Jim Luigs wrote SPREAD EAGLE, which was produced at the WPA Theatre in New York, starring Brian Murray.

Alan Jay Lerner (bookwriter and lyricist) and Frederick Loewe (composer) wrote some of the American theater's most memorable musicals, including My Fair Lady, Camelot, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon and Gigi.   Among their most famous songs are ''Almost Like Being in Love

Jonathan Larson received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for RENT. He also won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1994 Richard Rodgers Award for RENT and twice received The Gilman & Gonzales-Falla Theatre Foundation's Comendation Award.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, John Musker became fascinated with comics and cartoons, especially Disney classics such as Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio, at an early age. By the time he was eight, he knew he wanted to become an animator.