MEL BROOKS (Book, Music and Lyrics) Director, producer, writer and actor, Mel Brooks is the recipient of three 2001 Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Musical) and two Grammy Awards (Best Musical Show Album and Best Long Form Music Video) for The Producers. Mr. Brooks began his distinguished career during television’s “Golden Age” as a writer for Sid Caesar on “Your Show of Shows” in 1951. In 1955 and in 1957, Brooks received Emmy Award nominations (with others) for Best Comedy Writing for “Caesar’s Hour,” and in 1956, he was nominated (with others) for Best Writing for a Variety or Situation Comedy. In 1952, Brooks wrote sketches for Leonard Sillman’s Broadway smash-hit revue, New Faces of 1952, and in 1957, together with Joe Darion, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical, Shinbone Alley, which starred Eartha Kitt. In 1962, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical, All-American, starring Ray Bolger. In the ’60s, Brooks teamed up with Carl Reiner to write and perform The 2000 Year Old Man albums, which became immediate bestsellers. In 1960 and 1961, Brooks and Reiner received Grammy Award nominations for the Best Spoken Word Album: Comedy for 2000 Years and for Best Comedy Performance for 2000 and One Years, respectively. In 1997, Brooks and Reiner teamed up again for The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000. Both a book and CD were released, the CD winning a Grammy Award in 1998 for the Best Spoken Word Album: Comedy. Brooks wrote and narrated The Critic, a short satire on avant-garde art films, which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject in 1964. In 1965, he teamed up with Buck Henry and created “Get Smart”, the long-running television show starring Don Adams as Agent 86. Brooks, along with others, received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in a Comedy-Variety in 1967 for “The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special.” In 1968, he wrote and directed his first feature film, The Producers, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, which earned him an Academy Award for the Best Original Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. He then went on to create a remarkable string of hit comedies: 1970, wrote, directed and acted in The Twelve Chairs; 1974, co-wrote, directed and acted in Blazing Saddles, and was nominated, along with John Morris, for Best Title Song, “Blazing Saddles”; 1974, co-wrote and directed Young Frankenstein; 1976, co-wrote, directed and starred in Silent Movie; 1977, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in High Anxiety; 1981, wrote, directed, produced and starred in History of the World, Part I; 1983, produced and starred in To Be or Not to Be; 1987, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in the hit sci-fi spoof, Spaceballs; 1991, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Life Stinks; 1993, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Robin Hood: Men in Tights; 1995, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Dracula: Dead and Loving It. For three successive seasons, Brooks won the Emmy Award for his role as “Uncle Phil” on the hit comedy show, “Mad About You.” His visionary film company, Brooksfilms Limited, founded in 1980, has produced some of America’s most distinguished films, among them: David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, Frances, Richard Benjamin’s My Favorite Year and 84 Charing Cross Road, starring Anthony Hopkins and Mr. Brooks’ wife, Anne Bancroft.

THOMAS MEEHAN (Book) won the 2001 Tony Award for co-writing the book for The Producers. He received his first Tony Award in 1977 for writing the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show, and has since written the books for the musicals I Remember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Annie Warbucks and Broadway’s newest hit, Hairspray, for which he recently won his third Tony and has also co-written the book for the Broadway premiere of Bombay Dreams. He is currently working with Mel Brooks on the musical adaptation of Young Frankenstein. In addition, he is a long-time contributor of humor to The New Yorker, an Emmy-Award winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on a number of screenplays, including Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs and To Be or Not to Be. He and his wife, Carolyn, divide their time between a home in Nantucket and an apartment in Greenwich Village, near which, on Hudson Street, she owns and presides over the long-running and near-legendary children’s store, Peanut Butter and Jane. Mr. Meehan is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild.

