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Anna Kendrick (Cathy Hiatt) Anna Kendrick has a slew of projects that showcase her impressive range of talent. She was the lead in the hit comedy-musical, PITCH PERFECT. The song Cups, which she performed in the film has gone multiplatinum, and is one of Billboards top songs of 2013. She is currently filming PITCH PERFECT 2, set to open May 15, 2015. Kendrick’s next project includes THE HOLLARS, starring opposite John Krasinski, who will also direct the film. She is also set to star opposite Sam Rockwell in MR. RIGHT with Paco Cabezas to direct. Kendrick has completed filming Disneyʼs film adaptation of the musical INTO THE WOODS. She stars as Cinderella in the film opposite Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp. The film, directed by Rob Marshall, is slated to open December 2014. She also wrapped the film adaptation of the musical THE LAST 5 YEARS. She had three films premiere at Sundance 2014, HAPPY CHRISTMAS, THE VOICES and LIFE AFTER BETH. All three films received rave reviews, with press crowning her “the Queen Bee of Sundance.” Anna starred recently in the indie darling DRINKING BUDDIES, opposite Olivia Wilde and Ron Livingston. She also starred Summit Entertainmentʼs dramatic comedy 50/50, with Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The film received rave reviews from fans and critics alike, as well as several prestigious award nominations. She was also in David Ayerʼs intense crime drama END OF WATCH, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal. In 2010 Kendrick starred opposite George Clooney and Jason Bateman in the lauded film UP IN THE AIR, directed by Jason Reitman. Kendrick earned a best supporting actress Oscar nomination, and was honored as best supporting actress by The National Board of Review and Best Breakout Star at the MTV Movie Awards. She also earned nominations from the Criticʼs Choice Movie Awards, The Golden Globes, BAFTA, and the Screen Actors Guild. She was in the blockbuster TWILIGHT franchise, including New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn Part 1. Kendrick notably starred in PictureHouseʼs ROCKET SCIENCE, directed by Jeffrey Blitz. Her performance as an ultra competitive high school debate team member garnered critical acclaim and the film received a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. For her work in the film, Anna was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress. Anna made her feature film debut in director Todd Graffʼs CAMP, a darling of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Her performance in the cult hit earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination, as well as a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Annual Chlotrudis Awards. An accomplished theatre veteran, Kendrick began her career as Dinah Lord in the 1997 Broadway musical production of HIGH SOCIETY, for which she received a Tony Award nomination as Beat Featured Actress in a Musical. At 12-years-old, the honor made her the second youngest Tony nominee in award history. Kendrick also garnered Drama League and Theatre World awards, as well as Drama Desk and FANY award nominations. Kendrickʼs additional theatre work includes a feature role with the New York city Operaʼs production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, starring Jeremy Irons, MY FAVORITE BROADWAY/THE LEADING LADIES: Live At Carnegie Hall, and Broadway workshops of JANE EYRE and THE LITTLE PRINCESS.

Anna Kendrick (Cathy Hiatt)

Anna Kendrick has a slew of projects that showcase her impressive range of talent. She was the lead in the hit comedy-musical, PITCH PERFECT. The song Cups, which she performed in the film has gone multiplatinum, and is one of Billboards top songs of 2013. She is currently filming PITCH PERFECT 2, set to open May 15, 2015.

Kendrick’s next project includes THE HOLLARS, starring opposite John Krasinski, who will also direct the film. She is also set to star opposite Sam Rockwell in MR. RIGHT with Paco Cabezas to direct.

Kendrick has completed filming Disneyʼs film adaptation of the musical INTO THE WOODS. She stars as Cinderella in the film opposite Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp. The film, directed by Rob Marshall, is slated to open December 2014. She also wrapped the film adaptation of the musical THE LAST 5 YEARS.

She had three films premiere at Sundance 2014, HAPPY CHRISTMAS, THE VOICES and LIFE AFTER BETH. All three films received rave reviews, with press crowning her “the Queen Bee of Sundance.” Anna starred recently in the indie darling DRINKING BUDDIES, opposite Olivia Wilde and Ron Livingston. She also starred Summit Entertainmentʼs dramatic comedy 50/50, with Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The film received rave reviews from fans and critics alike, as well as several prestigious award nominations. She was also in David Ayerʼs intense crime drama END OF WATCH, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal.

