acclaimed recent Off-Broadway and
London productions of Bock and Harnick’s
new musical play, Rothschild &
Sons. He often directs newly imagined
productions of classic musicals such as
Golden Boy (with a new book by Leslie
Lee) and Rags seen at The Coconut
Grove Playhouse and Paper Mill Playhouse
and his work also includes the
development of new plays and musicals
such as Before The Dream by Charles
Strouse and Leslie Lee, Passin’ It On
by Larry Atlas and Terry Cashman, The
Jazz Club by John Nassivera, Mermaids,
based on the MGM film and Charles
Strouse’s Real Men. He has staged over
35 national and international tours including
Guys And Dolls, Hello, Dolly!,
Man Of La Mancha, The Sound Of Music,
Peter Pan, On The 20th Century, The Music
Man, The Best Little Whorehouse In
Texas, Music Of The Night, Annie, West
Side Story, 42nd Street, Annie Get Your
Gun, Mame, A Funny Thing Happened
On The Way To The Forum, Damn Yankees
and Saturday Night Fever. Plays
directed include Master Class, Ali, Norman,
Is That You?, Lady Day At Emerson’s
Bar And Grill, and The Sunshine
Boys. In New York, he directed the hit
musical Mayor by Charles Strouse and
Warren Leight, the Cy Coleman/Neil Simon
musical Little Me, Bill Boggs’ Talk
Show Confidential and was the director
of the New York and Kennedy Center
productions of Some Enchanted Evening,
now part of the Rodgers and Hammerstein
Library. He directed the stage
and television versions of Barry Manilow’s
musical, The Drunkard, starring
Tom Bosley. His acclaimed international
production of My Fair Lady played in
the United States, Singapore and was
the first professional English language
production of that title in China. His
new production of Spitfire Grill recently
opened in San Diego and tonight’s Legally
Blonde first debuted in Shanghai
and toured China before delighting audiences
in Singapore last Spring.
BOB RICHARD (Choreographer) of the
Broadway and tour productions of Dr. Seuss’s
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for
the past 13 years. Off Broadway he directed
and choreographed Inventing
Mary Martin: The Revue of a Lifetime (Joe
A. Callaway Award nomination) and The
Road to Qatar. He has directed at North
Shore Music Theatre, Ordway Center
for the Performing Arts, and Theatre By
The Sea, including productions of Peter
Pan, The Music Man, Beauty and the
Beast, and Chicago, winning several
awards. He has choreographed at The
5th Avenue Theatre, Theatre Under The
Stars, and Pioneer Theatre Company,
and internationally in Shanghai, Beijing,
and Singapore. Mr. Richard’s television
and film credits include “LazyTown,”
“The Tonight Show,” “The Today Show,”
“Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” and
the Big Apple Film Festival. He is also
a guest master instructor at Jacob’s
Pillow Dance Festival. He has received
a Footlight Award, Gypsy Rose Lee
Award, Ivey Award, Ernie Award, and
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics
Circle Award. Mr. Richard’s career has
encompassed dancing, teaching master
classes worldwide, directing, and
choreographing for over 36 years in this
world of show business. Without children
and their dreams and imagination, there
would be no Christmas! All my love to
Diane and Robert, you are my entire
world!
RANDEL WRIGHT (Scenic Design), a
native Texan, has designed scenery for
Singin’ In The Rain (national tour), Unsinkable
Molly Brown (national tour/
Debbie Reynolds), Pal Joey (Joel Grey)
(Dixie Carter), The Wiz (Stephanie Mills),
I Do, I Do (Sandy Duncan), and recently,
Larry Gatlin’s new American Musical,
Quanah. His design credits for hallmark
celebrations include Coca Cola’s Centennial,
Dr. Pepper’s Centennial and Yale
University’s Tercentennial.
DEREK LOCKWOOD (Costume Design)
originally from Ojai, CA has a BFA in
Theater from California Institute of