The Producers - Broadway Creative Team

After serving in World War II, Mel Brooks began performing as a drummer and pianist in Borscht Belt resorts in the Catskill Mountains before working as a stand-up comic and tummler at Grossinger’s. In 1949, he was hired by Sid Caesar to write for The Admiral Broadway Revue. In 1950, he joined the writing staff of Your Show of Shows, where he worked alongside Carl Reiner and Neil Simon until the show ended in 1954. He continued with Caesar on Caesar's Hour (1954–1957). In 1960, Brooks and Carl Reiner released the comedy album 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel ... read more Larry Blank is a composer, orchestrator and conductor, based in Los Angeles, New York and London, whose career has found him working with some of the most respected names in theatre, film, television and music, as well as exciting new talents. More recently, Larry was instructor for the first master class in film orchestration and conducting in Matera, Italy. He also orchestrated the West End Musical BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED and was the Music Director for Katie Couric's HOLLYWOOD HITS BROADWAY aboard the QM2 in New York Harbor, Larry also arranged and orchestrated JOHN BARROWMAN SWINGS COLE PORTER for the acclaimed West ... 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 Patrick S. Brady was the musical director and vocal arranger for the Broadway production and film version of The Producers. He also served as musical supervisor for two national tours and international companies in London, Toronto and Melbourne. Other Broadway shows include The Will Rogers Follies, Nick & Nora, Crazy for You, King David, Big, Triumph of Love, Fosse. Off-Broadway credits: Pete ‘n' Keely, Closer Than Ever and St. Louis Woman. He has arranged and conducted albums for Sally Mayes (The Comden & Green Songbook, The Story Hour), Judy Kaye (Diva by Diva) and Rebecca Luker (Anything Goes). After serving in World War II, Mel Brooks began performing as a drummer and pianist in Borscht Belt resorts in the Catskill Mountains before working as a stand-up comic and tummler at Grossinger’s. In 1949, he was hired by Sid Caesar to write for The Admiral Broadway Revue. In 1950, he joined the writing staff of Your Show of Shows, where he worked alongside Carl Reiner and Neil Simon until the show ended in 1954. He continued with Caesar on Caesar's Hour (1954–1957). In 1960, Brooks and Carl Reiner released the comedy album 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel ... read more WARREN CARLYLE is a Tony Award winning Director/Choreographer: Most recently choreographed the Tony Award winning revival of Hello, Dolly! starring Bette Midler at The Shubert Theater. Directed and choreographed the Tony nominated Broadway musical After Midnight at the Brooks Atkinson Theater, Chaplin at the Barrymore Theater, Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway at the Broadhurst Theater, the critically acclaimed, Tony nominated revival of Finian's Rainbow at the St James Theater and A Tale of Two Cities at the Al Hirschfeld Theater; Choreographed She Loves Me (Studio 54), On The 20th Century (American Airlines Theater), The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, (Studio 54), ... read more Broadway: Jersey Boys; Spamalot; ...Spelling Bee; The Producers; Mamma Mia!; Phantom…; Good Vibrations; Bombay Dreams; Oklahoma!; Flower Drum Song; Imaginary Friends; Metamorphoses. Nat’l tour: Disney’s On the Record; Les Miserables. Lincoln Center: The Frogs; Contact; Thou Shalt Not; A Man of No Importance; Anything Goes (concert). Off-Broadway: Second Stage. Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival; Kennedy Center; La Jolla Playhouse; Yale Rep. Film: The Producers The Musical. Ms. Rubin is a member of the Casting Society of America. Justin Greer is so excited to be working with the Roundabout Theatre! Broadway: Shrek the Musical (Original Company), The Producers (u/s Leo Bloom and Dance Captain), Urban Cowboy (Original Company), Seussical the Musical (Original Company), Annie Get Your Gun and The Hercules Summer Spectacular (Aladdin). He is also an educator. DAVID GURSKY is a New York City-based theater composer, conductor and pianist. He is the composer of the musical PALM BEACH, which had its world premiere on the mainstage of the La Jolla Playhouse in June 2005, directed by Des McAnuff. ? ?David is also the composer of the musical stage adaptations of the MGM films HEARTBREAKERS and THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, both commissioned by MGM On Stage. HEARTBREAKERS was presented in the National Alliance For Musical Theater's ?2010 Festival of New Musicals, directed by Christopher Ashley. On film, David contributed a song for the feature film IRA & ABBY.On Broadway, ... read more 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. More than 35 plays and musicals including Anything Goes; Venus in Fur; Nice Work if You Can Get It; Young Frankenstein; Curtains; Grey Gardens; The Pajama Game; The Producers; Contact; Kiss Me, Kate. Many productions Off-Broadway and for resident and regional theatres in the U.S. Opera: The Met, NYCO, LAMCO, San Francisco, Houston Grand, Seattle. Abroad: Royal Opera, Scottish Opera, La Fenice, Maggio Festival Florence, L'Arena di Verona, Teatrolirico di Cagliari, Teatro Sao Carlos Lisbon. He is the recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Drama-Logue and Hewes design awards. Music supervisor and arranger for Broadway's The Producers. Other Broadway credits include The Book of Mormon, Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, Beauty and the Beast, The Frogs, High Society, Steel Pier, Dance a Little Closer and A Christmas Carol. For New York City Ballet, he arranged the music and co-wrote the libretto (with Susan Stroman) for Double Feature. Other ballet credits include Thou Swell (for NYCB) and But Not for Me for the Martha Graham Company. Kennedy's Broadway sound design credits include On Your Feet, Doctor Zhivago, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Tony Award), Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, Catch Me If You Can (Tony