In 2010 Kendrick starred opposite George Clooney and Jason Bateman in the lauded film UP IN THE AIR, directed by Jason Reitman. Kendrick earned a best supporting actress Oscar nomination, and was honored as best supporting actress by The National Board of Review and Best Breakout Star at the MTV Movie Awards. She also earned nominations from the Criticʼs Choice Movie Awards, The Golden Globes, BAFTA, and the Screen Actors Guild.

She was in the blockbuster TWILIGHT franchise, including New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn Part 1.

Kendrick notably starred in PictureHouseʼs ROCKET SCIENCE, directed by Jeffrey Blitz. Her performance as an ultra competitive high school debate team member garnered critical acclaim and the film received a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. For her work in the film, Anna was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Anna made her feature film debut in director Todd Graffʼs CAMP, a darling of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Her performance in the cult hit earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination, as well as a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Annual Chlotrudis Awards.

An accomplished theatre veteran, Kendrick began her career as Dinah Lord in the 1997 Broadway musical production of HIGH SOCIETY, for which she received a Tony Award nomination as Beat Featured Actress in a Musical. At 12-years-old, the honor made her the second youngest Tony nominee in award history. Kendrick also garnered Drama League and Theatre World awards, as well as Drama Desk and FANY award nominations.

Kendrickʼs additional theatre work includes a feature role with the New York city Operaʼs production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, starring Jeremy Irons, MY FAVORITE BROADWAY/THE LEADING LADIES: Live At Carnegie Hall, and Broadway workshops of JANE EYRE and THE LITTLE PRINCESS.

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Jeremy Jordan (Jamie Wellerstein) Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan starred in NBC’s musical drama “Smash” as Jimmy Collins, a music composer who is creating a current-day rock musical along with his music partner Kyle Bishop (Andy Mientus) in Brooklyn. Jeremy stars opposite Anna Kendrick in the film musical “The Last 5 Years” (2014), based on the play of the same name. The movie was filmed in the summer of 2013, and will receive a 2014 release. Jeremy was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas and studied at Ithaca College, where he earned a BFA with honors in performance theatre. In 2009, he got his professional start in New York as the understudy to the lead in Broadway’s “Rock of Ages.” Jeremy then went on to star as ‘Tony’ in Broadway’s revival of “West Side Story.” In 2011, Jeremy starred as ‘Clyde Barrow’ in the new Broadway musical, “Bonnie & Clyde” by Frank Wildhorn and Don Black at the Schoenfeld Theatre. Jeremy starred alongside Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton in the Warner Bros. film “Joyful Noise,” (2012) directed by Todd Graff. He also originated the role of ‘Jack Kelly’ in the Tony-nominated Broadway show, “Newsies.” Jeremy was nominated for ‘Best Actor in a Musical’ for his leading role in the Disney musical.

Jeremy Jordan (Jamie Wellerstein)

Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan starred in NBC’s musical drama “Smash” as Jimmy Collins, a music composer who is creating a current-day rock musical along with his music partner Kyle Bishop (Andy Mientus) in Brooklyn.

Jeremy stars opposite Anna Kendrick in the film musical “The Last 5 Years” (2014), based on the play of the same name. The movie was filmed in the summer of 2013, and will receive a 2014 release.

Jeremy was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas and studied at Ithaca College, where he earned a BFA with honors in performance theatre. In 2009, he got his professional start in New York as the understudy to the lead in Broadway’s “Rock of Ages.” Jeremy then went on to star as ‘Tony’ in Broadway’s revival of “West Side Story.” In 2011, Jeremy starred as ‘Clyde Barrow’ in the new Broadway musical, “Bonnie & Clyde” by Frank Wildhorn and Don Black at the Schoenfeld Theatre. Jeremy starred alongside Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton in the Warner Bros. film “Joyful Noise,” (2012) directed by Todd Graff. He also originated the role of ‘Jack Kelly’ in the Tony-nominated Broadway show, “Newsies.” Jeremy was nominated for ‘Best Actor in a Musical’ for his leading role in the Disney musical.

