Dorothy Fields was born in 1905 into a lively theatrical environment. Her father Lew Fields was an enterprising Broadway producer and at the turn of the century had been one-half of the famous vaudeville team of Weber and Fields. Her brother and co-librettist was Herbert Fields.

One of America's great composer/lyricists, Frank Loesser began his songwriting career during the Depression as a lyricist, contributing songs to Broadway revues and nightclub acts.

A varied career as a recording artist, screenwriter, music producer and pianist has somehow led Yazbek to a career on Broadway.

Bob (Robert) Merrill was an American composer and lyricist. His most famous works included "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?"

Dale Wasserman has served the theatre for over 50 years. In earlier days he roamed America as a hobo, riding freight trains and thereby avoiding any formal education whatsoever.

C. C. Courtney was born in north Louisiana but he never stayed there much, constantly moving around from age 5. He considers himself to be from New Orleans which he still loves beyond measure. When he was only 8 he started preaching at churches in the South.

Pop music would be very different without the contributions of Carole King, who at age 17 wrote her first #1 hit with Gerry Goffin, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," for the Shirelles.

Brian Crawley is a playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the book and lyrics for A LITTLE PRINCESS (composer Andrew Lippa) which debuted at Theatreworks of Palo Alto in the summer of 2004.