of his musical career, Bret has starred in a variety of reality TV shows including The Celebrity Apprentice and Rock of Love. Bret also hosted Great American Country's Rock My RV, a series that transforms RVs into 21st century mansions. In the 1980s, Bret and three others founded the band Paris - later renamed Poison. In 1986, the band released its first album, Look What the Cat Dragged In. Ten of the band's singles have made it on ... read more Broadway design credits include: The Addams Family, Rock of Ages, West Side Story (Revival), Bye Bye Bye Birdie, Dreamgirls (National Tour); Memphis, Gypsy (with Patti LuPone), 9 to 5 (Mark Taper Forum and Broadway), Young Frankenstein (Broadway and National Tour), The Little Mermaid, The Royal Family, After Miss Julie, Accent on Youth, Guys and Dolls (Revival), 33 Variations, Pal Joey, A Catered Affair, Minsky’s (Pre-Broadway/Mark Taper Forum), Curtains, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (Broadway and National Tour), Sunday In The Park With George, Company, Sweeney Todd, Dangerous Liaisons, The Ritz, Cymbeline, The Country Girl (Frances McDormand), The New ... read more 25 Broadway shows including: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony Nomination), Therese Raquin (Tony Nomination), Come From Away, Flying Over Sunset, Freestyle Love Supreme, The New One, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince Of Broadway, Hand To God, Sondheim On Sondheim, …Spelling Bee , LoveMusik, Grace. 100 Off- Broadway shows including The Last Five Years, Fiddler On The Roof (in Yiddish), Sleepwalk With Me, and Miss Julie. 2007 OBIE Award for sustained excellence. Music tours (including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, U2 and Barbra Streisand), television (including Pete Seeger: Power of Song - Emmy Award), film (including Live at the Max and Shine A Light), children’s show Yo Gabba Gabba! Live!, and Broadway (including Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark, Spamalot – TONY Award, Bombay Dreams and La Cage aux Folles). Inducted into the Canadian Music Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and has a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame. Michael has also been honored with the Billboard Legend of Live Award and a JUNO ... read more Kelly Devine is a theatre choreographer. Her Broadway choreography credits include Rock of Ages, Rocky, Doctor Zhivago, Come from Away, Escape to Margaritaville, and Diana. She was associate choreographer on Memphis and Jersey Boys. In 2018, she choreographed the Off-Broadway musical Clueless, and went on to choreograph the 2025 West End production. She won the 2019 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Choreography for her work on the West End production of Come from Away. He other Off-Broadway credits include Breaking the Story, Rock of Ages, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Verso, and Fat Camp. Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac, Tony nomination, Henry Hewes Design Award nomination. Also seen on PBS Great Performances; The Wedding Singer, Drama Desk nomination; Urinetown, Lucille Lortel nomination; Band in Berlin. Off-Broadway: The Voysey Inheritance, Lucille Lortel Award, Henry Hewes nomination (Atlantic); The Milliner, Lucille Lortel nomination (CSC); Rock of Ages; The Third Story (MCC); Country Club, Drama Desk nomination; The Torch-Bearers; Uncle Tom’s Cabin; As Thousands Cheer (Drama Dept.); Mary Stuart; The Infernal Machine; Night of the Tribades (Jean Cocteau). Regional: Rich and Famous (A.C.T.); A Flea in Her Ear, Williamstown; High Button Shoes, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and ... read more David Gibbs served as the music director and arranger for the original Los Angeles run of Rock of Ages. He has written music for film and TV including Josie and the Pussycats, That Thing You Do, Dumb and Dumber, Alias, The OC, Smallville, What About Brian and many more. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Gigolo Aunts and has toured with such artists as Lisa Loeb, Counting Crows and Tom Morello. He is currently performing with the Low Stars and released a solo record as Kid Lightning. Jill Green is known for The American (2010), Alex Rider (2020) and Vexed (2010). She has been married to Anthony Horowitz since 1988. Credits: Rock of Ages (Broadway, Off- Broadway and L.A. productions.) She also directed the NY and L.A. productions of the hit musical Bare (Ovation, L.A. Weekly Award); Pussycat Dolls Live at the Roxy with Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera and Charlize Theron; 2007 NY Fringe Best Play Winner, Catch the Fish; the L.A. premiere of Corpus Christi (Ticketholder Award); and the L.A. and NY productions of Ann E. Wrecksick. Other L.A. theatre: 12th Premise; 40 Days; Crane, Mississippi; Greystone; Wayside. Also a film director and screenwriter, Hanggi is currently writing the musical movie Dear Dumb Diary for Zucker Productions. MA from ... read more Peter Hylenski received a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award Honour for his work on Moulin Rouge! The Musical. A Grammy, Olivier, and seven-time Tony nominee, his selected design credits include Frozen, Anastasia, Beetlejuice, Once on This Island, Something Rotten, King Kong, Rock of Ages, After Midnight, Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, Side Show, Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, Shrek the Musical, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Lend Me a Tenor, Elf, Wonderland, Cry-Baby, The Times They Are a-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. Broadway: Rock of Ages, The Threepenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park, Good Vibrations. Recent: Uncle Vanya (CSC), Rock of Ages, Clay (LCT3), Scarcity (Atlantic), The Piano Teacher (South Coast Rep), Vigils (Goodman), Evil Dead the Musical (NYC and Toronto), Shout! The Mod Musical, Sive, The Field (Irish Rep), Once Around the Sun, Kiki & Herb: Coup de Theatre. The New Group: Mourning Becomes Electra, Rafta Rafta, Two Thousand Years, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Abigail’s Party, Hurlyburly, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Comedians. Faculty: Purchase College. Ethan is a Grammy Award nominated music producer and Tony Award nominated orchestrator. With a career spanning over the last twenty years, his work as a music supervisor, arranger, orchestrator, and music producer has been seen and heard worldwide. Since 2013, Ethan has served as the music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator for Broadway’s Motown the Musical, which earned him a 2013 Tony Award nomination for Best Orchestration (along with co-orchestrator Bryan Crook) and can currently be seen on tour throughout the United Kingdom. Motown also earned Ethan a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album (as music producer of ... read more Born and raised in PR. Theatre: In the Heights, Guys and Dolls, Contact, Evita, West Side Story, The Wiz, Carmen, among others. Favorite choreography credits: Man of La Mancha, Randy Newman's Faust, Pirates of Penzance, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls. Mucho amor a mi Familia, amigos. For my loving wife, Nova. Tom Watson is head of the wig and makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera. He has designed wigs for more than 45 Broadway productions. Current and recent Broadway designs include The Addams Family; Promises, Promises; Elling; Million Dollar Quartet; Mrs. Warren's Profession; Wicked; Rock of Ages; South Pacific; Sondheim on Sondheim; A View from the Bridge; and Sunday in the Park with George.