an actor, writer, director and producer, had one of the most active and distinguished careers in the entire history of the American theater. He began as an actor on Broadway in The Misleading Lady (1913) and continued working as a director and play doctor well into the 1980’s. He was born in Forestville, New York, and moved with his family to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he joined the Dramatic Club. In 1912 he enrolled in a playwriting course at Harvard and won $100 for his play, The Man in the Manhole. In 1915, two years after The Misleading Lady, he was hired by producer John Golden as office boy/assistant casting director/associate playwright. He was named one of the 10 best performers of 1923 for his work in Zander the Great. He had his first hit as a playwright and director with Broadway (1926). His later directorial credits include the plays Twentieth Century (1932), Three Men on a Horse (1935), Brother Rat (1936), and Too Many Girls (1939). He directed his first musical, Rodgers and Hart's Jumbo, in 1935; in addition to A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, a short list of landmark musicals he directed includes On Your Toes (1936), The Boys From Syracuse (1938), Pal Joey (1940), On the Town (1944), Beggar's Holiday (1946), High Button Shoes (1947), Where's Charley? (1948), Call Me Madam (1950), Wonderful Town (1953), Pajama Game (1954), Damn Yankees (1955), Once Upon a Mattress (1959), Fiorello! (1959), Tenderloin (1960), Flora, the Red Menace (1965) and On Your Toes (revival, 1983). He helped many performers, directors, writers and choreographers early in their careers, including Harold Prince, Bob Fosse, Shirley Maclaine and Richard Adler. He received numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize (in 1960 for Fiorello!), the 1960 NY Drama Critics Circle Award, 4 Donaldson Awards (1946, 1948, 1953 and 1955), 4 Tony Awards (1955, 1956, 1960 and 1963) and the Handel Medallion from the City of New York (1976); he was a Kennedy Center honoree in 1983. He died in 1995 at the age of 107.

was the 17th John Douglass Wallop from an old Eastern Shore family. His love of baseball began when he was 5 years old, when his father took him to a Senators' game. A newspaper reporter by profession, he was the author of 13 novels, the second of which, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, was published in 1955 and became his best known work. Wallop died in 1985.

Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, both of which won the Tony Award for the best musical and the best score. Recordings of his biggest hit songs “Heart,” “Whatever Lola Wants,” “Steam Heat,” “Hernando’s Hideaway,” “Rags to Riches,” and “Another Time, Another Place” have sold over 30 million copies. Between 1978 and 1993, Mr. Adler composed numerous symphonic works, including four Pulitzer Prize nominees: “Retrospectum,” “Yellowstone Overture,” “Wilderness Suite,” and “The Lady Remembers.” Mr. Adler was commissioned to compose two ballets for the Chicago City Ballet; Emmy Award-winning Eight by Adler in 1984, which starred Prima Ballerina Suzanne Farrell and Chicago, a jazz ballet. He is the recipient of numerous other awards and honors including two Donaldson’s, two Variety Critics, the London Evening Standard, as well as the coveted National Park Service Honorary Ranger Award (1984) for which he became the eighth recipient. President John F. Kennedy was the first to receive it (posthumously) in 1964.

