Alexander Porfyrevich Borodin (Алекса́ндр Порфи́рьевич Бороди́н) (November 12, 1833  February 27, 1887) was a Russian composer who made his living as a chemist. He was a member of The Five, or "The Mighty Handful", a group of composers dedicated to producing a specifically Russian music.

Aaron Thielen has long been an advocate for the creation of new musicals. Most recently he and Michael Mahler wrote October Sky the Musical that had its World Premiere at the Marriott Theatre this season.

BRIAN YORKEY received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 2009 Tony Award for Best Score, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Next to Normal and was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.

VERNA SAFRAN, of Sarasota, Florida is the author of three successfully produced musical shows for children; The Legend of Paul Bunyan, Hiawatha and The Prince and the Pauper, which was recently optioned by Music Theatre International for distribution worldwide. Ms.

John Anthony Burgess Wilson (February 25, 1917  November 25, 1993), better known by the pen name Anthony Burgess, was a British writer.

Life:

Robert L. Freedman won a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Book of a Musical for the Tony-winning Best Musical of 2014, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.

Kara DioGuardi is a Grammy-nominated hit songwriter, producer, Warner Brothers Records executive, music publisher, author, broadway performer, and TV personality.

Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Tony, Drama Desk awards); Off Broadway: Striking 12 (Lucille Lortel nomination), Off-Off: Serenade. Regional: Guthrie, Little House on the Prairie; Center Theater Group, Sleeping Beauty Wakes(Los Angeles Ovation Award); London: Blood Drive.