SUSAN STROMAN (Original Direction and Choreography) earned two of the show’s recent 12 Tony Awards, one for Best Direction of a Musical and the other for Best Choreography. Her work on The Producers also earned Ms. Stroman the 2001 Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards for both Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography. Most recently, she created Double Feature, a full-length ballet for New York City Ballet featuring the music of Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson. She co-created, directed and choreographed the groundbreaking musical Contact for Lincoln Center Theater, winning the 2000 Tony Award for Best Choreography, as well as Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards. Other Broadway credits include: Oklahoma! (Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle), Thou Shalt Not, The Music Man (Outer Critics’ Circle Award), Crazy for You (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle, Olivier Awards), Showboat (Tony, Outer Critics’ Circle Awards), Big, Steel Pier and Picnic. Off-Broadway productions include: And The World Goes ‘Round (Outer Critics’ Circle Award), Flora the Red Menace. She choreographs Madison Square Garden’s annual spectacular event A Christmas Carol (Outer Critics’ Circle Award), directed by Mike Ockrent. For New York City Opera: Don Giovanni, A Little Night Music and 110 in the Shade. Ms. Stroman created the ballets Blossom Got Kissed for New York Ballet’s 50th Anniversary season and But Not For Me for the Martha Graham Company. Her choreography received an Emmy nomination for the HBO presentation Liza – Stepping Out at Radio City Music Hall, starring Liza Minelli. Other TV credits include: An Evening with the Boston Pops – A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein and co-conceiver/choreographer for PBS’s Sondheim – A Celebration at Carnegie Hall. She received the America Choreography Award for her work in Columbia Pictures feature film Center Stage. She is the recipient of a record 4 Astaire Awards. Recently, Ms. Stroman directed and choreographed The Frogs for Lincoln Center, with music by Stephen Sondheim and a new book by Nathan Lane.

NIGEL WEST (Director) Bristol Old Vic company, 29 productions ranging from Richard II to the musical Judy which transferred to London’s Strand Theatre in 1986. Rookery Nook, London’s Shaftesbury Theatre. Associate director Me and My Girl Adelphi Theatre. Director. UK tour, Swedish, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand productions. Associate director Crazy For You Prince Edward Theatre, London. Director UK tour, South African and Australian productions. Closer Than Ever Amsterdam. She Loves Me Drayton Festival, Canada. UK Associate Director Disney’s Beauty and The Beast London. Resident director Chicago London. Director Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Dusseldorf. Stephen King’s Misery UK national tour. Just for Joe Edinburgh Festival. Blue Remembered Hills Belgrade Theatre. In October Nigel returns to London to direct the West End Production of Chicago. Nigel would like to dedicate this production of The Producers to the memory of director Mike Ockrent.

TRINITY WHEELER (Production Stage Manager) Originally from Tyler, Texas, Trinity now calls Ft. Lauderdale, FL home. He is excited to be touring with The Producers. National Tours: Oklahoma! (1st National Tour), Barbie Live! in Fairytopia (1st National Tour), Singin’ in the Rain (50th Anniversary Tour), Titanic-The Musical, Crazy for You, The Scarlet Pimpernel (2nd National Tour), George M!, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Funny Girl, A Holiday Spectacular on Ice, Damn Yankees and State Fair. Regional/Stock: Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods, Big River, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, A Piece of My Heart, Love Letters, My Way and Auntie Mame. Keep it gay!

LEIGH CONSTANTINE (Choreographer) has worked extensively in London’s West End appearing in Chicago, Beauty and the Beast, Anything Goes, Of Thee I Sing, High Society, My One and Only, Fame and Singin’ in the Rain. She is proud to have worked with Susan Stroman on the original West End production of The Producers and the National Theatre revival of Oklahoma! where she can also be seen on film in the role of Lucy. Leigh is thrilled to have been invited to recreate Susan Stroman’s work on this incredible production! Love and thanks to Dave!

ROBIN WAGNER (Scenic Design) Broadway designs include: Kiss Me Kate, The Wild Party, Saturday Night Fever, Side Show, The Life, Angels in America, Victor/Victoria, Big, Jelly’s Last Jam, Crazy For You, City of Angels, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Chess, A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, 42nd Street, On The Twentieth Century, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lenny, Promises Promises, The Great White Hope and Hair. Other work ranges from regional theatre to ballet, rock and roll and grand opera, including the Metropolitan, the Swedish Royal, Vienna State, Hamburg State and Royal Opera companies. Honors include Tonys, Drama Desk, Outer Critic’s Circle, Lumen and others. He is a Trustee of the NY Shakespeare Festival and a professor of Theatre Arts at Columbia University. He was recently inaugurated into the Theatre Hall of Fame.

WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume Design) Credits include The Producers; Seussical; The Man Who Came to Dinner; The Music Man; Susan Stroman and John Weidman’s Contact; Swing!; Epic Proportions; The Civil War; Annie Get Your Gun; The Mystery of Irma Vep; Cabaret; Chicago New York, London, Melbourne, Vienna, Stockholm, Amsterdam; Steel Pier; 1776; Smokey Joe’s Cafe New York, London, Las Vegas, tours; Crazy for You New York (Tony, Outer Critics Circle awards), London, Toronto (Dora Award), Tokyo; Guys and Dolls (Drama Desk Award); Madison Square Garden’s annual A Christmas Carol; Six Degrees of Separation; Assassins (1991 Obie Award for outstanding achievement); Lend Me a Tenor (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle awards); Nine (Tony, Drama Desk, Maharam awards); Robert Wilson’s Hamletmachine; Leonard Bernstein’s A Quiet Place and Trouble in Tahiti (Vienna State Opera, La Scala, Houston Grand Opera, Kennedy Center); The Lost Colony; Mick Jagger for the Rolling Stones’ Steel Wheels tour; Siegfried and Roy at the Mirage Hotel; Paul Taylor; Twyla Tharp; Peter Martins; David Parsons; Susan Stroman.

