Death Becomes Her - US Tour Creative Team

Noel is a New York based actor/writer/composer. Recent performance credits include Murder for Two (National Tour) and Million Dollar Quartet (Theatre Under the Stars). His original musicals have been showcased in venues around the city, as well as regionally at theaters like Barrington Stage Co. (Seven Minutes in Heaven) and Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival (The Showmen). With his collaborator Julia Mattison, he co-wrote music and lyrics to Noel and Julia's Wayward Brainchildren at Joe's Pub, and Ruby Manger! The Farewell Engagement at Feinstein's 54 Below. Together they also co-created and starred in the award-winning web series "Brooklyn Sound," which ... read more Julia Mattison is a NY based writer, actor, and musical comedian. She has appeared on Broadway (Godspell), television (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show), and film (How To Be Single, in the stunning and layered role of “Makeup Saleslady”), and has written book, music, and lyrics, for a variety of major projects. She and her writing partner Noel Carey debuted their original musical comedy for Audible, called Is Anyone Alive Out There? at the Minetta Lane Theater in New York (available to stream on Audible), and co-wrote multiple musical commercials for Olay, including “I Can’t Wait To Wash My ... 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 Noel is a New York based actor/writer/composer. Recent performance credits include Murder for Two (National Tour) and Million Dollar Quartet (Theatre Under the Stars). His original musicals have been showcased in venues around the city, as well as regionally at theaters like Barrington Stage Co. (Seven Minutes in Heaven) and Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival (The Showmen). With his collaborator Julia Mattison, he co-wrote music and lyrics to Noel and Julia's Wayward Brainchildren at Joe's Pub, and Ruby Manger! The Farewell Engagement at Feinstein's 54 Below. Together they also co-created and starred in the award-winning web series "Brooklyn Sound," which ... read more Ben was most recently the the Assistant Conductor and Pianist for Wicked on Broadway. He is also the Musical Director/Arranger for American Idol runner up Clay Aiken, Stephanie J. Block, and pop opera recording artist Alfio. Other Broadway credits include: The Woman in White, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, In My Life, and Wonderful Town. Ben has worked on the music teams of The Book of Mormon and 9 to 5 and has conducted many readings and workshops including Anastasia and Finding Neverland. He has arranged and produced music for Disney Cruise Line, Tokyo Disney, Sea World, Busch ... read more CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI was awarded the 2012 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his choreography in Newsies. Broadway (choreographer): The King & I (Tony nomination), South Pacific (Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations), My Fair Lady, War Paint, Amazing Grace, Casa Valentina, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Sunday in the Park With George, Godspell, The Ritz, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, 13, High Fidelity. Off- Broadway: Dogfight (Lortel Award), Altar Boyz (Lortel Award, Callaway Award, Drama Desk Nom.), Bat Boy: The Musical (Lortel Award), 10 Million Miles, Adrift in Maco, tick,tick...BOOM!, I Love You Because. ... 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. More than 50 Broadway shows including Holiday Inn, On Your Feet!, Hamilton, Doctor Zhivago, The Color Purple, Of Mice and Men, Violet, Side Show, The Elephant Man, After Midnight, Beautiful, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Motown, Jekyll & Hyde, Clybourne Park, Bring It On, Newsies, The Mountaintop, Memphis, Lombardi, Fences, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, A Raisin in the Sun. Television: "The Wiz Live!" (Emmy nomination.) Nina Essman, Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Marcia Goldberg’s Broadway, Off-Broadway and national tour management credits include Sister Act; Wicked; Next to Normal; Traces; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; Striking 12; The Vagina Monologues; Bat Boy; and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Julia Mattison is a NY based writer, actor, and musical comedian. She has appeared on Broadway (Godspell), television (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show), and film (How To Be Single, in the stunning and layered role of “Makeup Saleslady”), and has written book, music, and lyrics, for a variety of major projects. She and her writing partner Noel Carey debuted their original musical comedy for Audible, called Is Anyone Alive Out There? at the Minetta Lane Theater in New York (available to stream on Audible), and co-wrote multiple musical commercials for Olay, including “I Can’t Wait To Wash My ... read more Derek McLane received a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award Honour for his work on Moulin Rouge! The Musical. He has designed over 350 productions for Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally and for TV. His over 40 credits include Burn This, The Parisian Woman, Anything Goes, The Price, Fully Committed, Beautiful, Ragtime, I Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations (Tony Award). He has designed the Academy Awards for six years (Emmy Award) and has designed four live musicals for NBC, including “Hairspray” (Emmy Award). 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