Producer/Director
FORWARD: A SONG CYCLE - Producer - January 16, 2006; The Makor Theatre. A song cycle by up-and-coming composer Jonathan Reid-Gealt, featuring performances by Kate Baldwin, Eric Imhoff, Adam Armstrong, Max von Essen, Robb Sapp, Marty Thomas, Bridie Carroll, Chelsea Krombach, Matt Cavenaugh, David Burnham, Whitney Bashor and others.
THE SECRET GARDEN IN CONCERT - Artistic Producer - December 5, 2005; The Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom. Featuring performances by: Rescue Me's Steven Pasquale, Laura Benanti, Michael Arden, 2005 Tony Award Nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger, 5-Time Emmy Award-Winner David Canary, Will Chase and Max von Essen. The concert was directed by Stafford Arima and featured a full cast of more than 100. Named one of the Top Ten Theatrical Events of 2004 by Playbill.com and TheaterMania.com
PIPPIN IN CONCERT - Artistic Producer - November 29, 2004; The Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom. Featuring performances by: Tony Award Winner Ben Vereen, Rosie O’Donnell, Billy Porter, Kate Shindle, Laura Benanti and Michael Arden as Pippin. The concert was directed by Gabriel Barre and featured a full cast of 130. Named one of the Top Ten Theatrical Events of 2004 by Playbill.com.
SNOOPY!!! IN CONCERT - Executive Producer - April 12, 2004; The Peter Norton Symphony Space. A One-Night Only Benefit Concert for The Pied Piper Children's Theatre of New York City. Co-Executive Producer: Sutton Foster. Featuring performances by: Tony Award Winner Sutton Foster, Ann Harada, Hunter Foster, Christian Borle, Jennifer Cody, and Deven May. Event raised over $85,000. Named one of the Top Ten Theatrical Events of 2004 by Playbill.com
CHILDREN OF EDEN - Producer/Director - December 1, 2003; The Riverside Church - A One-Night Only Benefit Concert for The National AIDS Fund and The York Theatre Company. Featuring a cast of 120, Concert featured performances by: Jai Rodriguez, Julia Murney, Norm Lewis, Darius de Haas, Jonathan Dokuchitz, Max von Essen and Laura Benanti
STANDING OVATIONS 1, 2, & 3 - Director - May and October, 2004, April, 2005; Joe's Pub at The Public Theatre. A Sold-Out concert series to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Produced by BroadwayWorld.com, Standing Ovations featured performances by Felicia Finley, Tony Award Winner Marc Shaiman, Mandy Gonzalez, Stephanie J Block, Michael McKean, Ellen Greene, Max von Essen, Andrea McArdle, and Tony Award Nominees Alison Fraser and Susan Egan.
FLOPZ! , FLOPZ 2 and CUTZ - Producer/Director - August, 2005; February, 2006 Joe's Pub. Concerts featuring great songs from "egregiously overlooked" musicals and songs cut from musicals we know and love. Featuring performances by Jen Gambatese, Danny Gurwin, Sara Gettelfinger, Laura Benanti, Alex Gemignani, Celia Keenan-Bolger and dozens more.
MIRACLE ON 47TH STREET, MIRACLE ON LAFAYETTE, MIRACLE ON 13TH STREET - Producer/Director - December, 2003 AND 2004;The King Kong Room at The Supper Club and Joe's Pub. A Benefit Concert for God's Love We Deliver. An evening of new and favorite holiday songs featuring Broadway performers. Featuring performances by: Tony Nominee Laura Benanti, Max von Essen, Deven May, Jenn Colella, Capathia Jenkins, Nikki Renee Daniels, Robb Sapp, Stephanie J. Block, Randy Redd and Julia Murney.
EMBRACE! (2004, 2005 & 2006) - Producer/Artistic Director - February, 2004. 2005 & 2006; The Westside Theatre. A One-Night Only Benefit Concert for The Matthew Shepard Foundation. Featuring performances by: Tony Award Nominee Raul Esparza, Patrick Wilson, Emily Skinner, Tom Hewitt, Kelli O'Hara, Anne Runolfsson, Tony Vincent, Laura Benanti, Kate Shindle, Laura Benanti, Gavin Creel, hosted by Charles Busch (2004), Judy Gold (2005) and Seth Rudetsky (2006)
OGEAR FASHION SHOW AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD - Director- September 26, 2005. A fashion show for OGEAR CLOTHING featuring an unveling of a new t-shirt designed for the benefit of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Hosted by ABC News Anchor, Charles Perez.
NEO - Director/Coordinator - June 9, 2003; The York Theatre Company. A One-Night Only Benefit Concert for The York Theatre Company featuring Broadway stars singing songs by New, Exciting and Outstanding writers in musical theatre. Featuring performances by: Tony Award Winners Judy Kaye & Tonya Pinkins, John Tartaglia, Bryan Batt, Kerry Butler and Matt Cavenaugh. CD Recorded Live, available out on JAY RECORDS.
