Sheldon Epps conceived and directed the Duke Ellington musical Play On! which received three Tony Award nominations and was produced at Seattle Repertory Theatre and the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, where it received four Jefferson Awards including Best Musical.

Philip G. Epstein, born Aug. 22, 1909, New York, N.Y. died, Dec.

PHILIP LAZEBNIK has written numerous films, TV series and theatrical musicals in Los Angeles and Europe, but he is primarily known for his animated features, including Disney’s Pocahontas and Mulan, and DreamWorks’ Prince of Egypt, for which he wrote the screenplay and the book for the stage musi

Tim Rice has worked in music, theater, and film since 1965, when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter. Rather than pursue Tim's ambitions to write rock or pop songs, they turned their attention to Andrew's obsession - musical theater.