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Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death - Broadway Creative Team


Production Staff

Melvin Van Peebles Bookwriter
Composer
Lyricist
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Martin Aronstein Lighting Designer
Emanuel Azenberg Producer
Mr. Azenberg's producing credits on Broadway include Ragtime, The Lion in Winter, Mark Twain Tonight, Ain't Misbehavin', Children of a Lesser God, Master Harold...and the boys, Stoppard's The Real Thing, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Sunday in the Park With George, Whoopi Goldberg, Long Day's Journey into Night, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Side Show, The Iceman Cometh, Stones in His Pockets, Private Lives and Movin' Out. He has produced Neil Simon's work since 1972, including The Odd Couple,The Sunshine Boys, Chapter Two, They're Playing Our Song, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, Broadway Bound, Lost in Yonkers. Film: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are ... read more
Nate Barnett Production Stage Manager
Producer
Robert Corten Musician
Lloyd Davis Musician
Merle Debuskey Press Representative
Howard Friedman Associate Producer
Faith Greer Press Representative
Helaine Head Stage Manager
Arthur Jenkins Musician
Bernard Johnson Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Kert F. Lundell Scenic Designer
Robert Malina Producer
Gilbert Moses Director
Richard Pratt Musician
Bill Salter Musician
Jack Shearing Sound Designer
Charles Sullivan Musician
Harold Wheeler Musician
Musical Director
Wheeler is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, musical director, musical supervisor, and musician. Perhaps best known for his 17 seasons as musical director of the ABC show Dancing with the Stars, he has enjoyed many years of success over several mediums. His Broadway credits include Side Show, Hugh Jackman - Back on Broadway, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony Award nomination), Never Gonna Dance, Hairspray (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Full Monty (Tony Award nomination), Swing! (Tony Award nomination), Little Me (Tony Award nomination), The Life (Tony Award nomination), Dreamgirls, The Wiz, The Tap Dance Kid, and Lena Horne: The ... read more
Eugene V. Wolsk Producer

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Awards and Nominations

1972 The Hewes Awards
Scenic Design: Kert F. Lundell won.

1972 Theatre World Awards
Performance: Beatrice Winde won.

1972 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: Melvin Van Peebles won.
Best Book of a Musical: Melvin Van Peebles won.
Best Direction of a Musical: Gilbert Moses won.
Best Lighting Design: Martin Aronstein was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Eugene V. Wolsk was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Charles Blackwell was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Emanuel Azenberg was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Robert Malina was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Melvin Van Peebles was nominated but did not win.
Best Scenic Design: Kert Lundell was nominated but did not win.

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