On the Twentieth Century - Broadway Creative Team

Cy Coleman was a prolific composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist who made a significant impact on American music and Broadway. Born Seymour Kaufman in 1929 in New York City, Coleman began playing piano at an early age and was soon performing in clubs and bars around the city. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, but his true education came from playing with jazz greats like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Coleman's first foray into Broadway was with the musical "Wildcat" in 1960, which starred Lucille Ball. The show was not a critical success, ... read more Betty Comden, born in Brooklyn in 1917, was an American lyricist, screenwriter, and actress. She is best known for her work with Adolph Green, with whom she collaborated on numerous musicals and films. Comden and Green met in 1938 while both were studying at New York University, and began writing together shortly thereafter. Their first Broadway credit was for On the Town, a musical about three sailors on a 24-hour leave in New York City. The show premiered in 1944 and was a huge success, cementing Comden and Green's place in the world of musical theater. Comden and Green went on to ... read more Adolph Green was an American lyricist and playwright who was born on December 2, 1914, in the Bronx, New York. He was the son of Hungarian Jewish immigrants. Green's father was a successful businessman, and his mother was a homemaker. Green attended New York University, where he studied English and drama. Green began his career in show business as a performer in the late 1930s. He appeared in several Broadway productions, including "The New Yorkers" and "Two for the Show." However, it was his work as a lyricist that would make him famous. Green's first major success as a lyricist came in ... read more ... read more ... read more Seth Bisen-Hersh is a prolific, versatile and award-winning composer/lyricist and performer. His musicals include Love Quirks (currently off-Broadway at the St. Luke's Theatre), The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (2019 Finalist: Stiles & Drewe Best Song Award, Studio Cast Recording), Stanley's Party (Manhattan Children's Theatre, 2010), More to Love (2014 Winner: Best Lyrics, West Village Musical Theatre Festival), The Spickner Spin (2004 Fringe NYC Audience Favorite Award), and Meaningless Sex (2003 Fringe NYC Audience Favorite Award). He has also written and starred in 9 cabaret song cycles of his work: And Then She Dumped Me, The Gayest ... read more Brian Cassier (Double Bass) is active as a jazz and studio recording musician for record, film, television and Broadway. He has performed and recorded with Barbra Streisand, Liza Minelli, Luther Henderson, Andrea Boccelli, Enya, Alana Davis, Audra McDonald, Pat Metheny, Antonio Banderas, Ciaran Sheehan, Chita Rivera, Phil Woods, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, Connie James, Mike Greensill, Wesla Whitfield, Patti Lupone, Jonathan Tunick Big Band, Bob Thosen Big Band, Lea Salonga and Steve Ross to name a few. Brian has performed in numerous chamber music ensembles, chamber orchestras and orchestras throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Asia with such ... read more Broadway: Peter and The Starcatcher; Newsies; The Pee-wee Herman Show; Next Fall; Kiki and Herb Alive on Broadway. Other NYC credits include: Silence The Musical; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; Meet Vera Stark; Side Effects; A Lie of the Mind; Ordinary Days; Knickerbocker; Family Guys Sings; Jerry Springer The Opera; The Voysey Inheritance; The Internationalist; Almost, Maine; Streamers; Rufus Wainwright's Judy Concert at Carnegie Hall; and Jennifer Muller The Works. Jeff is a producer of Submissions Only. ... read more Denis is a two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer and director whose work has been seen on Broadway, across the country and around the world. From live theater to film and television, the variety of Denis’ work spans both media and genres. On Broadway, Denis received Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critic’s Circle and Chita Rivera nominations for both Tootsie and Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn (which was also captured by Broadway HD and has been enjoyed both in the US and globally on television and in movie theaters), and choreographed the Broadway production on Honeymoon in Vegas. Denis’ range of recent work ... read more Musician who played for shows including The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, On the Twentieth Century, Hair, Chess, Funny Girl, Dreamgirls, and more. ... read more Broadway Credits include Catch Me If You Can, Fosse, The Look of Love, Thou Shalt Not, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Oklahoma!, and Cats. Other credits include Flashdance, Sweet Charity, The Jack Cole Project, Chicago, A Chorus Line, Starlight Express, West Side Story, Smokey Joe’s Café, Trip of Love, Sessions, and An Evening at the Carlyle. She has choreographed for Norwegian Cruise Lines, Off Broadway's An Evening at the Carlyle and Sessions, Lifetime TV's Dance Moms, The Fringe Festival Vote the Musical, The nightclub shows The Love Fest, Splash Around The World, VaVoom, and the annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Benefit Broadway Bares. She ... read more Seth is the afternoon host on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio’s ON BROADWAY as well as the host of SETH SPEAKS on Sirius/XM Stars. As a pianist, Seth has played for more than a dozen Broadway shows including RAGTIME, LES MIZ and PHANTOM. He was the Artistic Producer/Music Director for the first five annual Actors Fund Fall Concerts including DREAMGIRLS with Audra MacDonald (recorded on Nonesuch Records) and HAIR with Jennifer Hudson (recorded on Ghostlight Records, Grammy Nomination). In 2007 he made his Broadway acting debut playing Sheldon (singing "Magic to Do" in a devastating unitard) in THE RITZ directed by Joe ... read more My first Broadway job was as a theatrical management intern in the producing and general management office responsible for "The Producers," the musical that holds the record for most Tony Awards wins, taking home 12 awards in 2001. I began 1-month after the show opened on Broadway and found myself decked out in a Tuxedo at Radio City Music Hall just 1-month after I arrived. It was the thrill of a lifetime. From there, I moved into roles in company management and general management, before opening a production company of my own to pursue producing full-time. I believe Broadway is ... read more