Christopher Bond is the author of more than 30 plays, adaptations, books for musicals & opera libretti including three melodramas: Sweeney Todd, Dracula, and Maria Marten. He was Artistic Director of the Everyman and Playhouse Theatres in Liverpool, and the Half Moon Theatre in London’s East End. He directed the original West End productions of Blood Brothers and Trafford Tanzi, and has done five productions of Sweeney Todd in the UK and abroad. Most recently he directed a new version of Bizet’s Carmen in Sweden, for which he wrote a new libretto relocating the story to Mexico City on the Day of the Dead. He is currently writing a series for television, “The Big Hit”; a thriller, “Exit Wounds”; and the book and lyrics for a musical, The Rappers’ Opera. 

Jonathan Tunick was Stephen Sondheim’s orchestrator of choice, orchestrating nearly all of his musicals, including Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Passion, and Merrily We Roll Along, plus A Chorus Line, Nine, A Gentleman’s Guide, the recent Carousel, West Side Story, and The Music Man. He was Composer/Conductor for six motion pictures, plus the TV classics “Murder, She Wrote” and “Columbo.” In 1997, he received the first Tony given for orchestration, elevating him to “EGOT” (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) status. In 2009, Jonathan was inducted into Broadway’s Theater Hall of Fame.

Alex Lacamoire (he/him) is a four-time Grammy, three-time Tony, and Emmy Award winner for his work on Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, In the Heights, and the FX miniseries “Fosse/Verdon.” His other credits as Music Director, arranger, and/or Orchestrator include The Wrong Man (Off-Broadway), Bring It On, 9 to 5 (Drama Desk and Grammy noms), Wicked, Bat Boy, and Godspell (2001 National Tour). He also served as Executive Music Producer for many films, including The Greatest Showman, In the Heights, Vivo, Dear Evan Hansen, and tick, tick…BOOM! Endless admiration for our paragon, Stephen Sondheim. Love to Mom, Dad, Little Sis, and his wife, Ileana.

Credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Broadway, West End, International); A Beautiful Noise, Angels in America, The Crucible, The Last Ship, Rocky!, The Glass Menagerie, Peter and the Starcatcher, American Idiot (Broadway); Once, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (West End, Broadway); Let the Right One In, Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland); Ocean at the End of the Lane and The Light Princess (National Theatre). As Director: Burn (National Theatre of Scotland); Social! (Park Avenue Armory), Close to You (New York Theatre Workshop, West End).

Broadway Directing credits: Hamilton, Freestyle Love Supreme, In the Heights, Lombardi, Magic/Bird. Off-Broadway selected Directing credits: Hamilton, Dry Powder, Tiny Beautiful Things, Kings (The Public Theater); The Wrong Man (MCC Theater); In the Heights, Broke-ology, When I Come to Die (Lincoln Center Theater); Daphne’s Dive (Signature Theatre). Broadway Producing credits: Derren Brown: Secret, Freestyle Love Supreme. Television directing and Producing credits: “Up Here” (Hulu), “Hamilton” (Disney+), “Fosse/Verdon” (FX), “Grease: Live” (Fox). Graduate of Wesleyan University.