WITH LOVE, FROM BROADWAY TO THE BAYOU - Producer/Director - A sold-out concert at Joe's Pub benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina, October 23rd, 2005. Hosted by Bryan Batt, performances by Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, Melissa Errico, Shoshana Bean, Matt Cavenaugh, Sara Gettelfinger, and others.
SONGS YOU DON'T KNOW BY PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU - Producer/Director - September 26, 2005; The Makor. A concert of music by Dan Lipton and David Rossmer festuring performances by Matt Cavenaugh, John Cariani, Anthony Rapp, Kate Baldwin, and several others.
NYMF AT PINK - Producer/Director - May 11, 2004; A fundraising evening for The New York Musical Theatre Festival featuring a silent auction, launch speeches for the festival and performances and appearances by Tony Award Winners John Lithgow, Jim Dale and Brian Stokes Mitchell, Gille Chiasson, Joanna Gleason, Chris Sarandon, John Tartaglia, Larry O'Keefe and Kate Shindle.
JENNY GIERING LIVE AT THE BELT - Producer - June, 2003; The Belt Theater; NYC - A sold-out, one-night concert featuring singer/songwriter Jenny Giering.
IN THE WORKS! - Producer/Director - May, 2004; Club Black's PINK ROOM- A series promoting music by new and exciting composers and lyricists. Performed a limited run as the inaugural cabaret in a new space.
MAX VON ESSEN'S BROADWAY SPOTLIGHT - Director - January, February 2004; The Ars Nova Theatre. A sold-out run of Max's cabaret premiere as a part of The Ars Nova Broadway Spotlight Series.
JOHN TARTAGLIA'S BROADWAY SPOTLIGHT - Director - April 5, 2004, The Ars Nova Theatre. The 2004 Tony Nominee's one-man show, As part of their popular Broadway Spotlight Series. Named one of the Top Ten Theatrical Events of 2004 by Playbill.com
SHAMELESS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LAURA BELL BUNDY - Director - October 4, 2004; Joe's Pub- a one woman show featuring Wicked and Hairspray star Laura Bell Bundy.
BROADWAY PRO'S FOR PARKINSON'S RESOURCE ORGANIZATION - Director - October 2, 2004; Los Angeles, CA- A concert benefit for The Parkinson's Resource in CA. A Broadway Concert featuring Lea Thompson, Malcolm Gets, Susan Egan and several others.
BROADWAYWORLD.COM PRESENTS FRONT & CENTER - Artistic Director - A new series sponsored BroadwayWorld.com, featuring Broadway performers in an intimate cabaret setting. Beginning June, 2004, the series will feature concert presentations by Mandy Gonzalez, The Cast of BARE, Gavin Creel, Susan Egan and Laura Benanti (all scheduled to aplepear through August, 2004).
THE 2004 NIGHTLIFE AWARDS - Director - January 12, 2004; Town Hall, NYC. A unique evening of performances by the best in NYC Cabaret, Jazz and Comedy. No acceptance speeches- instead, more than 28 performances and presentations. Featuring: Margaret Whiting, Tammy Grimes, Sandy Duncan, Alan King, Annie Ross, Betty Buckley and Douglas Sills.
RELUCTANT PILGRIM - Producer/Director - New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2005. A new concert style evening of the lesser-known songs of Grammy and Academy Award-Winning-Composer, Stephen Schwartz.
7 REECE MEWS - Director - May-June, 2004; A World Premiere of a play by new playwright, David Brendan Hopes. Produced by Monday Morning Productions at Westbeth Theatre Center in the West Village, NYC.
SHAMELESS: THE MUSIC OF BRIAN LOWDERMILK - Director - May 10, 2004; NYU. A Concert recital of the music of composer Brian Lowdermilk featuring Natalie Douglas, Mandy Gonzalez, Michael Hunsaker and Sriram Ganesan
NEW STAGES AT THE YORK - Program Administrator/Director - September, 2003; A pilot educational program for The York Theatre Company. Students had the opportunity to showcase 2-3 songs, having been coached by a director, musical director and in many cases, the writers of the songs being performed. Writers involved in program: Jeff Marx, Robert Lopez, Larry O'Keefe, Douglas J. Cohen, Marcy Heisler, Zina Goldrich.
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! - Director - November, 2001; A Benefit Reading for the Twin Towers Fund, performed at St. Clement's Church Off-Broadway.
THE RITZ - Director - June, 2001; A concert presentation for The Gay Pride Staged Reading Series at Lincoln Center.
KISS ME, KATE; PLAZA SUITE; THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Director - Summers, 1997, 1998, 2000; Full Production at The Saxtons River Playhouse, a summer stock company in Saxtons River, VT.
ANNIE, SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!, RAINBOW CONNECTION - Director - Summer, 1999; Presentations by Fiddlehead Jr., an educational program for The Fiddlehead Theatre Company in Norwood, MA.
CLOSER THAN EVER - Director - June, 1999; Full Production, 2-month run at The Fiddlehead Theatre in Norwood, MA.