PETER KACZOROWSKI (Lighting Design) Broadway: Wonderful Town, Anna in the Tropics, The Caretaker, Master Harold…, Contact, The Music Man, Kiss Me Kate, Ah Wilderness!, Steel Pier, She Loves Me, The Rainmaker among others. Roundabout: Three Sisters, Company, She Loves Me, Picnic, Impossible Marriage, The Play’s The Thing, The Showoff, The Homecoming, Candida. Off-Broadway: Twelve Dreams, Death Defying Acts, Violet, The Monogamist, Grandchild of Kings, Song of Singapore among others. Many shows for NYSF, MTC, Playwright’s Horizons, Lincoln Center, Encores!. Extensive design for most leading regional theatre and opera companies in the US. Abroad: Royal Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera/North, Bonn Opera, Edinburgh Festival. MET Opera debut Fall ’04. He is the recipient of The Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Dramalogue, Eddy and Hewes Design Awards.

PAUL MILLER (Lighting Adaptation) Broadway designs: Freshly Squeezed and Laughing Room Only; Associate/Assistant: Company, Sweeney Todd, Princesses, Little Women, Hairspray, The Producers, Life x3, The Music Man, The Price, Saturday Night Fever, The Civil War, On The Town, The Sound of Music, Titanic, An Evening with Jerry Herman and Smokey Joe’s Café. International: West Side Story (La Scala) and Phantom of the Opera (Lisbon). Off-Broadway: Waiting for Godot, Addicted, Zombies From The Beyond, Balancing Act, Nunsense and Nunsense II. National Tours: Scooby-Doo, Shockwave – Blast 2, Carousel, Nunsense, The Presidents and Brigadoon. Television: Clairol on Broadway series (A&E), assistant on “Jekyll & Hyde” and “The Women” (PBS). Lighting Director: New Year’s Eve Celebration in Time’s Square for the last 6 years and Broadway Under the Stars (CBS). Regional: Knight Life (Riverside Theatre), West Side Story (Diablo Light Opera), Tommy, Japes and Once on this Island (Baystreet Theatre), Philosophy of the World (Lookingglass Theatre), A Flea in Her Ear, Sunday in the Park with George (Chicago Shakespeare), Lizzie Borden (Goodspeed), An Ideal Husband and The Nutcracker (Paper Mill Playhouse).

SHANNON SLATON (Sound Adaptation) toured as a sound engineer on Cinderella, Grease, and Jekyll & Hyde. He designed the tours Aeros, Kiss Me Kate, Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk, The Full Monty, Contact, Tap Dogs, Hairspray and The Producers. On Broadway he has mixed Man of La Mancha, Bombay Dreams, A Christmas Carol, Sweet Charity, Jersey Boys and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and he assisted on Steel Magnolias and Barefoot in the Park. Off Broadway he assisted on Hurly Burly and designed Henry Noodle, Captain Louie and The Blue Flower. Regional designs include The Last Five Years, Hallelujah, Baby, and Tick, Tick … Boom!

BERNIE ARDIA (Wig, Hair and Makeup Adaptation) a California native, has enjoyed a 25-year career, starting in television with the “The Young and the Restless.” After working for David Merrick, he never left the theatre. Mr. Ardia has designed over 50 productions including the Tony® Award-winning Kiss of the Spiderwoman with Chita Rivera, Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton and NETworks’ production of Cinderella with Eartha Kitt. He is very happy to have worked with many talented performers including Toni Tennille, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Deborah Gibson, Melody Thomas Scott, Anita Gillette, Mary Wilson, Pat Harrington and even Judge Judy!

