Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He took piano lessons as a boy and attended the Garrison and Boston Latin Schools. At Harvard University, he studied with Walter Piston, Edward Burlingame-Hill, and A. Tillman Merritt, among others. Before graduating in 1939, he made an unofficial conducting debut with his own incidental music to "The Birds," and directed and performed in Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock." Then at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, he studied piano with Isabella Vengerova, conducting with Fritz Reiner, and orchestration with Randall Thompson.
In 1940, he studied at the ... read more
Broadway: For Colored Girls…, Pass Over. Off-Broadway: Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Obie Award: Playwrights Horizons), Plot Points, Pass Over (LCT3), Broadway Bounty Hunter (Greenwich House). Regional: Afterwords (5th Avenue), Life After (Goodman Theatre), Nina Simone: Four Women (Berkshire Theatre Group), Slow Food (Geva Theatre), Cry It Out and The Royale (Kitchen Theatre Company), Not Medea and Grace, or The Art of Climbing (Art House Productions). Education: BA, Adelphi University. ... read more
Amith Chandrashaker is an Indian-American cinematographer and director who has made a name for himself in the entertainment industry with his unique visual style and technical expertise.
Born in Bangalore, India, Chandrashaker moved to the United States to pursue his passion for filmmaking. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he was awarded the prestigious Martin Scorsese Young Filmmaker Award for his short film "The Last Word."
Chandrashaker began his career as a cinematographer working on independent films and music videos. His work quickly caught the attention ... read more
Broadway: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (Associate Director), 110 in the Shade (Assistant Director). London: Sunset Boulevard (Associate Director). Film/TV credits include: Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened (Co-Producer); SINATRA: Voice for a Century (Producer and Co-Director); Sweeney Todd (Co-Producer and Associate Director, Emmy Award). Education: University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Member: SDC. ... read more
David Dabbon started as a dancer with the Boston Ballet, but after attending Hartt and later Carnegie Mellon, he had a musical change of direction. Currently making a name for himself as a Broadway dance arranger, his job is to re-imagine and re-interpret, but not rewrite. He also works as a composer, musical director, arranger and coach, because in show business, one always needs many irons in the fire. His driving force is always maintaining specificity in what he does, having compassion for young artists, and being able to use the word interstitial casually in a sentence. ... read more
In the 2016–17 season, Broadway music director and conductor Andy Einhorn leads the Indianapolis Symphony, Houston Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Tucson Symphony, and Fresno Philharmonic orchestras. Beginning in April 2017 he conducts Bette Midler in the Broadway revival of Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman’s Hello Dolly!, for which he serves as music director. Mr. Einhorn’s other Broadway credits include Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Evita, Stu Barker’s music for Brief Encounter, Adam Guettel’s The Light in the Piazza, and Sondheim on Sondheim. He recently served as music director and ... read more
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
Broadway: The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Motown, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Peter and the Starcatcher, All About Me, and Next to Normal. Off-Broadway: Himself & Nora, Invisible Thread, Perfect Arrangement, The Tempest, Pretty Filthy, and Father Comes Home from the Wars. TV/Film: Mozart in the Jungle, Gotham, Inside Amy Schumer, God’s Pocket, Six by Sondheim, 30 Rock, Lola Versus, and Angelica. ... read more
Debuted on Broadway as the Fight Director for Picnic, then Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Off-Broadway on: MASKED, UNLOCK’D, THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS. As a Stunt Coordinator on: ALL MY CHILDREN, GUIDING LIGHT, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, and SCHOOL SPIRITS. Christian assisted in: THE SNOW GEESE, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST TOUR: South Africa and Argentina. In FUERZA BRUTA, BEN HUR LIVE: ROME, and AS YOU LIKE IT/COMEDY OF ERRORS in Central Park. Christian has taught at: Rutgers, NYU, Yale, The New School, and Wagner. ... read more
Broadway: Ghost The Musical (Drama Desk Award – the first illusionist to win in its 57 year history), Matilda The Musical, The Cherry Orchard (Roundabout), Pippin, An Act of God, Finding Neverland, Side Show, The Woman In White, Kenneth Branagh's Macbeth (Armory), The Phantom of the Opera (US tour). West End: Groundhog Day, The Lord of the Rings, Our House, The Invisible Man, The Witches. Film: Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hugo. Consultant to magicians including David Copperfield, Penn & Teller and David Blaine, and on the live shows of Kate Bush and Catherine Tate. He was awarded ... read more
Lorin Latarro: Choreographer of Broadway’s upcoming TOMMY, INTO THE WOODS, WAITRESS, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, LES LIASONS DANGEREUSE with Janet McTeer and Live Schreiber, WAITING FOR GODOT with Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stuart, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG for Roundabout, and LA TRAVIATA at The Met Opera. Lorin recently directed Candace Bushnell’s one woman show, IS THERE STILL SEX IN THE CITY at the Daryl Roth Theatre, which became a NYTimes Critic’s Pick. Additional Directing credits #DATEME at The Westside Theatre, A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME at Chicago’s Nederlander Broadway. Additional Choreography includes Encores OLIVER, CHESS at ... read more
Anna Louizos is an American scenic designer and art director. She is known for her Tony Award-nominated sets for the musicals In the Heights and High Fidelity, as well as the London, Broadway, Las Vegas, and touring productions of Avenue Q. Louizos was represented on Broadway with Cinderella at the Broadway Theatre in 2013-15. ... read more
His early career was spent performing in Off-Broadway productions, including Class Enemy in 1979, for which he won a Theater World Award for outstanding stage debut.
His first major Broadway credit was the ill-fated Stephen Sondheim/Hal Prince/George Furth musical Merrily We Roll Along (1981), which underwent constant changes during an unusually long preview period and closed after only sixteen performances. His next show, the Athol Fugard play "Master Harold"...and the Boys - in which he portrayed a South African student opposite Danny Glover and Zakes Mokae as the family servants - ran for eight months.
Possibly his most significant Off-Broadway stage credit ... read more
Paul Rubin, "The Fly Guy", has choreographed some of the most memorable flying sequences from the Tony Award winning Broadway production of Wicked to Cathy Rigby's Emmy Award winning DVD of Peter Pan.
Some of Paul's current projects include: Disney's The Little Mermaid playing in Tokyo and Nagoya, Franco Dragone's La Perle in Dubai and Aladdin in Cairo, Egypt. ... read more
Rick Sordelet - Fight Director - Rick and his son and partner, Christian Kelly-Sordelet, created SORDELET INC, www.sordeletinc.com with 73 Broadway credits that include Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Wolf Hall. Also staged the fights for the opera Cyrano de Bergerac starring Placido Domingo at the Metropolitan Opera, The Royal Opera House, and the LaScala in Milan, Italy; and for over 65 productions on five continents including Ben Hur Live European Tour and sit down in Rome. Film: Ben is Back starring Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges, The Game Plan starring Dwayne Johnson; Dan in ... read more
Broadway credits include Hello, Dolly!, Groundhog Day,Matilda, and Wicked. Other NYC Credits include, Carnegie Hall and The Metropolitan Opera's La Traviata. National Tours: 9 to 5, High School Musical, and West Side Story. Tv/Film: Frances Ha, 71st Annual Tony Awards, and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  ... read more