Silk Stockings - Broadway Creative Team

... read more George S. Kaufman was an American playwright, director, and producer who was born on November 16, 1889, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was known for his wit and satire, and his work helped shape the American theater in the early 20th century. Kaufman began his career as a journalist, writing for newspapers and magazines. In 1918, he wrote his first play, "Someone in the House," which was produced on Broadway the following year. He quickly became a prolific playwright, collaborating with other writers such as Edna Ferber, Moss Hart, and Irving Berlin. One of Kaufman's most famous works is "You Can't Take It ... read more ... read more ... read more Ira Bernstein is known for Queen of Swords (2000) and Partners (2014). Ira was previously married to Florence Henderson. ... read more Herbert Greene was a Broadway conductor, vocal arranger, vocal coach and producer, prominent in the Broadway musical theater in New York City until his death in 1985. In 1958, he was a recipient of the Tony Award for The Music Man as Musical Director and Conductor, and won a second Tony Award as the show's co-producer with Kermit Bloomgarten. With a classical background in opera and composition, Greene wrote innovative vocal and choral arrangements for such hit musicals as Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, Bells Are Ringing, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, to name a few. In addition to his ... read more JEROME ROBBINS (born 11 October 1918 in New York City) was the younger of two children of Harry Rabinowitz, who emigrated to America from Poland in 1904, and his wife Lena Rips. Rabinowitz was at first a shopkeeper with a delicatessen on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; in the 1920’s he moved the family to Jersey City and then to Weehawken, New Jersey, where he and a brother-in-law established the Comfort Corset Company. Young Jerome, who showed an early aptitude for music, dancing, and theatrics, attended schools in Weehawken and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1935. Intending ... read more Beginning his career as a tenor, Rubin began working as a stage manager during Can-Can, and also produced a number of shows, including Sweet Charity and Peter Pan. Onscreen, Rubin also notably contributed to two Mel Brooks productions, playing would-be Hitler Arthur Packard in The Producers and providing the singing voice for Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Rubin had his first stage singing role providing off-stage vocals for Bert Lahr in Two on the Aisle, before having larger roles in The Most Happy Fella, Kean and Juno. Though he largely took a break from performing after playing Tammany O'Halloran in ... read more