Miami
- Book by Wendy Wasserstein
- Music & Co-lyrics by Jack Feldman
- Co-lyrics by Bruce Sussman
- Directed by Gerald Gutierrez
WENDY WASSERSTEIN received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for the Heidi Chronicles, directed by Daniel Sullivan, produced by Playwrights Horizons. Originally produced by Lincoln Center Theatre in 1992, The Sisters Rosensweig was nominated for 5 Tony Awards including Best Play. Wasserstein's Off-Broadway plays include Uncommon Women and Others , Isn't it Romantic (produced by playwrights Horizons and directed by Gerry Guiterrez), and a musical Miami. Other notable productions are American Daughter, Old Money, Psyche in Love, and her most recent play Third which opened in 2005. Her screenplays include House of Husbands (with Christopher Durang), and The Object of My Affection (based on a novel by Stephen McCauley). She is the author of Bachelor Girls, a collection of essays. Ms. Wasserstein was hospitalized with Lymphoma in December of 2005, ultimately leading to her death in January of 2006. (As of November 2008)
Jack Feldman is an American Tony-award winning lyricist who has written songs for television, film, and Broadway. He has worked on many Disney movies ranging from Oliver & Company to The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, collaborating with Alan Menken on the songs for Newsies. He wrote the lyrics for Barry Manilow's Grammy Award–winning song "Copacabana" and recently won a Tony along with Alan Menken for the stage musical version of Newsies.
Bruce Sussman is the co-author of well over 200 published and recorded songs written for dozens of artists, films, television programs and stage musicals. The majority of these projects were written with his collaborator of 40 years, Barry Manilow. For the stage, he co-authored the scores for Ted Tally's Coming Attractions (Outer Critics Circle Award, Pulitzer Prize nominee) and Wendy Wasserstein’s Miami, both produced Off-Broadway by Andre Bishop at Playwrights Horizons in New York. His songs have been featured in numerous stage revues including The Madwoman of Central Park West, Tuxedos for Hire, and the long-running Off-Broadway and London productions of Whoop-DeeDoo! (Drama Desk Award, Obie Award). With Mr. Manilow, he wrote the song scores for the animated feature films The Pebble and the Penguin, Thumbelinaand Disney's Oliver And Co. He is particularly proud to have written a song with Mr. Manilow for the televised bicentennial celebration of the United States Constitution. The song, “Let Freedom Ring," was later performed at the televised Inaugural Gala for President Clinton. His songs have been featured in over two dozen feature films and have been recorded by an array of pop, jazz, country, and international artists, earning Grammy Awards and multiple Gold and Platinum records from around the world.
GERALD GUTIERREZ (Director) was born and lived in Brooklyn. For Lincoln Center Theater, his productions include The Most Happy Fella, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Playboy of the West Indies, The Heiress, Northeast Local, A Delicate Balance, Ivanov and Ring Round the Moon. He recently directed Tom Donaghy's critically acclaimed Boys and Girls for Playwrights Horizons. For his work, Mr. Gutierrez has been honored with two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, two Cullman Awards, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, the Connecticut Drama Critics Award, the Callaway Award and was honored by the Hispanic Federation of New York. He is a graduate of the Juilliard Preparatory Division (piano) and the Juilliard Drama Division (under John Houseman). (As of June 2009)
Featuring
John Aller
Cleve Asbury
Bill Badolato
Royana Black
Chevi Colton
John Cunningham
Mary Anne Dorward
Joanna Glushak
David Green
Larry Keith
Jane Krakowski
Marcia Lewis
Jerry Mayer
Phyllis Newman
Stephen Pearlman
Fisher Stevens
Molly Wassermann
Catherine Wolf
Creative Team
Heidi Landesman
Scenic DesignerAnn Hould-Ward
Costume DesignerRichard Nelson
Lighting DesignerScott Lehrer
Sound DesignerSuzanne Fly
Production Stage ManagerDavid Bishop
Music Director/ArrangementsLarry Hyman
ChoreographyPhotos by Gerry Goodstein