Production Staff
William S. Gilbert
Libretto
W. S. Gilbert
Librettist
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Composer
Composer
The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
Producer
(Original Producer)
(Original Producer)
Steven Hartman
Clarinet
Roy Alan
Assistant Stage Manager
Sue Anderson
Keyboard
Dean Badolato
Dance Captain
Dan Berlinghoff
Associate Conductor
Keyboard
Richard Cohen
Clarinet
Jason Steven Cohen
NYSF Production Supervisor
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
Merle Debuskey
NYSF General Press Representative
Lauren Draper
Trumpet
William Elliott
Music Adaptation
Conductor
Frank di Filia
Stage Manager
Rheba Flegelman
Assistant Company Manager
Keith Green
Trombone
J. Roy Helland
Hair Designer
Make-Up Designer
Sheryl Henze
Flute
Ada Janik
Keyboard
Mervyn Haines, Jr.
NYSF Technical Director
Robert Kamlot
NYSF General Manager
Don Ketteler
Sound Designer
Dick Koff
Percussion
Richard Kornberg
Press Representative
Wilford Leach
Scenic Designer
Director
Denniz Masuzzo
Bass
Patricia McGourty
Costume Designer
Patricia McGourty has had the good fortune to experience three art and design careers. As a costume designer she worked in stage and film in New York and California for 18 years collaborating with creative teams on productions ranging from Shakespeare Festivals to Broadway musicals. She has worked with directors Des McAnuff, Wilford Leach, Lynne Meadow, Garland Wright, Edward Berkeley, Melvin Bernhardt, Barnett Kellman, Bob Balaban and John Dillon on numerous projects. In addition to a Tony Nomination she has received the Drama Desk and Joseph Maharam, The Drama-Logue, The Villager and San Diego Critics Awards for Outstanding Costume Design. ... read more
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Advertising
Andrew Mihok
NYSF Production Manager
Bill Moersch
Mallets
The Messrs. Nederlander
Theatre Owner / Operator
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.
Bill Ruyle
Tympani
Bob Shaw
Scenic Designer
Allen Shawn
Keyboard
Gary Shocker
Flute
Larry Spivack
Percussion
Ron Stinson
Trumpet
Martha Swope
Production Photographer
Rosemarie Tichler
NYSF Casting
Jennifer Tipton
Lighting Designer
Recent work includes A Doll's House, Part 2; David Cale's We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time (Goodman Theatre); Romeo et Juliette (Metropolitan Opera); Alexei Ratmansky's Romeo and Juliet (The Bolshoi Theatre); Shen Wei's Neither (BAM); and Richard Nelson's Uncle Vanya (Hunter College). Tipton teaches lighting at the Yale School of Drama. She has received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, the Jerome Robbins Prize, and the Mayor's Award for Arts and Culture in New York City. In 2008 she was made a United States Artists Gracie Fellow and a MacArthur Fellow. She is a two-time Tony Award ... read more
Michael Tomasula
Bass
Keith Underwood
Flute
Zane Weiner
Production Stage Manager
Simeon Westbrooke
Bassoon
Charles Willard
Company Manager
Awards and Nominations
1981 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards
Special Citation: New York Shakespeare Festival won.
1981 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: Graciela Daniele was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Wilford Leach won.
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