Production Staff
Jerry Colker
Bookwriter/Lyricist
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Michael Rupert
Composer
Composer
Henry Aronson
Musical Director
Conductor
Musical Director
Henry Aronson is among the most in-demand music directors in the Broadway theatre.
Jeffrey Richards Associates
Press Representative
Ken Billington
Lighting Designer
Ken Billington is a highly acclaimed lighting designer with over 50 years of experience in the theatre industry. Born in 1944 in Long Island, New York, Billington attended Hofstra University where he studied theatre and lighting design. After graduating, he began his career as a lighting designer in the Off-Broadway scene in the 1960s, eventually making his way to Broadway.
Billington has designed the lighting for over 100 Broadway productions, including the original productions of Sweeney Todd, Chicago, and The Drowsy Chaperone. He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design 21 times, winning three times for his ... read more
Don Bondi
Choreographer
Andrew Cadiff
Director
Clarke Dunham
Scenic Designer
Projection Designer
James B. Freydberg
Producer
Robert Ganshaw
Press Representative
Seth Glassman
Bass
Phil Granger
Trumpet
Rick Heckman
Woodwinds
Karen Howard
Associate Producer
Brian A. Kaufman
Production Stage Manager
Bob Keller
Woodwinds
Brian Koonin
Guitar
Ray Larsen
Associate Producer
Richard Maltby, Jr.
Producer
BROADWAY: Conceived and directed two Tony Award winning musicals: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (1978: Tony, N.Y. Drama Critics, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards — also Tony Award for Best Director); FOSSE (1999: Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards); as well as RING OF FIRE, (2006). With composer David Shire: director/lyricist: BABY (1983, seven Tony nominations); lyricist: BIG (1996, Tony nomination: Best Score). With Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, co-lyricist: MISS SAIGON (Evening Standard Award, London 1990; Tony nomination: Best Score, 1991); co-lyricist: THE PIRATE QUEEN (2007). Director: THE STORY OF MY LIFE (2009). Director/co-lyricist: Andrew Lloyd Webber's SONG & DANCE (1986 Tony ... read more
Tom McKinley
Costume Designer
Tony Meola
Sound Designer
Broadway: Lysistrata Jones (associate producer as well as sound design); …Drood (Drama Desk Award); First Date (associate producer); Pal Joey; The Ritz; Laugh Whore; Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Lion King (Drama Desk Award); The Sound of Music; A Christmas Carol (MSG); Steel Pier; Forum; The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything Goes. London: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; and Anything Goes. National and international: The Lion King, Les Miserables, ... read more
Glenn Rhian
Percussion
Drums
Michael Starobin
Orchestrator
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.
Paul Sullivan
Keyboards
Max Weitzenhoffer
Producer
Stephen Wells
Producer
Awards and Nominations
1985 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Jerry Colker won.
Outstanding Ensemble Performances: 0 was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lyrics: Jerry Colker was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Music: Michael Rupert was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Orchestrations: Michael Starobin was nominated but did not win.
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