Jerry Bock was born in New Haven, CT in 1928. Bock and Harnick's collaboration yielded five scores in seven years - The Body Beautiful, Fiorello! Tenderloin, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree and The Rothschilds. In addition to the 1989 production of Fiddler (from which a major excerpt was featured in Jerome Robbins' Broadway), a highly esteemed revival of The Rothschlds enjoyed a successful run off-Broadway the following year. Bock and Harnick were triply honored by being inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame, receiving the Johnny Mercer Award and the Spirit of American Creativity Award.
Sheldon Harnick’s career began in the 1950s with songs in revues. With Jerry Bock he created a number of musicals, incl. Fiorello!,Tenderloin, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree, and The Rothschilds (Rothschild & Sons). Other collaborations: Rex (Richard Rodgers), A Christmas Carol (Michel Legrand), A Wonderful Life (Joe Raposo), The Phantom Tollbooth (Arnold Black, Norton Juster), and The Audition (Marvin Hamlisch). He has written three musicals himself: Dragons, A Doctor in Spite of Himself, and Malpractice Makes Perfect.
Joseph Stein won the Tony Award and Drama Critics Circle Award for Fiddler on the Roof. His other musicals include Zorba; Rags; The Baker's Wife; Take Me Along; Juno; Irene; The King of Hearts; All About Us; and Enter Laughing: The Musical. He also co-authored Carmelina and Mr. Wonderful. The Body Beautiful, and Plain and Fancy. His plays are Enter Laughing, Before the Dawn, and Mrs. Gibbons' Boys. Stein began his career in TV and radio, writing for "The Sid Caesar Show," "Your Show of Shows," "Henry Morgan Show," and many others.On Broadway he made his debut contributing to the theatrical revues Lend an Ear and Alive and Kicking. He wrote the screenplays of Enter Laughing and Fiddler on the Roof. In 2008, he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.
Jerome Robbins is world renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets as well as his work as a director and choreographer in theater, movies and tv. Although he began as a modern dancer, his start on Broadway was as a chorus dancer before joining the corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre where he went on to dance principal roles in the works of Fokine, Tudor, Massine, Balanchine, Lichine, and de Mille. Mr. Robbins simultaneously created ballets for NYC Ballet and became an Assoc Artistic Director with G. Balanchine. Mr. Robbins has directed for tv and film as well, with his co-direction and choreography of West Side Story winning him two Academy Awards. After his Broadway triumph with Fiddler on the Roof in 1964, Mr. Robbins created many ballets for New York City Ballet and Broadway musicals through 1889. In addition to two Academy Awards, Mr. Robbins's awards and citations include four Tony Awards, five Donaldson Awards, two Emmy Awards, the Screen Directors' Guild Award, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, a 1981 Kennedy Center Honors Recipient, and the Commandeur de L'Order des Arts et des Lettres. In 1989, Jerome Robbins's Broadway won six Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Director. He was most recently awarded the French Chevalier dans l'Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur. Jerome Robbins passed away in 1998.
Harold Prince (Director/Producer) Mr. Prince directed the premiere productions of Cabaret, Company, Follies, Candide, Pacific Overtures, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Evita, The Phantom Of The Opera and Parade in addition to many plays and operas and his own play, Grandchild Of Kings. Before becoming a director, Mr. Prince's productions included The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, West Side Story, Fiddler On The Roof and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. He was the recipient of a National Medal of Arts (2000), recipient of 20 Tony Awards, and a 1994 Kennedy Center Honoree.
Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway
