Production Staff
Leonard Bernstein
Composer
Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He took piano lessons as a boy and attended the Garrison and Boston Latin Schools. At Harvard University, he studied with Walter Piston, Edward Burlingame-Hill, and A. Tillman Merritt, among others. Before graduating in 1939, he made an unofficial conducting debut with his own incidental music to "The Birds," and directed and performed in Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock." Then at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, he studied piano with Isabella Vengerova, conducting with Fritz Reiner, and orchestration with Randall Thompson.
In 1940, he studied at the ... read more
Alan Jay Lerner
Bookwriter/Lyricist
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Alan Jay Lerner Productions, Inc.
Associate Producer
Blaine-Thompson
Advertising
Whitney Blausen
Costumes
(supervision)
(supervision)
Costumes Supervisor
Doris Blum
Production Coordinator
Casting
Ambergris Corporation
Associate Producer
William Dodds
Production Stage Manager
George Faison
Director/Choreographer
Choreographer
(Co-Choreographer)
(Co-Choreographer)
Director
(Co-Director)
(Co-Director)
Terry Fay
Casting Director
Sy Friedman
Production Photographer
Roland Gagnon
Musical Director
Dona Granata
Costumes
(supervision)
(supervision)
Costumes Supervisor
Hershy Kay
Orchestrator
Seymour Krawitz
General Press Representative
Kert Lundell
Settings
(supervision)
(supervision)
John McClure
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Mike Mones
Advertising
Gilbert Moses
Director/Choreographer
Choreographer
(Co-Choreographer)
(Co-Choreographer)
Director
(Co-Director)
(Co-Director)
Tharon Musser
Lighting Designer
The Messrs. Nederlander
Theatre Owner / Operator
Oscar E. Olesen
General Manager
Al Perryman
Dance Captain
Sid Ramin
Orchestrator
Ramin was an orchestrator, arranger, and composer, who won an Oscar and a Grammy for his work on the film version of West Side Story. He was also one of the three orchestrators on the original Broadway production of the show.
Though West Side Story may be the most notable, Ramin also worked on many other Broadway shows such as Wonderful Town (1953), Say, Darling (1958), Gypsy (1959), The Girls Against the Boys (1959), Vintage '60 (1960), Wildcat (1960), The Conquering Hero (1961), Kwamina (1961), I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to ... read more
Renee Rose
Assistant Choreographer
Werner Sherer
Hair Designer
Roger L. Stevens
Producer
Saint Subber
Producer
(By Arrangement With)
(By Arrangement With)
Producer
(by arrangement with)
(by arrangement with)
Marnel Sumner
Stage Manager
Michael Turque
Stage Manager
James Walsh
Company Manager
Robert Whitehead
Producer
Videos
