Production Staff
Oscar Hammerstein II
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs.
He is best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, whose musicals include Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Described by Stephen Sondheim as an "experimental playwright", Hammerstein helped bring the American musical to new ... read more
Lynn Riggs
Source Material
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Richard Rodgers
Composer
Jeremy Chernick
Special Effects Designer
Recent Broadway: Aladdin, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, American Psycho, You Can't Take It With You. West End: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Let the Right One In. Television: "The Wiz Live!" and "Peter Pan Live!" In 2014 his work was featured at the Museum of Art & Design in New York. Chernick is head designer for J&M Special Effects in Brooklyn www.jmfx.net ... read more
Andy Collopy
Music Director
Music department credits include The Lightning Thief (Broadway, first national tour), Daddy Long Legs (Off-Broadway), Knights’ Tale (Tokyo world premier), and Sousatzka (Toronto world premier). He works frequently on the development of new musicals, and has music directed a myriad of readings and workshops in New York City and across the country. Active as an educator and coach, Andy has worked with such organizations as IAMT Creators, MaxTheatrix, and the Open Jar Institute. Thanks to Jessie for being the best drum teacher, dog co-parent, and partner that anyone could ask for. ... read more
Daniel Fish
Director
Fish is a New York-based director who makes work across the boundaries of theater, film, and opera. He draws on a broad range of forms and subject matter including plays, film scripts, contemporary fiction, essays and found audio.
His recent work includes WHITE NOISE, inspired by the novel by Don DeLillo (Theater Freiburg and Ruhrfestspiele Recklingshausen), Michael Gordon’s opera, ACQUANETTA (Prototype Festival), A Leonard Bernstein’s A QUIET PLACE (Curtis Opera Theater), Don’t Look Back (The Chocolate Factory), Who Left This Fork Here (Baryshnikov Arts Center, Onassis Center), Ted Hearne's The Source (BAM NEXT WAVE, L.A Opera, San Francisco Opera), and ... read more
Oscar Hammerstein II
Book and Lyrics
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs.
He is best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, whose musicals include Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Described by Stephen Sondheim as an "experimental playwright", Hammerstein helped bring the American musical to new ... read more
John Heginbotham
Choreography
Laura Jellinek
Scenic Design
Roundabout and Broadway debut. Off- Broadway: The Antipodes, Everybody, The Wolves, A Life (Lortel Award, Drama Desk nomination), Marjorie Prime, The Nether (Lortel nomination), The Village Bike, Buzzer, Small Mouth Sounds. Multiple projects with The Debate Society & The Mad Ones. Regional: Yale Rep, Bard SummerScape, Cincinnati Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, South Coast Rep. Opera: Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Atlanta Opera, Juilliard. Obie for Sustained Excellence in Design. ... read more
Daniel Kluger
Orchestrations and Arrangements
Kluger's Broadway credits include Marvin's Room, Significant Other. Other New York credits include I Was Most Alive With You, The Light Years, Antlia Pneumatica, Marjorie Prime, Iowa (Playwrights Horizons); Man From Nebraska (Second Stage); The Effect, Tribes (Barrow Street Theatre); The Mystery of Love and Sex, Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center); Lost Girls, The Nether (MCC); Describe The Night, I'm Gonna Pray for You So Hard, Women or Nothing (Atlantic Theater Company). ... read more
Nathan Koci
Music Supervisor and Additional Vocal Arrangements
Drew Levy
Sound Design
Broadway: Oklahoma! (Tony nom., Drama Desk nom.), Honeymoon in Vegas (Drama Desk nom.), Chaplin (Drama Desk Award), The Winslow Boy, The Importance of Being Earnest, Present Laughter. Off-Broadway: Judgment Day (Park Avenue Armory), Oklahoma! (St. Ann’s), Cleopatra, One Day the Musical, The Weir, Why Torture Is Wrong…, Emergence-See!, Rainbow Kiss, Dutchman (AUDELCO Viv nom.). Regional: The Old Globe, “Heartbreak Hotel” (Chicago), ART, Williamstown, Huntington, Westport Country Playhouse, Two River Theater, McCarter Theater, Arena Stage, Long Wharf. ... read more
Richard Rodgers
Music
Richard Rodgers was an American composer of 43 Broadway musicals, leaving a legacy as one of the most significant composers of 20th century American music. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. His compositions have had a significant impact on popular music.
Rodgers was the first person to win an EGOT. In addition, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, making him one of only two people to receive all five awards ... read more
Joshua Thorson
Projection Design
Terese Wadden
Costume Design
Taylor Williams
Casting
Scott Zielinski
Lighting Design
Videos
