Original Creative Team

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John Kander (Music) and Fred Ebb (Lyrics). The John Kander and Fred Ebb collaboration of four decades has created what many would consider Broadway standards and contemporary classics. One of their first collaborations became a hit song for Barbra Streisand, “My Coloring Book,” earning John and Fred a Grammy nomination. In 1965 the pair worked on their first Broadway show Flora, the Red Menace. Produced by Hal Prince and directed by George Abbott, Flora also introduced a rising new star - Liza Minnelli. Followed by: Cabaret (Tony Award for music and lyrics), The Happy Time, Zorba, 70 Girls 70, Chicago, The Act, Woman of the Year (Tony Award for music and lyrics), The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Tony Award for music and lyrics) and Steel Pier. Their collaboration also transferred itself to movies and television as they wrote original material for the Academy Awards, “Liza with a Z” and HBO’s “Liza Minnelli’s Steppin’ Out” (both Emmy winners), “Baryshnikov on Broadway,” “Goldie and Liza Together,” Funny Lady, Lucky Lady, New York, New York, Steppin’ Out and Chicago, the movie. In 1985 their song “New York, New York” became the official anthem of New York City. At the time of the unfortunate death of Mr. Ebb, Kander and Ebb had several projects in different stages of completion waiting in the wings, The Visit which had a successful run at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago starring Chita Rivera, All About Us (a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play The Skin of our Teeth) and The Minstrel Show. Life goes on.

Rupert Holmes (Book, Additional Lyrics). Broadway: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Tony Awards to Holmes for book, music and lyrics, Tony to Edwin Drood for Best Musical; identical honors New York Drama Desk; Outer Critics Circle, Best Musical), Accomplice (Edgar Award, Mystery Writers of America), Solitary Confinement, Say Goodnight Gracie (National Broadway Theatre Award, Best Play; Tony nomination, Best Play). Off-Broadway: Twelfth Night (NYSF, original music). Regional: Marty (score by Strouse and Adams, Huntington Theatre, Boston), Solitary Confinement (Kennedy Center). Television: created and wrote Emmy award-winning series "Remember WENN." Novels for Random House: Where the Truth Lies (Booklist Top Ten Debut Crime Novel; Best American Mystery Novel 2004, Nero Wolfe nomination), Swing (San Francisco Chronicle Top Ten Fiction). Curtains is a 2007 Edgar award nominee. Grateful thanks to Teressa Esposito for all her creative assistance. To Fred and Peter ...

Peter Stone (Original Book and Concept). Broadway: Titanic, 1776, The Will Rogers Follies(all Tony Award winners for Best Musical), and Woman of the Year  My One and Only, Sugar, Two By Two and Kean. Film: won an Academy Award for his screenplay Father Goose, the Edgar (Mystery Writers of America) for his film Charade and the Christopher Award for the screen adaptation of 1776, other films include The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, Sweet Charity, Who’s Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? and Just Cause. Television: won the Emmy Award for an episode of “The Defenders”. Mr. Stone is the only writer to ever win the Tony, Oscar and Emmy.