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Richard LaGraveneseAdapter, Director Richard LaGravenese is a writer, director and producer. His credits include the screenplay for the HBO Emmy award winning “BEHIND THE CANDELABRA”, directed by Steven Soderbergh (Emmy Nomination for Best Writing in Television Movie/Mini Series, BAFTA nomination Best Screenplay). He previously earned Academy Award®, BAFTA and WGA award nominations for his original screenplay “The Fisher King”. His other screen writing credits include “Water for Elephants,” “The Bridges of Madison County,” “A Little Princess”, “The Horse Whisperer,” “The Ref“, ”The Mirror Has Two Faces,” “Beloved” and “Unstrung Heroes.” (TIFF premiere) LaGravenese wrote and directed the films “Living Out Loud”(TIFF premiere), “P.S. I Love You,” “Paris Je T’aime,”and “Beautiful Creatures,” as well as “Freedom Writers,” (Humanitas Prize for Best Screenplay). He co-produced and co-directed (with the late Ted Demme) the Emmy®-nominated documentary “A Decade Under the Influence”, (National Board of Review’s William Everson Film History Award). With co-creator Tony Goldwyn, LaGravenese wrote and produced the critically acclaimed AMCnetwork/WEtv television series, THE DIVIDE, which premiered the summer of 2014 and was shot entirely in Toronto.

Richard LaGravenese
Adapter, Director

Richard LaGravenese is a writer, director and producer. His credits include the screenplay for the HBO Emmy award winning “BEHIND THE CANDELABRA”, directed by Steven Soderbergh (Emmy Nomination for Best Writing in Television Movie/Mini Series, BAFTA nomination Best Screenplay). He previously earned Academy Award®, BAFTA and WGA award nominations for his original screenplay “The Fisher King”. His other screen writing credits include “Water for Elephants,” “The Bridges of Madison County,” “A Little Princess”, “The Horse Whisperer,” “The Ref“, ”The Mirror Has Two Faces,” “Beloved” and “Unstrung Heroes.” (TIFF premiere) LaGravenese wrote and directed the films “Living Out Loud”(TIFF premiere), “P.S. I Love You,” “Paris Je T’aime,”and “Beautiful Creatures,” as well as “Freedom Writers,” (Humanitas Prize for Best Screenplay). He co-produced and co-directed (with the late Ted Demme) the Emmy®-nominated documentary “A Decade Under the Influence”, (National Board of Review’s William Everson Film History Award). With co-creator Tony Goldwyn, LaGravenese wrote and produced the critically acclaimed AMCnetwork/WEtv television series, THE DIVIDE, which premiered the summer of 2014 and was shot entirely in Toronto.

