Production Staff
George Asaf
Lyricist
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
Ray Bauduc
Composer/Lyricist
Ralph Burns
Composer
George M. Cohan
Composer/Lyricist
Bob Crosby
Composer/Lyricist
Neil Diamond
Composer/Lyricist
Throughout his illustrious and wide-ranging musical career as a singer, songwriter and performer, Diamond has had 38 Top 40 singles and sold over 130 million records worldwide. Perhaps best known for "Sweet Caroline," his number one singles include: "Cracklin' Rosie," "Song Sung Blue," "Longfellow Serenade," "I've Been This Way Before," "If You Know What I Mean," "America," "Yesterday's Songs," and "Heartlight." Diamond's extensive list of achievements includes induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he recently received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor and the Grammy Lifetime ... read more
Bob Haggart
Composer/Lyricist
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyricist
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs.
He is best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, whose musicals include Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Described by Stephen Sondheim as an "experimental playwright", Hammerstein helped bring the American musical to new ... read more
Jerry Leiber
Composer
Melissa Manchester
Composer
Barry Mann
Composer/Lyricist
Johnny Mercer
Lyricist
Felix Powell
Composer
Louis Prima
Composer
Gil Rodin
Composer/Lyricist
Sigmund Romberg
Composer
Carole Bayer Sager
Lyricist
John Philip Sousa
Composer
Cat Stevens
Composer/Lyricist
Mike Stoller
Lyricist
Mike Stoller is one-half of the legendary songwriting team of Leiber & Stoller. Together with Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller has been writing songs for almost sixty years. Not content to be confined to one musical style, they have created enduring classics in a variety of genres including Rhythm & Blues, Pop, Country, Jazz, Cabaret, and - perhaps most notably - Rock & Roll. If Elvis Presley was the king of Rock & Roll, then Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were certainly two of the most important powers behind that throne. It's impossible to think of Elvis without thinking of "Hound ... read more
Edgard Varèse
Composer
Jerry Jeff Walker
Composer/Lyricist
Harry Warren
Composer
Cynthia Weil
Composer/Lyricist
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: P
Theatre Owner / Operator
Producer
Eric Angelson
Management Assistant
Nicholas Archer
Associate Conductor
Art Baron
Trombone
Ralph Burns
Orchestrator
Christopher Chadman
Choreographer
(Additional Choreography)
(Additional Choreography)
Assistant to Mr. Fosse
Myles Chase
Keyboard 2
Credits include:
Shogun the Musical
keyboard #3 (original) Nov. 1990
Marque Theatre
Perry Cline
Stage Manager
Merle Debuskey
Press
General Press Representative
Kathryn Doby
Assistant to Mr. Fosse
Jules Fisher
Producer
Lighting Designer
Executive Producer
In a celebrated career spanning almost 40 years, Jules Fisher has lit over 200 Broadway and off-Broadway shows, as well as film, ballet, opera, television, and rock-and-roll concert tours. He has received 18 Tony nominations and won 8 Tony awards for Lighting Design, a record in this category. His most recent project, "Assassins", (2004 Tony award) also won him the Drama Desk and Outer Critic's Circle awards. His previous Tony awards were for "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk," 1996; "Jelly's Last Jam," 1992; "The Will Rogers Follies," 1991; "Grand Hotel," 1990; "Dancin'," 1978; "Ulysses in Nighttown," 1973; ... read more
Bob Fosse
Director/Choreographer
Director
Choreographer
Bob Fosse was an American actor, choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director. He directed and choreographed musical works on stage and screen, including the stage musicals The Pajama Game (1954), Damn Yankees (1955), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961), Sweet Charity (1966), Pippin (1972), and Chicago (1975). He directed the films Sweet Charity (1969), Cabaret (1972), Lenny (1975), All That Jazz (1979), and Star 80 (1983).
Fosse's distinctive style of choreography included turned-in knees and "jazz hands". He is the only person ever to have won Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year (1973). He ... read more
Phil Friedman
Production Stage Manager
Romaine Green
Hair Designer
Patty Grubman
Associate Producer
Gary Gunas
Management Associate
Born in Manchester, Connecticut on May 26, 1947, Gunas was known and loved by so many in the theater industry - as much for his gentlemanly demeanor as his sharp business acumen.
His career began off-Broadway in 1969 as an apprentice Company Manager for the musical Promenade. In the 1970s, he shifted to Broadway shows and first-class tours in the office of Marvin A. Krauss Associates where he worked as a Company Manager, Associate General Manager, and eventually General Manager on many shows including Godspell (which had, at one point, 12 simultaneous productions), American Buffalo, Beatlemania, Dancin', Woman of the Year, ... read more
Gordon Lowry Harrell
Conductor
Musical Director
Music Arrangements
Music Arranger
Allen Herman
Drums
Abe Jacob
Sound Designer
Don Josephson
Advertising
Willa Kim
Costume Designer
Richard Korthaze
Assistant Stage Manager
Richard Korthaze's credits include Anything Goes, Take Me Along, Dancin', and many more!
Marvin A. Krauss
General Manager
Peter Larkin
Scenic Designer
Ash / LeDonne
Advertising
G. Warren McClane
Company Manager
John Monaco
Music Contractor
David Moore
Bass
Peter B. Mumford
Production Stage Manager
The Shubert Organization
Producer
The Shubert Organization is America's oldest professional theatre company and the largest theatre owner on the Broadway. Since the dawn of the 20th Century, Shubert has operated hundreds of theatres and produced hundreds of plays and musicals both in New York City and throughout the United States. Shubert currently owns and operates seventeen Broadway theatres and six off-Broadway venues.
Peter Phillips
Piano
Columbia Pictures
Producer
William Schelble
Press Representative
Susan L. Schulman
Press Representative
William Shadel
Clarinet
Lew Soloff
Trumpet
Martha Swope
Production Photographer
Robin Ullman
Production Assistant to Mr. Fisher
Awards and Nominations
1978 The Hewes Awards
Lighting Design: Jules Fisher won.
1978 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: Bob Fosse won.
Best Costume Design: Willa Kim was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Bob Fosse was nominated but did not win.
Best Lighting Design: Jules Fisher won.
Best Musical: Jules Fisher was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Columbia Pictures was nominated but did not win.
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