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JOHN
ALLEN (Author Book & Lyrics) wrote 11 historical musicals
for Theaterworks USA, including Young Jefferson (music:
Albert Hague), Young Mark Twain (music: Mary Rodgers), Look
to the Stars and Lady Liberty (music: Joe Raposo) and Young
Abe Lincoln (music: Jeffrey
Lodin).
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JAMES CAMPODONICO (Composer) received a BFA in Music and Education from the University of California, Berkley Campus. He has composed the following musicals: Here Comes My Third Husband Now, Flowers and Trees, developed at the O'Neill Festival, Waterford Connecticut, toured with the O’Neill Theater Institute and later presented at Edward Albee's Playwrights Unit and at the Whole Theater in Montclair, NJ. read
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MICHAEL
COLBY is the librettist/lyricist of such musicals as CHARLOTTE SWEET (Drama Desk Award nomination), TALES OF TINSELTOWN, NORTH ATLANTIC (Show Business Award), SLAY IT WITH MUSIC, MRS. McTHING, THEY CHOSE ME!, and LUDLOW LADD. He was chief writer for the Drama Desk Award-winning New Amsterdam Theatre Company. read
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CYNTHIA HAYNES DISAVINO was born in Cincinnati and is a graduate of Ohio State University with a BFA in Acting. Since then, Cindy has had a 35 year career in show business. Her early years included film, commercial and some stage work in New York City, but many of her credits came from regional and dinner theatres around the country. read
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ED
DIXON ( Playwright) The York Theater produced SHYLOCK, Mr.
Dixon’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s MERCHANT
OF VENICE which garnered him a Drama Desk Nomination.
Ed then went to Carnegie Mellon University as a visiting professor
for the first mounting of PORTRAIT, his adaptation of THE
PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY. read
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JOHN GLAUDINI As Musical Director: for Musical Theatre West - Sweeney Todd, Altar Boyz (LA Drama Critics Circle nom), Andrews Brothers (Ovation Award nom). I Love a Piano; For Musical Theatre Guild - Aspects of Love, Street Scene; For California Conservatory Of The Arts - Andrew Lippa's A Little Princess (West Coast Premiere), Defying Gravity, Curtains. read
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JEROLD
GOLDSTEIN Jerold Goldstein has been collaborating with William
Squier since the two of them met at Ithaca College. Their musicals
have been performed in Manhattan at the Sanford Meisner Theatre
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A.
R. GURNEY less formally known as "Pete," is one of
the most prolific and produced playwrights in America. His work
focuses primarily on the issues and realities of middle-class American
life and has been produced on international theatre stages for
more than 30 years. read
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JAMES
HINDMAN ( Playwright) James is currently performing
on Broadway in the new Disney Musical, MARY POPPINS. He wrote
and conceived PETE ‘N’ KEELY which
received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination (Best Off-Broadway
Musical) and two Drama Desk nominations. read
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GENE
JONES The author of FABLES
IN SLANG, a ragtime-era revue presented by the Melting Pot
Theatre Company in New York City in 1999. The New York
Times called FABLES a “natty, nostalgic” and “stylish” show
that “seems to channel the spirit of George Ade.” read
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TOM
KOCHAN ( Composer) Tom most recently scored
the off-Broadway production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, starring
Cynthia Nixon. Career highlights include: the world premiere
of his musical NORMAL (directed by Jack Cummings III)
at Transport Group, two plays with Arthur Miller (at Roundabout
and Williamstown) read
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BRYAN D. LEYS (Book & Lyrics) in addition to Murder On Broadway and Between the Lines, Bryan and James have also collaborated on Kid Dakota; Gabriel, Blow Your Horn; Argentina Rumpus; Fortune and Fate and Come and Get It, a revue about food . read
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JEFFREY
LODIN (Composer) co-authored and composed DISNEY’S
DOUG LIVE (co-book & lyrics: William
Squier), the first original book musical produced
in Disney World’s history. Songs from the score were
featured at the 1998 International Children’s Festival
and in the sound track for the Disney animated feature, DOUG’S
FIRST MOVIE. read
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JODY MADARAS (Author, Director/Choreographer, original Ted Crosley) Broadway: Finian's Rainbow (with Lauren Bacal). First National Tour: The Drowsy Chaperone (u/s Man In Chair, Dance Captain), Irving Berlin's I Love A Piano - Japan tour. Off-Broadway: Peg O' My Heart (Irish Repertory), An Evening of Frank Loesser (92nd St Y). Television: As The World Turns. read more... |
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GERALD JAY MARKOE (Composer) studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School, receiving Master and Bachelor of Music Degrees. His musicals include CHARLOTTE SWEET (Drama Desk nomination), DELPHI OR BUST, HAPPY HAUNTING, LUDLOW LADD, TRILBY, and FAIR PLAY FOR EVE. read
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QUINCY MARR (Co-conceiver, original John Handley), began his singing career in third grade when he joined the Singing Y'ers Boy Choir and had the opportunity to tour the world with the choir for the next seven years. He has been a guest soloist for symphonies from Holland to Spokane and has performed in 49 of the 50 great United States. read
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MICHAEL
McLEAN Michael McLean is a songwriter, composer, author, performer,
playwright, film producer and director. As a songwriter Michael
has written music and lyrics for more than 20 albums and has sold
over a million tapes and CDs since his first release in 1983(see
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PHIL
RENO ( Music Direction & Vocal Arrangements).
Broadway: The Producers, Thou Shalt Not, Cats, Dame
Edna: The Royal Tour and Back With a Vengeance. Tours: Joseph…starring
Donny Osmond, Music of the Night (world premiere), Sweet Charity director
Bob Fosse, Starlight Express. read
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RAY
RODERICK (Writer/Director/Choreographer) recently directed MAME starring Tony Nominated Louise Pitre and Broadway Veteran Judy Blazer for Goodspeed Musicals, where he also directed SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, 42ND STREET and MY ONE AND ONLY. read
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WILLIAM
SQUIER An Emmy Award winner for writing WKYC-TV’s UNUSUAL
PHENOMENON, William Squier’s work has also appeared Off-B’way:
THE TREATMENT OF DOCTOR LOVE (a five month run at Playhouse 91);
Off-Off B’way: G-MAN (Nat Horne Theatre), BABALU (Sanford
Meisner, music/co-lyrics: J. Goldstein); read
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CHERYL STERN A Broadway veteran actress and writer, Cheryl is currently featured on Broadway in the 2010 Tony award winning revival of La Cage Aux Folles. She has created lyrics for the critically acclaimed, Jonathan Larsen award winning, Off Broadway musical, Normal, starring Barbara Walsh. (Book by Yvonne Adrian, music by Tom Kochan). read
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