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Jason Robert Brown Composer  JASON ROBERT BROWN is the ultimate multi-hyphenate – an three-time Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, director and performer – best known for his dazzling scores to several of the most renowned musicals of his generation, including last season’s highly-praised THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, the recently revived THE LAST 5 YEARS, his debut song cycle SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, and the seminal PARADE, for which he won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Score.   Jason Robert Brown has been hailed as “one of Broadway’s smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim” (Philadelphia Inquirer), and his “extraordinary, jubilant theater music” (Chicago Tribune) has been heard all over the world, whether in one of the hundreds of productions of his musicals every year or in his own incendiary live performances.  The New York Times refers to Jason as “a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the American musical.”  His major musicals as composer and lyricist include: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, adapted by Marsha Norman from the blockbuster novel, and starring Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale; 13, written with Robert Horn and Dan Elish, which began its life in Los Angeles in 2007 and opened on Broadway in 2008 (and was subsequently directed by the composer for its West End premiere in 2012); THE LAST 5 YEARS, which was cited as one of Time Magazine’s 10 Best of 2001 and won Drama Desk Awards for Best Music and Best Lyrics (and was subsequently directed by the composer in its record-breaking Off-Broadway run at Second Stage Theatre in 2013); PARADE, written with Alfred Uhry and directed by Harold Prince, which premiered at Lincoln Center Theatre in 1998, and subsequently won both the Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards for Best New Musical, as well as garnering Jason the Tony Award for Original Score; and SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, a theatrical song cycle directed by Daisy Prince, which played Off-Broadway in 1995, and has since been seen in hundreds of productions around the world.  HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, based on Andrew Bergman’s film, opens on Broadway this winter following a triumphant production at Paper Mill Playhouse last fall.  A film version of THE LAST 5 YEARS will be released later this year, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan and directed by Richard LaGravenese. PARADE was also the subject of a major revival directed by Rob Ashford, first at London’s Donmar Warehouse and then at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and will be performed in concert at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall in February 2015 with a full orchestra conducted by the composer. His orchestral adaptation of E.B. White’s novel THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN premiered at the Kennedy Center with John Lithgow and the National Symphony Orchestra, and the CD was released on PS Classics.  He has also contributed music to “Sesame Street” and “The Wonder Pets.”  Future projects include an untitled new piece created with Claudia Shear and Casey Nicholaw, a collaboration with Marsha Norman and Rob Ashford, and a new solo album for release in 2015.   As a soloist or with his band The Caucasian Rhythm Kings, Jason has performed sold-out concerts around the world.  His first solo album, WEARING SOMEONE ELSES CLOTHES, was named one of Amazon.com’s best of 2005, and is available from Sh-K-Boom Records.  His collaboration with singer Lauren Kennedy, SONGS OF JASON ROBERT BROWN, is available on PS Classics.  Jason was on the faculty of the USC School of Dramatic Arts for nine years, and was the Blodgett Artist-In-Residence at Harvard University in 2014.  Jason lives with his wife, composer Georgia Stitt, and their daughters in New York City.  Jason is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 & 47.  Visit him on the web at www.jasonrobertbrown.com.

Jason Robert Brown 
Composer 

JASON ROBERT BROWN is the ultimate multi-hyphenate – an three-time Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, director and performer – best known for his dazzling scores to several of the most renowned musicals of his generation, including last season’s highly-praised THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, the recently revived THE LAST 5 YEARS, his debut song cycle SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, and the seminal PARADE, for which he won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Score.  

Jason Robert Brown has been hailed as “one of Broadway’s smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim” (Philadelphia Inquirer), and his “extraordinary, jubilant theater music” (Chicago Tribune) has been heard all over the world, whether in one of the hundreds of productions of his musicals every year or in his own incendiary live performances.  The New York Times refers to Jason as “a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the American musical.” 

His major musicals as composer and lyricist include: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, adapted by Marsha Norman from the blockbuster novel, and starring Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale; 13, written with Robert Horn and Dan Elish, which began its life in Los Angeles in 2007 and opened on Broadway in 2008 (and was subsequently directed by the composer for its West End premiere in 2012); THE LAST 5 YEARS, which was cited as one of Time Magazine’s 10 Best of 2001 and won Drama Desk Awards for Best Music and Best Lyrics (and was subsequently directed by the composer in its record-breaking Off-Broadway run at Second Stage Theatre in 2013); PARADE, written with Alfred Uhry and directed by Harold Prince, which premiered at Lincoln Center Theatre in 1998, and subsequently won both the Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards for Best New Musical, as well as garnering Jason the Tony Award for Original Score; and SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, a theatrical song cycle directed by Daisy Prince, which played Off-Broadway in 1995, and has since been seen in hundreds of productions around the world.  HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, based on Andrew Bergman’s film, opens on Broadway this winter following a triumphant production at Paper Mill Playhouse last fall.  A film version of THE LAST 5 YEARS will be released later this year, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan and directed by Richard LaGravenese. PARADE was also the subject of a major revival directed by Rob Ashford, first at London’s Donmar Warehouse and then at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and will be performed in concert at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall in February 2015 with a full orchestra conducted by the composer. His orchestral adaptation of E.B. White’s novel THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN premiered at the Kennedy Center with John Lithgow and the National Symphony Orchestra, and the CD was released on PS Classics.  He has also contributed music to “Sesame Street” and “The Wonder Pets.”  Future projects include an untitled new piece created with Claudia Shear and Casey Nicholaw, a collaboration with Marsha Norman and Rob Ashford, and a new solo album for release in 2015.  

