Martin Charnin created the role of Big Deal in the original Broadway company of West Side Story in 1957, the only acting job he ever had. He began writing during West Side Story and his first collaborator was Mary Rodgers.

Jennifer Lee is the Academy Award®-winning writer and director of Walt Disney Animation Studio's Frozen. For her work on Frozen, Lee received numerous awards including a Golden Globe, a Critics' Choice Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award®.

Martin Starkie was born in London. Educated at Oxford University where he was a pupil of Nevill Coghill. Trained for the theater at LAMDA, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In England he has been an actor, writer and director for the theater, radio, and TV.

Marvin Hamlisch was the composer of Broadway musicals such as The Goodbye Girl, A Chorus Line (Pulitzer Prize), They're Playing Our Song, and more.

Awards and nominations:
1981 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical Tintypes [nominee]

Productions:

SMILE
Musical Staging [Original, Musical] (Nov 24, 1986 - Jan 3, 1987)

Louis Jordan Born - July 8, 1908 Brinkley, AR. Died February 4, 1975 Los Angeles, CA.
Lyricist, Composer. Husband of Fleecie Moore

Productions:

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE

Music & Lyrics [Original, Musical, Revue] (Apr 8, 1992 - May 2, 1993)

Jimmy McHugh (July 10, 1894 - May 23, 1969), was one of the greatest and most prolific songwriters during the 1920s-1950s.