DAVE CLEMMONS CASTING (Casting) Dave Clemmons C.S.A., Rachel Hoffman, and Sara Schatz have cast over 80 Broadway, Off-Broadway, national touring, and regional productions; Associate: Geoff Josselson, Assistant: Joy Dewing. Broadway: Ring of Fire, In My Life, The Boy From Oz, Brooklyn, The Civil War, Dracula; National and International tours include: Jesus Christ Superstar (starring Ted Neeley), Contact, Joseph…(starring Patrick Cassidy), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Dr. Dolittle (starring Tommy Tune), Cinderella, Evita, The Civil War, Cats, Swing!, Fosse, Jekyll & Hyde, Chicago, West Side Story, The King & I. Off-Broadway: Altar Boyz, Mimi LeDuck, The Ark, Bingo, Bare: A Pop Opera, Bat Boy, Love, Janis, Zanna Don’t!, Dragapella!, The Donkey Show, 2000 revival of Godspell at the York Theatre. Numerous NY readings and workshops including Tom Kitt’s Feeling Electric (2005 NYMF Festival), Last Dance; Serenade; Mask (dir Richard Maltby); The Me Nobody Knows (dir Scott Schwartz). Regional: Camelot, Full Monty (NSMT); Dracula (La Jolla Playhouse); Little Shop of Horrors (The Alley); Children of Eden (The Ford’s Theatre); Footloose, Grease, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Marriott Lincolnshire); Making Tracks (San Jose Rep); Frank Wildhorn’s Waiting for the Moon (Lenape PAC); Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy, Once Upon a Time in New Jersey (Village Theatre), and Pittsburgh CLO’s 2006 season.

DOUG BESTERMAN (Original Orchestrations) earned a Tony Award for his work on Fosse. Broadway credits include: Seussical, Music Man (Drama Desk/Tony Award nominations), Big, Damn Yankees (Drama Desk Award nominations). Also in New York: Weird Romance, King David, A Christmas Carol, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Orchestrated the ballet But Not For Me for Susan Stroman. Film/television: “Anastasia,” “Annie,” “Cinderella,” “Geppetto,” “Mulan,” “Pocahontas,” “South Pacific.” Has arranged/conducted for: Toni Braxton, Patti LuPone, Barry Manilow, Mandy Patinkin, Chita Rivera, Barbra Streisand among others.

GLEN KELLY (Music Arrangements) Broadway credits include writing the dance music arrangements for Beauty and the Beast, Steel Pier, Madison Square Garden’s A Christmas Carol, High Society and Dance A Little Closer. In Berlin, he arranged the dance music for the world premiere of Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He arranged and performed Gershwin’s music for the ballet But Not For Me for the Martha Graham company (choreographed by Susan Stroman). In San Francisco, he spent three years as musical director of Beach Blanket Babylon.

PATRICK BRADY (Vocal Arrangements) Broadway: Fosse, Triumph of Love, King David, Big, Crazy for You, Nick and Nora and The Will Rogers’ Follies. Off-Broadway: Pete ‘n’ Keely, Closer Than Ever, St. Louis Woman. Solo CD’s: Rebecca Luker (Anything Goes), Judy Kaye (Diva by Diva), Sally Mayes (Story Hour).

JOHN MEZZIO (Musical Supervisor/Additional Orchestrations/Musical Coordinator) National Tours: Oklahoma!, Seussical the Musical starring Cathy Rigby, Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson, Jekyll & Hyde, Victor/Victoria staring Toni Tennille, and State Fair starring John Davidson. Mr. Mezzio was the Associate Conductor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton. Additionally, John is an investor for the off-Broadway musical, Naked Boys Singing.

KASEY RT GRAHAM (Musical Director/Conductor) is thrilled to be back on the road with The Producers. National Tours: Oklahoma! and Barry Manilow’s Copacabana. Regional musical direction: A Chorus Line, Peter Pan, Chicago, Joseph… and Cabaret. Regional direction: Scrooge; Damn Yankees; You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and The Wizard of Oz. A graduate of Whitworth College, he is proud to work with such a wonderful cast and crew.

NETworks PRESENTATIONS, LLC (Producer) Founded in 1995, NETworks has produced and managed tours in the United States and abroad including: Cameron Mackintosh’s Oliver!; Cinderella, starring Eartha Kitt; Show Boat; Ragtime; The Civil War; Jekyll & Hyde; Seussical the Musical, Cameron Mackintosh and The National Theatre’s production of Oklahoma!, Fosse, Rent, The King and I, The Sound of Music, Cabaret, Swan Lake, and Little Women - The Broadway Musical starring Maureen McGovern. Current productions include Annie, the 30th Anniversary tour directed by Martin Charnin, The Producers, Rent, Hairspray, The Light in the Piazza, Metal Messiah and Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald. Future productions include Cameron Mackintosh and The National Theatre’s production of My Fair Lady and The Pajama Game.