As a soloist or with his band The Caucasian Rhythm Kings, Jason has performed sold-out concerts around the world.  His first solo album, WEARING SOMEONE ELSES CLOTHES, was named one of Amazon.com’s best of 2005, and is available from Sh-K-Boom Records.  His collaboration with singer Lauren Kennedy, SONGS OF JASON ROBERT BROWN, is available on PS Classics.  Jason was on the faculty of the USC School of Dramatic Arts for nine years, and was the Blodgett Artist-In-Residence at Harvard University in 2014. 

Jason lives with his wife, composer Georgia Stitt, and their daughters in New York City.  Jason is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 & 47.  Visit him on the web at www.jasonrobertbrown.com.

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Lauren VerselProducer Lauren Versel is a founding member of Lucky Monkey Pictures. Born in New York, Lauren has over 25 years of experience in film, television and theater as a writer, director, editor, producer and financier. Since Lucky Monkey’s inception, Lauren has produced several award winning films including CITY ISLAND (2009), which won over audiences at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, as well as the Golden Globe nominated ARBITRAGE (2012). In 2012 Lauren reunited Alicia Silverstone and her Clueless writer/director Amy Heckerling in the dark comedy VAMPS. Lauren’s latest project was as producer on the Richard LaGravenese’s adaptation of THE LAST 5 YEARS based on the musical by the Tony Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown, starring Anna Kendrick and Broadway favorite Jeremy Jordan.  Lauren is currently in pre-production for two films, NOBODY’S WATCHING by Argentine writer / director Julia Solomonoff as well as teaming up with her CITY ISLAND writer/director Raymond de Felitta on his latest project MARRIED & CHEATING. Lauren splits her time between New York City and Garrison. Please visit www.luckymonkeypictures.com for more information.

Lauren Versel
Producer

Lauren Versel is a founding member of Lucky Monkey Pictures. Born in New York, Lauren has over 25 years of experience in film, television and theater as a writer, director, editor, producer and financier. Since Lucky Monkey’s inception, Lauren has produced several award winning films including CITY ISLAND (2009), which won over audiences at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, as well as the Golden Globe nominated ARBITRAGE (2012). In 2012 Lauren reunited Alicia Silverstone and her Clueless writer/director Amy Heckerling in the dark comedy VAMPS. Lauren’s latest project was as producer on the Richard LaGravenese’s adaptation of THE LAST 5 YEARS based on the musical by the Tony Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown, starring Anna Kendrick and Broadway favorite Jeremy Jordan.  Lauren is currently in pre-production for two films, NOBODY’S WATCHING by Argentine writer / director Julia Solomonoff as well as teaming up with her CITY ISLAND writer/director Raymond de Felitta on his latest project MARRIED & CHEATING. Lauren splits her time between New York City and Garrison.

Please visit www.luckymonkeypictures.com for more information.

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Kurt DeutschProducer Co-Founder and CEO of Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records, Grammy Award winner Kurt Deutsch is credited with reinventing the musical theatre recording landscape by preserving countless Broadway and Off-Broadway Cast Recordings. In 2000, fueled by the revolution of the internet and the music industry, and the evolution of the new wave of musical theatre, Deutsch and three-time Tony Award-nominated actress/writer Sherie Rene Scott founded Sh-K-Boom with the mission of bringing passionate, fresh artists and their music to a whole new audience. A unique new business model was developed through close partnership with Broadway producers.    Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records has a catalogue of over 150 albums, a music publishing arm, a theatrical production division and, now, the motion picture THE LAST FIVE YEARS marks their first feature film. Deutsch has been honored with a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album for In The Heights as well as eight Grammy Award nominations and a special 2006 Drama Desk Award for dedication to the preservation of musical theater through cast albums. The catalogue includes: The Book of Mormon, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Pippin, Newsies, Hair, Cinderella, Next to Normal, Anything Goes, Legally Blonde the Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and The Last Five Years. Solo albums include recordings by Patti LuPone, Sherie Rene Scott, Kelli O’Hara, Sutton Foster, Adam Pascal, Alice Ripley, Christine Ebersole, David Yazbek and Jason Robert Brown, which Sh-K-Boom produces in addition to recordings by Broadway’s next generation of composers. For more info visit www.sh-k-boom.com.

