Production Staff
Charles Dickens
Source Material
(Based on novel)
(Based on novel)
Rupert Holmes
Bookwriter
Composer
Lyricist
The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
Producer
(Original Producer)
(Original Producer)
New York Shakespeare Festival
Producer
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: P
Theatre Owner / Operator
Serino, Coyne & Nappi
Advertising
James Cochrane
Projection Designer
Jason Steven Cohen
Associate Producer
David Conte
Company Manager
Graciela Daniele
Choreographer
Graciela Daniele has earned 10 Tony Award nominations and six Drama Desk nominations. Her Broadway Director/ Choreographic credits include Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Annie Get Your Gun, Marie Christine, Once on This Island, Chronicle of a Death Foretold and Dangerous Game. She directed and choreographed Michael John LaChiusa’s Hello Again and Marie Christine and Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s Dessa Rose and The Glorious Ones (Lincoln Center). She has Musical Staged/ Choreographed Ragtime (Astaire, Ovation [L.A.], NAACP, and Callaway Award), The Goodbye Girl, Zorba with Anthony Quinn, The Rink starring Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera, and The Mystery of ... read more
Lindsay W. Davis
Costume Designer
Merle Debuskey
NYSF General Press Representative
Paul Gallo
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Laurent Giroux
Assistant Stage Manager
James Harker
Production Stage Manager
Robin Herskowitz
Stage Manager
Rupert Holmes
Orchestrator
Rupert Holmes is the author of numerous songs, musicals, plays and novels, which have earned him three Tony Awards (Best Book, Best Score and Best Musical), several Drama Desk Awards, and the prestigious Edgar Award, which was given to him by the Mystery Writers of America. He has developed and arranged songs for many renowned artists, including Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Barry Manilow, Paul Williams, the Manhattan Transfer and Barbara Cook. His Solitary, which starred Stacy Keach, set a new box office record at the Kennedy Center. Other notable theatrical projects include the Tony Award-Winning, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, ... read more
Paul Huntley
Hair and Wig Designer
London-born Paul Huntley has worked hundreds of Broadway shows, most memorably the original productions of Amadeus, Cats, Evita, Sweeney Todd, The Producers and Hairspray. A recipient of the Drama Desk and Tony awards, he has also worked with the some of the most legendary leading ladies of the cinema, ranging from Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh to Jane Fonda and Faye Dunaway. Current shows include Anything Goes, War Horse, Other Desert Cities and Leap of Faith.
Cindia Huppeler
Dialect Coach
Mervyn Haines, Jr.
NYSF Technical Director
Richard Kornberg
NYSF Press Representative
Wilford Leach
Director
Bob MacDonald
Company Manager
Rob Marshall
Dance Captain
Assistant to the Choreographer
Marshall went on to perform as a dancer in various Broadway shows, but suffered a herniated disc while performing in Cats and after recovering, transitioned into choreography and then directing.
He debuted in the film industry with the TV adaptation of the musical Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. He went on to direct the 2002 adaptation of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. His next feature film was the drama Memoirs of a Geisha based on the best-selling book of the same name by Arthur Golden starring ... read more
Andrew Mihok
NYSF Production Manager
Tom Morse
Sound Designer
Joseph Papp
Producer
Joseph Papp was an American theatrical producer and director. He established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in Lower Manhattan. There Papp created a year-round producing home to focus on new plays and musicals.
Michele Pigliavento
Assistant Stage Manager
Seymour "Red" Press
Music Contractor
Marge Rivingston
Vocal Coach
Susan Sampliner
Assistant Company Manager
Bob Shaw
Scenic Designer
Scenic Designer
Michael Starobin
Musical Director
Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing, Freaky Friday, Falsettos, First Daughter Suite, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Kid Victory, If/Then, Annie, Dogfight, Leap of Faith, Queen of the Mist, People in the Picture, Sondheim on Sondheim, Next to Normal (Tony Award), Glorious Ones, Grinch, Adrift in Macao, Bernarda Alba, Spelling Bee, Assassins (Tony Award), Tom Sawyer, A New Brain, A Christmas Carol, Hello Again, Guys & Dolls (1992), My Favorite Year, In Trousers, Sunday in the Park with George, Once on This Island, Closer Than Ever, Legs Diamond, Romance Romance, Carrie, Birds of Paradise, Rags, Three Guys Naked, Von Richtofen.
Edward Strauss
Assistant Conductor
Musical Director
Martha Swope
Production Photographer
Rosemarie Tichler
NYSF Casting
Laurel Ann Wilson
NYSF General Manager
Awards and Nominations
1986 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: Rupert Holmes won.
Best Choreography: Graciela Daniele was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Wilford Leach won.
Best Direction of a Musical: Wilford Leach won.
Best Musical: Joseph Papp won.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Rupert Holmes won.
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