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Michael Blakemore Additional Material
Michael Blakemore is an accomplished actor, director, and writer with a long and distinguished career in both the theater and film industries. Born in Sydney, Australia in 1928, Blakemore began his career as an actor before transitioning to directing in the 1960s. He has since become one of the most respected directors in the industry, with numerous awards and accolades to his name. Blakemore's early career was marked by his work as an actor in Australia and the UK. He made his West End debut in 1950 in a production of The Heiress, and went on to appear in numerous productions ... read more
Cy Coleman Music and Book
Cy Coleman was a prolific composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist who made a significant impact on American music and Broadway. Born Seymour Kaufman in 1929 in New York City, Coleman began playing piano at an early age and was soon performing in clubs and bars around the city. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, but his true education came from playing with jazz greats like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Coleman's first foray into Broadway was with the musical "Wildcat" in 1960, which starred Lucille Ball. The show was not a critical success, ... read more
Ira Gasman Lyrics and Book
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David Newman Author
Amy Anzel Producer
Carlos Arana Producer
Michael Blakemore is an accomplished actor, director, and writer with a long and distinguished career in both the theater and film industries. Born in Sydney, Australia in 1928, Blakemore began his career as an actor before transitioning to directing in the 1960s. He has since become one of the most respected directors in the industry, with numerous awards and accolades to his name. Blakemore's early career was marked by his work as an actor in Australia and the UK. He made his West End debut in 1950 in a production of The Heiress, and went on to appear in numerous productions ... read more
Matt Chisling Producer
Nina Dunn Video Design
Nina Dunn is an award-winning video and projection designer who has created work for a wide range of shows internationally and is the Creative Director at PixelLux. Work for theatre includes: Spitting Image Live (The Rep); The Trials (Donmar Warehouse); The Shark is Broken, Bonnie & Clyde, City of Angels, No Man’s Land, Cookies (West End); 9 to 5 The Musical (West End, UK and Australian Tour); Othello, Manor, Emperor & Galilean (NT); Don Quixote, Lazuli Sky (Birmingham Royal Ballet); Seven Deadly Sins, Bluebeard’s Castle (Teatro Colón Buenos Aires); A Museum in Baghdad, Venice Preserved, Miss Littlewood, The Seven Acts of ... read more
Jenny Eastop Associate Director
Sebastian Frost Sound Design
Tom Jackson Greaves Choreographer
David Howe Lighting Design
Jim Kierstead Producer
Jim Kierstead is a Grammy-nominated Emmy, Olivier, and six-time Tony Award-winning producer of the Broadway, touring, Toronto, and London productions of Kinky Boots, the revival of Pippin, Hadestown, The Inheritance, The Lehman Trilogy, and The Inheritance. He is currently represented on Broadway as a co-producer of Sweeney Todd and Hadestown.. In addition, he has been a co-producer of 25 Broadway productions including The Visit, You Can’t Take It With You, Indecent, The Great Comet (all Tony nominated), Be More Chill, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Pretty Woman, Side Show, It Shoulda Been You, M. Butterfly, Rocky, ... read more
Andrea Leoncini Producer
David Adkin Limited General Management
Justin Nardella Costume Design
Set Design
Tamara Saringer Music Director
Additional producing credits: Next Fall 2010 Scottsboro Boys 2011 Desperate Writers (Off-Broadway) Union Square Theater 2011 Stick Fly 2011-2012 The King's Speech (2012) UK ... read more
Anne Vosser Casting Director
Bruno Wang Producer
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