was born Jerold Rosenberg on March 9, 1926, to Russian immigrant parents, Lena and Jacob Rosenberg, in the East Bronx, New York City. As a child and young teen, he was the “hottest young property on the Jewish stage,” singing and acting professionally and billed as the “Boy Star” in Yiddish stage and movie productions. An ongoing bronchial condition, however, ended his performing career while he was still in high school. He began writing songs while in high school, although he had no formal training in music. After penning several well-received songs, Ross met Richard Adler in 1950. They decided to team their talents, writing songs and special material, and had published several songs together when they attracted the attention of writer/publisher Frank Loesser and became his protégés. By 1953, their song "Rags to Riches" rocketed to number 1 on the charts. Ross began his career in the Broadway Theater with John Murray Anderson’s Almanac, a revue for which he and Adler wrote most of the songs. In 1954, after several auditions and Loesser’s recommendation, George Abbott contracted this promising young songwriting duo to write the score for a new musical about union/management relations at a pajama factory. The Pajama Game opened to rave reviews, winning the coveted Tony Award for best score, as well as the Donaldson Award and the Variety Drama Critics Award. Songs from the show included "Hernando’s Hideaway" and "Hey There" (a hit for Rosemary Clooney), both of which also topped the Hit Parade of popular songs, capturing the number one and two spots on the music charts and setting a precedent in music business history. In May 1955, the musical Damn Yankees played to equal excitement and success. This baseball tale with a Faustian theme once again won Ross the Tony Award, the Donaldson Award, and the Variety Drama Critics Award. Both shows ran on Broadway for over 1,000 performances. Successful films were made of both musicals, although Ross did not get to see them realized. He died from complications related to the lung disease bronchiectisis on November 11th, 1955. He was 29. At the time he died, Jerry Ross had written the number one and number two shows running on Broadway. He had written more than 250 popular American songs. His untimely death at such a young age cut short a creative force that was sure to be as popular and enduring as his songs. Jerry Ross was admitted posthumously to the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 1982.

is probably best known for his 9 year, award–winning stint as George Costanza on the hit TV series, “Seinfeld”. However, those who know him only as George will be surprised to learn of his extensive background as an actor, director, producer and writer. Besides “Seinfeld” his television credits include: Bob Patterson(prod./co-creator); Listen Up (prod.); the TV films of Bye Bye Birdie, The Man Who Saved Christmas, Cinderella, and A Christmas Carol; guest appearances on “Newhart,” “Friends,” “Monk,” “Star Trek-Voyager,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and multiple episodes of the animated series “Duckman,” “Aladdin,” “Dilbert” and “Dinosaurs.” His film credits include: Pretty Woman; White Palace; North; Dunston Checks In; Love, Valor, Compassion; Rocky and Bullwinkle and Ira and Abby. Jason has starred on Broadway in the original companies of Merrily We Roll Along; The Rink; Broadway Bound; Accomplice; and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway for which he won the Tony, Outer Critics, and Drama Desk Awards as Best Actor in a Musical. He also authored the libretto of the show which received the Tony Award for Best Musical. On the L.A. stage, Jason has starred in Give ‘Em Hell; Harry; Defiled; the long-running hit of The Producers with Martin Short and the very first Reprise! production, Promises, Promises. Jason has directed in every medium: Television (“Seinfeld,” “Remember WENN,” “Campus Ladies,” “Everybody Hates Chris”); Film (For Better or Worse and Just Looking) and Stage (The God of Hell at the Geffen; Sunday In the Park With George at Reprise! and countless benefits). Jason produced the films, Agent Cody Banks and its sequel as well as the TV special “Ultimate Trek.” Recently, Jason took over the role of Artistic Director of Reprise! He has also authored the children’s book, Dad, Are You the Tooth Fairy? He has won the title of Parlour Magician of the Year at the prestigious Magic Castle and he is a noted player in the celebrity poker circuit. Jason resides in L.A. with his wife Daena and their children, Gabriel and Noah.

Lee is thrilled to be back at Reprise! after having choreographed On Your Toes, Brigadoon, and On the Town, (all Ovation nominations for choreography), and directing several concerts for Reprise including “Reprise! Broadways Best” and the most recent “Broadway Babies,” both at the Ford Theatre. Recent work includes Beehive at the El Portal Theatre (2007 LADCC nominee for choreography), The Full Monty and the critically acclaimed West Coast Premiere of Never Gonna Dance for Musical Theatre West (2005 Ovation Award winner). Other recent credits include:  I Do, I Do (Pasadena Playhouse), Wild Party (MTG), Grease for Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities (Ovation Award nominee), Side by Side by Sondheim at the Pasadena Playhouse (Ovation Nomination), direction and choreography for several large-scale dance production shows for Harley-Davidson in Denver, San Diego, and Dallas, Universal Studios’ New York Rascal Show, and Disney’s Santa Clause 3 Stage Show at the El Capitan. Other choreography highlights include: Cabaret for West Coast Ensemble (LADCC award for choreography), Disney’s Latin American Tour A Dream Is a Wish, IMPACT at FORD FIELD, the Gala Opening of the Lions Football Field in Detroit starring Gladys Knight and Deborah Gibson, the Grand Opening of the Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs starring American Idol winner Ruben Stoddard and the opening ceremony for the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio. Lee choreographs for several charities including: The Alzheimer’s Association, The Actor’s Fund, S.T.A.G.E., and Children’s Hospital of Orange County. Television and Film Credits include:  NBC’s Hit Me Baby One More Time, the WB’s What I Like About You,  Nickelodeon’s All That, Warner Bros.’ animated feature The King and I, and Sony Pictures’ Dark Wolf. Lee is a proud member of SSDC and holds an MFA in dance. Many thanks to a wonderful and talented cast and crew, especially to Jason, Jerry, Jim, Darryl, Danny, and JJ for their inspiration and collaboration.

continues his sixth season as musical director of Reprise! He has earned nine Ovation Nominations (finally winning in 2006 for Zorba),  in addition to five LA Drama Critics Circle Nominations (having been presented the  2007 Joel Hirschhorn award for excellence in the musical theater by this illustrious organization) and  won two Garland Awards.  He has conducted every main season show for the last five years (being the late, great Peter Matz’s associate for fourteen shows of the first five seasons), and many of Reprise!’s special events at the Ford -- most notably the recent benefit concert at the Brentwood, Give my Regards to Broadway. He made his LA Philharmonic debut at the Hollywood Bowl during the summer of '05 as on-stage pianist for Stephen Sondheim’s 75th Birthday – The Concert, also assisting Paul Gemignani. He has also assisted John Mauceri, rehearsing the summer Bowl musicals The Music Man, My Fair Lady, Mame, and Camelot. Other credits: associate conductor for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Merlin, and The Tap Dance Kid (all Broadway), Les Miserables (LA premiere company), conducting the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance starring Melissa Manchester. He has accompanied a wide variety of artists from Marilyn Horne, Florence Henderson, and Carol Burnett, to Nancy Wilson, Linda Hopkins, Donna McKechnie, John Lithgow, Kelsey Grammar, Jason Graae, and Jennifer Hudson.  Just last winter, he was seen on stage playing piano for Carrie Fisher in her brilliant one woman show, Wishful Drinking, at the Geffen Playhouse. He has musically directed the film version of Naked Boys Singing (now in nationwide release), four S.T.A.G.E   benefits (Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Harry Warren and Marvin Hamlisch, Comden and Green), one Actors Fund Benefit (Richard Rodgers) – each directed by David Galligan; two Les Girls Benefits (for National Breast Cancer Coalition), three WESPARK benefits (directed by Barbara Epstein), four of Sheryl Lee Ralph's Divas Simply Singing Benefits -- all star studded. As a songwriter/composer-- ASCAP Rising Songwriter Showcases on both coasts, Cabaret Conventions at New York’s Town Hall, the Hollywood Roosevelt’s Cinegrill; music and songs (in collaboration with Lindy Robbins) performed in the ’93-’98 editions of the Ringling Brothers’ Circus; the musicals Heartbeats (in collaboration with Amanda McBroom), The Gay 90’s – Looking Back and Moving On   and Vampire Virgins from Venus.  Gerald  played his song “Mary” (written in collaboration with Faye Greenberg) – a paean to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, performed on the  2003 TV Land Awards show by Eric McCormack – in the presence of the original cast of the landmark sitcom. And now-- his rave-reviewed, world premiere musical in collaboration with Elin Hampton—Mommy, Mommy – The Musical Musical – which ran at the Hudson Theater this spring , has been optioned for off-Broadway production the spring of 2008.

moved from Montréal to Los Angeles to study theatre at UCLA. After successfully completing his master’s degree in scenic and lighting design in 2006, he joined The Actors’ Gang Theatre and designed both the scenery and lighting for their critically acclaimed productions of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, directed by Simon Abkarian, and an adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, directed by P. Adam Walsh. Other production designs include: Scenery for The Quality of Life at the Geffen Playhouse, Scenery for A Picasso at the Geffen Playhouse, Scenery for Bayou Legend at the Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater,  Lighting for Evel Knievel: the Rock Opera at the Bootleg Theatre, Lighting for The Trial of then Catonsville Nine at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Lighting for Terra Nova II at the Electric Lodge, scenery and lighting for Melancholia at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, and Scenery and lighting for Wounded at the Powerhouse theatre.

has designed nearly 100 theatrical shows, including Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks on Broadway; the 2002 to 2005 national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar; The Ten Commandments starring Val Kilmer at the Kodak Theatre; Measure for Measure, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Cinderella at the Ahmanson; The Talking Cure, Like Jazz, Big River, Flower Drum Song and First Picture Show at the Taper; and all of the past ten seasons of Reprise! Other design work includes Paint Your Wagon, Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks and Ain’t Nothin' But the Blues at the Geffen; Play On, and Blame it on the Movies at the Pasadena Playhouse; Masada at the Shubert Theatre in LA; Forever Plaid and Blues in the Night at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami; and the US workshop productions of the upcoming West End musical Zorro with music by John Cameron and the Gipsy Kings. On Broadway he assisted long time design partner Jon Gottlieb on 2001’s If You Ever Leave Me I'm Coming With You.  He served as Production Sound Engineer for Jason Robert Brown’s 13 at the Taper, Thoroughly Modern Millie at La Jolla Playhouse and was the head soundman for the national tours of Titanic, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Man of La Mancha. He won the 2003 NAACP award for Sound Design for Jesus Christ Superstar, the 2001 Ovation Award for Flower Drum Song, and the 1999 LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Cinderella, as well as five LA Dramalogue Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design, and two Ovation Award nominations for Best Sound Design.  Mr. Allen currently teaches Sound Design for Theatre at the USC School of Theatre and at Cal Arts.

has designed nearly 100 theatrical shows, including Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks on Broadway; the 2002 to 2005 national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar; The Ten Commandments starring Val Kilmer at the Kodak Theatre; Measure for Measure, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Cinderella at the Ahmanson; The Talking Cure, Like Jazz, Big River, Flower Drum Song and First Picture Show at the Taper; and all of the past ten seasons of Reprise! Other design work includes Paint Your Wagon, Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks and Ain’t Nothin' But the Blues at the Geffen; Play On, and Blame it on the Movies at the Pasadena Playhouse; Masada at the Shubert Theatre in LA; Forever Plaid and Blues in the Night at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami; and the US workshop productions of the upcoming West End musical Zorro with music by John Cameron and the Gipsy Kings. On Broadway he assisted long time design partner Jon Gottlieb on 2001’s If You Ever Leave Me I'm Coming With You.  He served as Production Sound Engineer for Jason Robert Brown’s 13 at the Taper, Thoroughly Modern Millie at La Jolla Playhouse and was the head soundman for the national tours of Titanic, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Man of La Mancha. He won the 2003 NAACP award for Sound Design for Jesus Christ Superstar, the 2001 Ovation Award for Flower Drum Song, and the 1999 LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Cinderella, as well as five LA Dramalogue Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design, and two Ovation Award nominations for Best Sound Design.  Mr. Allen currently teaches Sound Design for Theatre at the USC School of Theatre and at Cal Arts.