Production Staff
Fred Ebb
Lyrics
As a writer, lyricist, composer and director, Fred Ebb made incalculable contributions to the New York theatrical community. Mr. Ebb is a Tony, Grammy, Emmy, Olivier and Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award winning recipient. Fred Ebb's first professional songwriting assignment came in 1953 when he and Phil Springer were hired by Columbia Records to write a song for Judy Garland called "Heartbroken." Mr. Ebb was introduced to composer John Kander in 1964 by music publisher Tommy Valando and became one of the most legendary songwriting teams in American history. The first successful collaboration was on the song "My Coloring ... read more
John Kander
Music
American composer John Kander (b. Kansas City, MO, March 18, 1927) is the musical partner of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb, who together created at least sixteen Broadway shows, Flora the Red Menace (1965), Cabaret (1966), Chicago (1975), and Curtains (2007) among them. They also contributed material to fourteen films and television specials over their forty-year association. Independently John Kander supplied the scores to many films, including Something For Everyone (1970), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Places in the Heart (1984), and Billy Bathgate (1991). ... read more
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Additional Lyrics
A Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy, Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, and actor, Lin-Manuel is the creator and original star of Broadway’s Hamilton and In the Heights, and the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award and 2018 Kennedy Center Honors. He has been an active supporter of relief efforts in Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria. He lives with his family in NYC.
Theatre credits: In The Heights (2008); West Side Story – Broadway Revival (2009); Working (2012); Bring it On The Musical (2012); Merrily We Roll Along (2012); 21 Chump Street (2014); Tick, Tick… BOOM! (2014); Hamilton (2015); Camelot (2019); Freestyle Love Supreme ... read more
David Thompson
Book
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Sharon Washington
Book
Christopher Ash (i)
Co-Projection Design
Broadway: Sunday in the Park With George. Theatre: Wilma, Guthrie, Yale Rep, Bucks County Playhouse, Classic Stage Co., Philadelphia Theatre Co., Hartford Stage, Soho Rep, Engeman, Paramount, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Chautauqua Institute, Old Globe, Geffen, South Coast Rep, San Diego Rep, Victory Gardens, Laguna Playhouse, Wallis, Theatreworks. Opera: Lyric Opera Chicago, Canadian Opera, Houston Grand, Opera Delaware, Summer Opera DC. Dance: Charlotte Ballet, River North, Hubbard Street 2, Heidi Latsky, Anadolu Atesi (Istanbul), CoisCéim (Dublin). Training: MFA Yale. www.christopherash.com ... read more
Ken Billington
Lighting Design
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
Beowulf Boritt
Scenic Design
Co-Projection Design
25 Broadway shows including: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony Nomination), Therese Raquin (Tony Nomination), Come From Away, Flying Over Sunset, Freestyle Love Supreme, The New One, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince Of Broadway, Hand To God, Sondheim On Sondheim, …Spelling Bee , LoveMusik, Grace. 100 Off- Broadway shows including The Last Five Years, Fiddler On The Roof (in Yiddish), Sleepwalk With Me, and Miss Julie. 2007 OBIE Award for sustained excellence. ... read more
Jim Carnahan CSA
Casting
Phil Colgan
Associate Choreographer
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Sam Davis
Music Supervision, Arrangements, and Co-Orchestrations
Kai Harada
Sound Design
Broadway: Amelie; Sunday in the Park With George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony Award & Drama Desk Nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet. Other: A Legendary Romance; Poster Boy (Williamstown); Beaches (Drury Lane); Brooklynite (Vineyard); Little Dancer and First You Dream (Kennedy Center); Zorro (Moscow; Atlanta); Hinterm Horizont (Berlin); Sweeney Todd and Man of La Mancha (Portland Opera); and She Loves Me (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Audio Consultant for the revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Education: Yale University. ... read more
Alvin Hough, Jr.
Music Direction
Broadway: The Color Purple, Motown, Scandalous, Hello, Dolly!, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bandstand, Newsies, Memphis. National Tours: Memphis, Dreamgirls. Off-Broadway: Big River, Cabin in the Sky, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Featured pianist: LaChanze, Jennifer Hudson, Heather Headley, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Ragtime on Ellis Island with Brian Stokes Mitchell. Originally from DC, Alvin has performed at the Kennedy Center, White House and Capitol and has two degrees in meteorology (yes, you read that correctly) from Harvard and Georgia Tech. He sends love to his wife Rebecca and their first child Samuel, who was born in March 2017. ... read more
Tom Kirdahy
Producer
Jenny Laroche
Associate Director, Assistant Choreographer
Broadway: SMASH (Associate Choreographer)New York, New York (Associate Director/Choreographer), Summer: Donna Summer Musical .
Television: Marvelous Mrs. Masiel, Annie Live!, SMASH (recurring)
Film: Tick, tick...Boom!, Very Murray Christmas, Annie (2014)
Readings/Workshops: Pal Joey, Head over Heels, Joy the Musical
Off-Broadway: Bombshell(Minskoff), Paint Your Wagon; ENCORES, Guys and Dolls (Carnegie Hall), Christmas Spectacular (Rockette) The Merry Widow (MetOpera)
www.jennylaroche.com
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David Loud
Vocal Arrangements
Sabana Majeed
Hair & Wig Design
Johnny Milani
Production Stage Manager
A graduate of University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Johnny’s Broadway credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Shuffle Along, Kinky Boots, Gigi, Holler If Ya Hear Me, The Heiress, Bring It On: The Musical, Harvey, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, and Hair. He has also enjoyed working off Broadway at the Atlantic, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the Public as well as regionally at the 5th Avenue, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Street, Jacob’s Pillow, and the Kennedy Center. ... read more
Kathy Norter
Music Coordinator
Sonia Friedman Productions
Producer
Susan Stroman
Choreographer
Director
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
Jason Thinger, CSA
Casting
Daryl Waters
Co-Orchestrations
Orchestrations: Memphis: A New Musical (Broadway), Jelly's Last Jam, Street Corner Symphony, Bring in 'Da Noise/Bring in 'Da Funk (Broadway), and Miracle Brothers (Off-Broadway) Dance music arrangements: The Color Purple (Broadway). Music supervision/arrangements: A Civil War Christmas, Turn of the Century (Regional). Music direction: The Seven, The Colored Museum (Off-Broadway/Regional). Original music: ...Noise/...Funk (Tony/Grammy nominations), Drowning Crow (Broadway), Blue Door, In Real Life (Off-Broadway), Magnolia, Crowns, and The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove (Regional). Longtime music director for Eartha Kitt. ... read more
Donna Zakowska
Costume Design
Videos