nomination), Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Rent, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel, and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award). In addition, he was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie, ... read more Larry Lelli is one of the top-call freelance drummers in NYC, and a veteran Broadway drummer & conductor of over 30 Broadway shows, recently performing in “A Christmas Story”, and “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” with Nick Jonas, of the Jonas Brothers. His extensive Broadway history includes the 12-time Tony Award winning hit, "The Producers", “Assassins”, “Jekyll & Hyde” and as drummer, contractor, bandleader and onstage actor in the smash-hit rockabilly show, “Million Dollar Quartet”. Often called a "musical chameleon," his eclectic resume includes recordings & performances with Grammy-winner Melissa Etheridge, Daniel Radcliffe, Josh Groban, ... read more William Ivey Long has over 70 Broadway design credits in addition to his work in television, film, opera and ballet. Mr. Long has won 6 Tony Awards, with 15 nominations. He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in January 2006 and recently completed a 4-year elected term as Chairman of the American Theatre Wing. Broadway designs include The Book of Mormon, Crybaby, Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, La Boheme, Flower Drum Song, Cabaret, The Producers, Follies, Sunset Boulevard, Smokey Joe's Café, Chicago, Guys and Dolls, Crazy for You, Christmas Carol, Titanic, Big, Major Barbara. Films-The Crazies, Little Children, Spiderman 2, Company Man, Runaway Bride, Meet Joe Black, Hearts in Atlantis, Mirror Has Two Faces. Client list includes Tina Fey, Glenn Close, Barbra Streisand, Sigourney Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Binoche, Lauren Bacall, and Sir Anthony Hopkins. Recent Broadway: Lennon, Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Beauty & the Beast, Hairspray, Movin’ Out, Sweet Charity, Good Vibrations, Dracula, Caroline or Change, Little Shop…, Thoroughly Modern Millie, 42nd St, Urinetown, Nine, La Boheme, Big River, Boys From Syracuse, Look of Love, Urban Cowboy, Never Gonna Dance, Thou Shalt Not, By Jeeves, Follies, Oklahoma!, Jekyll and Hyde, Rocky Horror Show, Seussical, The Music Man, Fosse, Swing!, Parade, Footloose, Kat and the Kings, Civil War, Triumph of Love. Studio Musician (bass): Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, Eric Clapton, BB King, Sinatra, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. A.R.T.: Jagged Little Pill. Broadway: eighteen shows including Cats (revival), Dames at Sea, Cinderella, Ghost the Musical, La Bête (revival), A Little Night Music (revival), The Norman Conquests (revival), Young Frankenstein, The Producers (entire run), Smokey Joe’s Café, The Sound of Music (revival, also Australia), Beauty and the Beast, Love! Valour! Compassion! Adjunct professor in the graduate program at Columbia University. Stage Manager Vice President of AEA, 1st Vice President of BC/EFA. Broadway: Pippin. La Cage aux Folles '04 revival, (Original Cast, Hannah); The Producers (Original Cast, Dance Captain, Swing, Carmen Ghia); Fosse (Original Cast, Featured Performer). Tours, Regional Theatre: A Chorus Line (Greg); Cats, 42nd Street, Anything Goes. JOHN SHIVERS (Sound Design) Shucked, Beauty and the Beast (New Production Worldwide) Pretty Woman (Worldwide), Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award recipient), Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Leap of Faith, Bonnie & Clyde, Sister Act, 9 to 5, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, In My Life, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Julia Sweeney’s God Sad ‘Ha’. International: Wicked, Spirit of Life, The Secret, Tarzan, Das Wunder Von Bern, The Lion King (Shanghai) and (Singapore), Regional: The Muny (2015 -Present), Trading Places, Afterwords, The Wanderer, Becoming Nancy, 42nd St., Rock of Ages, The Heart of ... read more Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Farnsworth Invention, Ring of Fire, The Story of My Life. Additional: Take Flight, Fetch Clay, Make Man, (The McCarter) Yellow Face (The Public), Where's Charley? (Goodspeed), Stephen Sondheim's 75th Birthday Celebration, Stratford Festival: Jesus Christ Superstar, Caesar and Cleopatra, Mackers, The Tempest, Grapes of Wrath. Phish's NYE Concert at MSG (2010 & 2011). Director/Choreographer of Motherhood: The Musical (Nationwide), An Evening of Guys and Dollsi w/Tony Bennett, Marisa Tomei, Vanessa Williams. Selected Film: A Christmas Carol (w/Jim Carrey), A Beautiful Mind, Hysterical Blindness. A five-time Tony Award winning director and choreographer most known for Crazy For You, Contact, The Scottsboro Boys, and The Producers. Her work has been honored with Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel and a record six Astaire Awards. She directed and choreographed The Producers, winner of a record-making 12 Tony Awards including Best Direction and Best Choreography. She co-created, directed and choreographed the Tony Award winning musical Contact for Lincoln Center Theater, which was honored with a 2003 Emmy Award for “Live from Lincoln Center”. She directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed musical The Scottsboro Boys on Broadway and in ... read more Wagner was born in San Francisco, the son of Phyllis Edna Catherine (née Smith-Spurgeon) and Jens Otto Wagner. His mother was from New Zealand and his father was from Denmark. He attended art school and started his career in theatres in that city with designs for Don Pasquale, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Tea and Sympathy, and Waiting for Godot, among others. In 1958, he relocated to New York City, where he worked on numerous off-Broadway productions before making his Broadway debut as an assistant designer for the Hugh Wheeler play Big Fish, Little Fish in 1961. His first solo ... read more Broadway: The Producers (Resident Choreographer), The Full Monty, Little Me, Radio City Rockette. Kennedy Center: Carnival (Associate Choreographer). Tours: Fosse, Cats, Joseph…Dreamcoat. Film: The Producer: The Movie Musical.