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Lyricist
Theatre Owner / Operator
Ms. Eisenhauer and collaborator Jules Fisherhave collectively been awarded Broadway’s Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical seven times, including Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins (2004, Revival), Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk (1996), Jelly’s Last Jam (1992), The Will Rogers Follies (1991), Grand Hotel (1990), Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (1978), and Pippin (1973), and once for Best Lighting Design of a Play for Ulysses in Nighttown (1974).
For motion pictures, Fisher and Eisenhauer designed theatrical lighting for Rob Marshall's Chicago, Mel Brooks' The Producers, Richard Linklater's School of Rock and Bill Condon's Dreamgirls, and Disney's live-action remake of ... read more
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
Zina Goldrich is an award-winning composer, conductor, musical director, and performing artist. Her romantic comedy and theatre songs have been sung around the world by Broadway stars including Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Megan Hilty, Sierra Boggess and Alan Cumming. She won the 2009 Fred Ebb Award for excellence in songwriting with longtime collaborator, Marcy Heisler. Their musical, Ever After, enjoyed a sold-out run and was the first production on the brand new Coca Cola Stage at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Current projects include a new musical, Yay, People Yay! with multi-Emmy Award winning writer, David Javerbaum and Hollywood Romance ... read more
Musical Supervisor
Dance Captain
Associate Conductor
Producer
(In Association With)
Broadway: Carousel; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award for costume design); Cafe Crown (Tony for set design); The Cherry Orchard (Tony for costume design); Grand Hotel (Tony for costume design). Seventeen additional Tony nominations. Film credits include Radio Days (Academy Award nomination for production design), Bullets Over Broadway (Academy Award nomination for production design), and Zelig (Academy Award nomination for costume design). He received the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration in 2002, was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2004, received the Pennsylvania Governor's Award for the Arts in 2006, the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for ... read more
Stage Manager
Our friend Kathleen died after a valiant battle against cancer today, March 15 at her home in Manhattan. Monday (3/17) and Tuesday's (3/18) New York Times will carry a more detailed obituary. At her request there will be no visiting or services. She was a longtime and much loved member of the Nederlander Organization theatre producing family and counted among her dearest friends producer Carole Haber, writer Frank Wildenhorene, and agent Mickey Rolfe.
Howard in Moon Over Buffalo, Max in A Comedy of Tenors, Bernard in Boeing Boeing, Don in Leaving Iowa, Uncle Wes in Footloose, Eddie in Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Scarecrow in Wizard of Oz, Fr. O’Reilly in Black Patent Leather Shoes and Bernardo in West Side Story.
Rehearsal Pianist
Director/Choreographer
Choreographer
Tommy Tune is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, choreographer and a celebrated song & dance man. Over the course of his career, he has won ten Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 1965, Tune made his Broadway debut as a performer in the musical Baker Street. His first Broadway directing and choreography credits were for the original production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1978. His direction of Nine The Musical in 1982, which also won the Tony for Best Musical, garnered him ... read more
Tony Walton is a director and designer, honored with 16 Tony Award nominations for his Broadway sets and/or costumes. Pippin, House of Blue Leaves and Guys and Dolls won him Tonys. Among his 20 films, Mary Poppins, The Boy Friend, The Wiz and Murder on the Orient Express earned him five Academy Award nominations. All That Jazz won him the Oscar and "Death of a Salesman" the Emmy. Previous designs for the world of Dickens include those for ten years of annual presentations of A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden. In 1991 he was elected to the Theatre Hall ... read more
Maury Yeston is a Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, and writer who has made a significant impact on the world of musical theater. Born on October 23, 1945, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Yeston was raised in a musical family and began studying piano at a young age. He attended Yale University, where he earned a degree in music theory and composition, and later earned a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Cambridge.
Yeston's first major success in musical theater came in 1982 with the debut of his show "Nine." Based on Federico Fellini's film "8½," "Nine" tells the story of ... read more
Awards and Nominations
1991 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Costume Design : Santo Loquasto won.
1990 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Best Broadway Musical: 0 was nominated but did not win.
1990 The Hewes Awards
Costume Design: Santo Loquasto won.
Lighting Design: Jules Fisher won.
1990 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: Luther Davis was nominated but did not win.
Best Choreography: Tommy Tune won.
Best Costume Design: Santo Loquasto won.
Best Lighting Design: Jules Fisher won.
Best Musical: Martin Richards was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Marvin A. Krauss was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Patty Grubman was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Paramount Pictures was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Mary Lea Johnson was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Sam Crothers was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Sander Jacobs was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Kenneth D. Greenblatt was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Jujamcyn Theaters was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Maury Yeston was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: George Forrest was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Robert Wright was nominated but did not win.
1989 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Choreography: Tommy Tune was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Costume Design: Santo Loquasto won.
Outstanding Director - Musical: Tommy Tune won.
Outstanding Lighting Design: Jules Fisher won.
Outstanding Lyrics: Robert Wright was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lyrics: Maury Yeston was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lyrics: George Forrest was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Music: George Forrest was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Music: Maury Yeston was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Music: Robert Wright was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Orchestration: Peter Matz was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Set Design: Tony Walton was nominated but did not win.