Kurt Deutsch
Producer

Co-Founder and CEO of Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records, Grammy Award winner Kurt Deutsch is credited with reinventing the musical theatre recording landscape by preserving countless Broadway and Off-Broadway Cast Recordings. In 2000, fueled by the revolution of the internet and the music industry, and the evolution of the new wave of musical theatre, Deutsch and three-time Tony Award-nominated actress/writer Sherie Rene Scott founded Sh-K-Boom with the mission of bringing passionate, fresh artists and their music to a whole new audience. A unique new business model was developed through close partnership with Broadway producers.  

 Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records has a catalogue of over 150 albums, a music publishing arm, a theatrical production division and, now, the motion picture THE LAST FIVE YEARS marks their first feature film. Deutsch has been honored with a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album for In The Heights as well as eight Grammy Award nominations and a special 2006 Drama Desk Award for dedication to the preservation of musical theater through cast albums. The catalogue includes: The Book of Mormon, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Pippin, Newsies, Hair, Cinderella, Next to Normal, Anything Goes, Legally Blonde the Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and The Last Five Years. Solo albums include recordings by Patti LuPone, Sherie Rene Scott, Kelli O’Hara, Sutton Foster, Adam Pascal, Alice Ripley, Christine Ebersole, David Yazbek and Jason Robert Brown, which Sh-K-Boom produces in addition to recordings by Broadway’s next generation of composers.

For more info visit www.sh-k-boom.com.

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Janet BrennerProducer Janet Brenner co founded Theatre on the Green in Washington, CT, and produced theatrical events starring Stephen Sondheim, Alfred Uhry, James Earl Jones, James Lapine, George Grizzard, Mia Farrow, and Conan O’Brien. With Daryl Roth, Janet produced the original off-Broadway production of Maltby and Shire’s CLOSER THAN EVER, for which she won the Outer Critics Circle award for Outstanding Production, MAC Award, among others. She recently produced a gala concert honoring Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt starring Kelli O’Hara and Brian D’Arcy James. She conceived and wrote the script for THE 60s PROJECT, a new musical that received productions at numerous theatres including CAP21, Trinity Rep, and Goodspeed Opera House. She has developed and produced new scripts with writers Ken Levine, Cheri Steinkellner, Richard Maltby Jr, and Charlie Rubin. Janet is a producer of the film THE LAST 5 YEARS, written and directed by Richard LaGravenese and based on the musical by the Tony Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan.

Janet Brenner
Producer

Janet Brenner co founded Theatre on the Green in Washington, CT, and produced theatrical events starring Stephen Sondheim, Alfred Uhry, James Earl Jones, James Lapine, George Grizzard, Mia Farrow, and Conan O’Brien. With Daryl Roth, Janet produced the original off-Broadway production of Maltby and Shire’s CLOSER THAN EVER, for which she won the Outer Critics Circle award for Outstanding Production, MAC Award, among others. She recently produced a gala concert honoring Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt starring Kelli O’Hara and Brian D’Arcy James. She conceived and wrote the script for THE 60s PROJECT, a new musical that received productions at numerous theatres including CAP21, Trinity Rep, and Goodspeed Opera House. She has developed and produced new scripts with writers Ken Levine, Cheri Steinkellner, Richard Maltby Jr, and Charlie Rubin. Janet is a producer of the film THE LAST 5 YEARS, written and directed by Richard LaGravenese and based on the musical by the Tony Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan.

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