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MEET
THE CREATIVE TEAM
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"Bob
Mackie's costumes are divine!"
Gordon
Cox, Newsday
"Mark
Waldrop's clever staging drolly emulates that of '60's spectaculars!"
Ken Mandelbaum, Broadway.com
"As
a bandleader and composer, Patrick Brady is a musician of considerable
elan..."
Bruce Weber, The New York Times
"But
what I really loved is that author James Hindman really knows his ol’
time TV variety shows. "
Peter Filichia, BroadwayOnline.com
"Leave
it to a pro like Ray Klausen to accessorize each routine with aptly
amusing, deliberately cheesy set pieces."
Elyse Sommer, CurtainUp.com
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JAMES
HINDMAN
(Book) His first
show, which he co-wrote, I Love New York (1999 Bistro Award) became
one of Rockefeller Center's Rainbow and Stars longest running hits. His
new revue A Christmas Survival Guide will be performed this season
at City Stage, where PETE 'N' KEELY had its first production, and
in New York City at Arci's Place. His play The Incubus was a winner
of the Riverside Stage Company's New American Play Series, and next spring
Carol Woods will perform in a workshop of his new one-character play Mercada.
CDs produced: I Love New York and A Christmas Survival Guide.
JamesHindman.com
Spotlight
On James Hindman
- interview from Talkin' Broadway |
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MARK
WALDROP
(Director) Last season,
Mark served as Production Supervisor for Bette Midler's Divine Miss Millennium
Tour. Off-Broadway, he directed Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly,
for which he also wrote both the book and lyrics (1997 Drama Desk Award
for Best Revue, 1997 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway
Musical, Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination for Best Director). Other credits
include Gypsy (starring Betty Buckley and Deborah Gibson at Paper
Mill Playhouse), The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (City Center's Encores!
Series), Three of Hearts - The Songs of Mary Rodgers (starring Faith
Prince at Rainbow & Stars), and the current Game Show. |
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PATRICK
S. BRADY
(Arrangements,
Additional Music, Musical Director) most recently served as
Musical Director and Conductor for Fosse, and his other Broadway
credits include Triumph of Love, King David, Big, Crazy
for You, Nick and Nora and The Will Rogers Follies. He
has recorded eight original cast albums and five solo CD's including the
just recent Story Hour with Sally Mayes. He is currently rehearsing
The Producers, written by Mel Brooks and directed by Susan Stroman. |
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RAY
KLAUSEN
(Scenic
Designer) has
designed over 250 shows for theatre and television throughout the United
States as well as England, Germany, France, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and
Saudi Arabia. His most recent Broadway design was Waiting in the Wings
with Lauren Bacall and Rosemary Harris. His television credits include sets
for Cher, Diana Ross, Martha Graham, Michael Jackson, Bea Arthur, Liza Minnelli,
Ann-Margaret, Elton John, Julie Andrews, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Elvis,
Princess Grace and President Clinton. He created the set designs for 26
"American Music Awards," 11 "Film Institute Salutes . . .
," 6 Academy Awards, 10 Kennedy Center Honors, 2 Tony Awards, and the
last "Night of 100 Stars." For these, as well as others, he is
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BOB
MACKIE
(Costume Designer) has
been designing costumes for film, television, and Broadway for over 3 decades.
He has received 30 Emmy nominations, 8 Emmy Awards, and 3 Oscar nominations
for Lady Sings the Blues, Funny Lady, and Pennies From
Heaven. His Broadway credits include On the Town with Bernadette
Peters, Lorelei with Carol Channing, Platinum with Alexis
Smith, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public with Dee Hoty, Moon
Over Buffalo and Putting It Together both with Carol Burnett,
and Minnelli on Minnelli with Liza Minnelli. He has designed television
versions of Kismet, Brigadoon, Carousel, and the acclaimed
Gypsy with Bette Midler. Mackie's television work includes designing
for Diana Ross, Mitzi Gaynor, Diahann Carroll, Cher, Ann-Margaret, Raquel
Welch, Angela Lansbury, and, of course, 11 years with The Carol Burnett
Show. In September 1999, he was honored with a retrospective of his
fashion and costume achievements at The Fashion Institute of Technology,
and the exhibit coincided with the release of his book entitled Unmistakably
Mackie, published by Universe Publishing. |
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F.
MITCHELL DANA
(Lighting Designer) Broadway
credits include The Suicide, Monday After the Miracle, Mass
Appeal, Freedom of the City. Off Broadway: Other Peoples'
Money, A Coupla' White Chicks and Papa. International
credits: Turandot for the Royal Opera at Covent Garden and Wembly
Arena, Barcelona's Gran Licieu, L'Opera de Montreal, and the Manitoba Opera.
Other opera includes: NYC Opera, LA Opera, Opera Festival of NJ, Cleveland
Symphony, Opera Omaha, and Kentucky Opera. Over 250 Regional Theatre productions
for the Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Rep, American Conservatory Theatre, BAM
Theatre Co., Roundabout Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre,
Walnut Street Theatre, Goodman Theatre and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
Many at the Paper Mill Playhouse including Anything Goes with Chita
Rivera. Teaches Lighting Design at Rutgers/Mason Gross School of the Arts.
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JON
WESTON
(Sound Designer) most
recently designed the sound for the tour of It Ain't Nothin' But the
Blues, which he also designed on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont and
Ambassador Theatres. Other credits include Playwrights Horizons' production
of The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Julie Taymor's
production of The Green Bird at the Cort; Jerry Zaks' production
of The Civil War at the St. James; Michael Greif's production of
Bright Lights, Big City at New York Theatre Workshop; George C. Wolfe's
revival of On the Town at the Delacorte and the Gershwin; Bring
in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, both on Broadway and on tour; and Man
of La Mancha, starring Raul Julia and Sheena Easton. As associate sound
designer, Jon has worked closely with Steve Canyon Kennedy on Rent
(London, Toronto, US tours) and The Who's Tommy (Broadway, US tour,
London and Germany). Jon began his career as a sound engineer, with credits
ranging from Phantom of the Opera to Carrie. |
