ELF the Musical - US Tour Creative Team

Chad Beguelin is a four-time Tony nominee whose works include Disney's Aladdin (Tony Award nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Lyrics and Best Book) and The Wedding Singer (Tony Award nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Lyrics). He also wrote the lyrics for the Broadway musical Elf. Chad is the recipient of the Edward Kleban Award for Outstanding Lyric Writing, the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the Gilman & Gonzalez- Falla Musical Theater Award and the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award. ... read more DOUG BESTERMAN is a three-time Tony Award winning musician with a career spanning across theatre, film, television and recording. As a Composer, Producer, Arranger, and Orchestrator, he has been privileged to work with some of the most recognizable names in the industry, including composers Mel Brooks, Alan Menken, and Marc Shaiman; recording artists Barbra Streisand and Barry Manilow; and directors Rob Marshall and Susan Stroman. A veteran of 25+ Broadway shows, Besterman won the Best Orchestrations Tony Award® for Fosse, The Producers, and Thoroughly Modern Millie, and was nominated for The Music Man (2000), How to Succeed in Business, and Bullets ... read more David Chase has been Music Director, Music Supervisor, and/or Dance Arranger for 40+ Broadway productions. He has two Emmy Award® nominations for Music Direction for NBC’s live telecasts of The Sound of Music  and Peter Pan, plus GRAMMY® and Olivier® nominations. David has written multiple arrangements and orchestrations for the Boston Pops (including their signature “Twelve Days of Christmas”), the Kennedy Center Honors, Essential Voices USA, and Radio City Music Hall. Television includes conducting, arranging, and orchestrating for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Schmigadoon!, The Gilded Age, and Étoile. David appeared onscreen in Season 5 of Maisel as the announcer and bandleader for ... read more Credits: Your Welcome America, Movin' Out, Ring of Fire, Evil Dead the Musical, La Cage Aux Folles, Victor/Victoria, City of Angels, Gypsy, Falsettos, The Capeman, The Will Rogers Follies, M. Butterfly, Swing, Minnelli on Minnelli with Liza, Dream, Threepenny Opera with Sting, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Odd Couple, M. Butterfly, Stones in His Pockets, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and A Thousand Clowns. Fitzgerald is president of Sound Associates, Inc. a premier provider of sound and video systems to the theater. Bob Martin has been working as an actor and writer for over three decades. He has received many awards in both Canada and the U.S., including a Tony for The Drowsy Chaperone. Recent TV projects include "Slings & Arrows" I, II & III (TMN, Sundance), "Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays" (CBC), "Michael: Everyday" (CBC), "Sensitive Skin" I & II (HBO) and "Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas" (NBC). Recent theatre projects include Encores! Hey, Look Me Over (NY); The Sting (Paper Mill); Half Time (Chicago, Paper Mill); The Prom (Atlanta); Elf (Broadway, Dublin, London); The Drowsy Chaperone (Toronto, Broadway, London); and Second City ... read more Thomas Meehan won the 2003 Tony for co-writing the book for Hairspray, the 2001 Tony for the book of The Producers and the 1977 Tony for the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show. He has since written the books for Young Frankenstein, I Remember Mama, Ain't Broadway Grand, Annie Warbucks and Bombay Dreams. He is a long-time contributor of humor, including "Yma Dream," to The New Yorker; an Emmy-winning television writer; and a collaborator on screenplays, including Mel Brooks' Spaceballs, To Be or Not to Be and The Producers. He is a member of the Council of ... read more Sound Design Award highlights : Tony Award & Drama Desk Award for MJ: THE MUSICAL. Olivier Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Broadway World Award, Green Room Award, Dora Award, Craig Noel Award, and the WhatsOnStage Award for COME FROM AWAY; Olivier Award for MEMPHIS, Olivier Award for MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, Tony nomination for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Tony nomination for END OF THE RAINBOW, Olivier nomination for BACK TO THE FUTURE, Olivier nomination for BAT OUT OF HELL, Olivier nomination for TOP HAT, Olivier nomination for END OF THE RAINBOW, and Pro Sound Award for SOUND ENGINEER OF THE ... read more Tony, Emmy and Drama Desk Award-nominated composer of the Broadway musicals Elf and The Wedding Singer (Tony nomination for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Music). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for the critically acclaimed NBC stop-motion animated TV special "Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas." Additional TV/film credits include "Sesame Street," "Wonder Pets!" and PBS's "American Masters." Awards include the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Award and the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation.