WHO’S WHO in the CAST
LAURENCE CONNOR (Director). Directorial
credits: Les Misérables (Broadway, U.K. and
U.S. tours), Miss Saigon (London), Jesus Christ
Superstar (U.K., U.S. and Australian arena tour,
cinema streaming worldwide and DVD release),
the entirely new stage production of The Phantom
of the Opera (U.S. and U.K.), Oliver! (U.K. tour)
and Miss Saigon (U.K. tour and worldwide).
Laurence directed the 25th anniversary concert
of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal
Albert Hall and the 25th anniversary concert
of Les Misérables at the O2 in London, both
broadcast in cinemas worldwide and released on
DVD. Laurence has also been associated with
the London productions of The Phantom of the
Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Oliver! (Drury
Lane), The King and I (London Palladium) and
A Slice of Saturday Night (Liverpool Empire).
JOANN M. HUNTER (Choreographer)
has 19 Broadway shows to her credit as a
choreographer, associate choreographer and
performer. Choreography, Broadway: On a
Clear Day You Can See Forever, Broadway
Bound. L.A.: Harmony by Barry Manilow/
Bruce Sussman (L.A. Drama Critics, Suzi Bass
Best Choreography nom.; BroadwayWorld,
Best Choreography). World premiere: The Nutty
Professor by Marvin Hamlisch/Rupert Holmes.
Off-Broadway: Love/Sick by John Cariani and
Dedalus Lounge (Royal Family Prod.); Grease,
Oliver! and Curtains (Paper Mill). National tour:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Director: Debra Monk’s
one-woman show, Totally Hot and a Little Dirty;
Drama League galas honoring Angela Lansbury,
Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris.
Associate choreographer, Broadway: Spring
Awakening, Curtains, The Wedding Singer and
All Shook Up. For ABT, Petrouchka. Currently
developing Perfect Spiral, about two pro football
players and their loss of physical and emotional
identity.
JOHN RIGBY (Music Supervisor). As a musical
supervisor, his credits include The Phantom of
the Opera (U.K. and U.S. tours), School of Rock
(London), Miss Saigon (London), Jesus Christ
Superstar (world arena tour). As a symphony
conductor, John continually works with the U.K.’s
leading orchestras and has been awarded an
honorary doctorate for his services to conducting
and musical theater.
ANNA LOUIZOS (Scenic & Costume Designer).
Tony Award nominations: The Mystery of Edwin
Drood, In the Heights and High Fidelity. Other
original Broadway designs: Dames at Sea,
Honeymoon in Vegas, It Shoulda Been You,
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Avenue Q,
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The Performers, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,
Curtains, Baby It’s You!, All About Me, To Be Or
Not to Be, Steel Magnolias, Golda’s Balcony.
Off-Broadway/regional: Just Jim Dale, Sons
of the Prophet, The Foreigner, Speech and
Debate, Crimes of the Heart (Roundabout);
world premieres of Altar Boyz (NWS) and
Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…BOOM! (Jane
Street); Goodspeed Musicals; Second Stage;
MTC; Dallas Theater Center; Primary Stages;
5th Avenue Theatre. New York City Center
Encores! 2014–15 season. Founder of Broadway
Design Exchange, an online market for theatrical
treasures. broadwaydesignexchange.com.
NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Designer) is a
New York-based lighting designer who has
had the pleasure to work throughout the world.
Recent Broadway credits include An American
in Paris (Tony Award), Skylight, Gigi, The Glass
Menagerie (Tony Award), Aladdin, Once (Tony
Award), Motown, Follies, The Coast of Utopia:
Salvage (Tony Award), Aida (Tony Award),
Twelfth Night and Beauty and the Beast. She
recently designed The Iceman Cometh at BAM
and the Goodman Theatre. Her varied career
has led her to design lighting for all aspects
of entertainment, including dance and opera
companies, concerts, international theaters,
regional theaters, Off-Broadway, Las Vegas, TV
and permanent lighting installations.
MICK POTTER (Sound Designer) has designed
more than 100 productions worldwide including
these West End and Broadway musicals: Saturday
Night Fever, Bombay Dreams, The Woman in
White, Zorro, The Wizard of Oz, Sister Act, Evita,
Love Never Dies, The Phantom of the Opera,
Les Misérables, Betty Blue Eyes, From Here
to Eternity, Miss Saigon. Awards include an
Olivier for The Woman in White London 2005,
a Parnelli Award for The Phantom of the Opera
Las Vegas 2006, a Green Room Award for Love
Never Dies Australia 2011, a Tony nomination for
Les Misérables on Broadway 2014, a Helpmann
Award for Les Misérables in Australia 2015.
JOSH MARQUETTE (Hair Designer). N.Y./
London: Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Kinky
Boots, The Book of Mormon, First Date, Elf,
Dogfi ght, The Best Man, Look Back in Anger,
Trip of Love, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pig Farm,
The…Trailer Park Musical, Altar Boyz, Mamma
Mia! West Coast: Robin and the 7 Hoods, Peep
Show, Minsky’s, Vanities. Other N.Y.: Show Boat
at Carnegie Hall; Encores! Most Happy Fella,
No, No, Nanette and Follies; numerous Juilliard
productions. Television: “The Slap,” “30 Rock,”
“SNL.”