Broadway Theatre, (4/29/2004 - 1/1/2005)

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Setting: Paradise Slum; Shanti & Akaash's home; Miss India Pag.; "Diamond in the Rough" set; Akaash's new apt.; Indian Film Awards; Akaash's mansion; "Bombay Dreams" set; Taj Royale Beach Hotel; Juhu Beach.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President)

Produced by Waxman / Williams Entertainment and TGA Entertainment, Ltd.; Produced in association with Denise Rich, Ralph Williams, Scott Prisand, Danny Seraphine, Harold Thau, Max Cooper, AD Prods and Independent Presenters Network; Associate Producer: Sudhir Vaishnav, Alexander Fraser, Ken Denison and The Entertainment Partnership

Originally produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Original London prod. opened at Apollo Victoria Theatre on June 19, 2002 and was produced by The Really Useful Theatre Company Ltd.

Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyrics by Don Black; Book by Meera Syal and Thomas Meehan; Based on an idea by Shekhar Kapur and Andrew Lloyd Webber; Musical Director: James Abbott; Dance arrangements by James Abbott; Original Additional Music Arrangements: Christopher Nightingale; Music orchestrated by Paul Bogaev; Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements by Paul Bogaev; Punjabi lyric on "Wedding Qawali" by Sukwinder Singh; Hindi lyric on "Chaiyya Chaiyya" by Gulzar; Additional Music and Lyrics on "Shakalaka Baby" by Marius de Vries; Additional lyrics by David Yazbek

Directed by Steven Pimlott; Choreographed by Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan; Associate Director: Thomas Caruso and Lucy Skilbeck; Associate Choreographer: Lisa Stevens and Nichola Treherne; Assistant to Farah Khan: Geeta Kapur

Scenic Design by Mark Thompson; Costume Design by Mark Thompson; Lighting Design by Hugh Vanstone; Sound Design by Mick Potter; Make-Up Design by Bruce Dean and MAC Cosmetics; Makeup Supervisor: Angelina Avallone; Associate Scenic Design: Nancy Thun; Associate Costume Design: Irene Bohan and Nancy Palmatier; Associate Lighting Design: Philip Rosenberg; Associate Sound Design: John Gibson; Assistant Scenic Design: Rachel Nemec and Luke Cantarella; Assistant to the Costume Designer: Jennifer Halpern and Trent Armstrong; Assistant Lighting Design: John Viesta; Moving Light Programmer: Andrew Voller; Assistant Sound Design: Jeremy Lee

General Manager: The Charlotte Wilcox Company; Company Manager: Susan Bell; Executive Producer: WaxWill Theatrical Division; Associate Co. Mgr: Ellen Szorady

Production Manager: Peter Fulbright; Production Stage Manager: Bonnie L. Becker; First Assistant Stage Manager: J. Philip Bassett; Second Assistant Stage Manager: Charles Underhill; Technical Supervisor: Tech Production Services, Inc.

Musical Supervisor: Paul Bogaev; Musical Coordinator: Michael Keller; Conducted by James Abbott; Associate Conductor: Dan Riddle; Synthesizer Programmer: Phij Adams and Andrew Barrett; Keyboard: Dan Riddle, Adam Ben-David and Ann Gerschefski; Onstage Percussion: David Sharma and Deep Singh; Drums: Raymond Grappone; Oboe/English Horn: Charles Pillow; Cello: Roger Shell and Ted Mook; Viola: Liuh-Wen Ting and Arthur Dibble; Concert Master: Sylvia D'Avanzo; Bass: Randy Landau; Flute: Anders Bostrom; Violin: Ming Yeh, Pauline Kim, Nina Evtuhov and Sean Carney

Dance Captain: Lisa Stevens; Fight Captain: Rommy Sandhu; Fight direction by J. Steven White; Press Representative: Barlow-Hartman Public Relations; Casting: Tara Rubin Casting; Marketing: Margery Singer Company; Sponsorship: Rhino Enterprises; Advertising: SPOTCo, Inc.; Photographer: Joan Marcus; Photo Illustration: Dan Couto; Diction Coach: Ariane Brandt; Production Assistant: Chad Lewis and Kelly Stillwell

Anisha Nagarajan Broadway debut	Priya
Manu Narayan Broadway debut	Akaash
Ayesha Dharker	Rani
Sriram Ganesan Broadway debut	Sweetie
Tanvir Gopal Broadway debut	Munna	Alternate
Marvin L. Ishmael	Madan
Madhur Jaffrey	Shanti
Deep Katdare	Vikram
Neil Jay Shastri Broadway debut	Munna	Alternate
Jolly Abraham	Ensemble
	Shaheen
Mueen Jahan Ahmad	Ensemble
	Ram
Aaron J. Albano Broadway debut	Ensemble
Céline Alwyn Broadway debut	Ensemble
Anjali Bhimani	Ensemble
	Movie Shanti
Shane Bland Broadway debut	Ensemble
Gabriel Burrafato	Ensemble
	Hard Hat
	Policeman
	Wedding Qawali Singer
Wendy Calio Broadway debut	Ensemble
Tiffany Michelle Cooper	Ensemble
Sheetal Gandhi	Ensemble
Krystal Kiran Garib Broadway debut	Ensemble
Tania Marie Hakkim	Ensemble
Dell Howlett	Ensemble
Suresh John	Ensemble
	Hard Hat
Ian Jutsun Broadway debut	Ensemble
	Wedding Qawali Singer
Miriam Laube	Ensemble
Aalok Mehta	Ensemble
	Salim
Ron Nahass Broadway debut	Ensemble
	Eunuch
Michelle Nigalan	Ensemble
Zahf Paroo Broadway debut	Ensemble
	Pageant Announcer
	Policeman
	Movie Akaash
	Wedding Qawali Singer
Danny Pathan	Ensemble
Bobby Pestka	Ensemble
	Eunuch
Kafi Pierre Broadway debut	Ensemble
Sarah Ripard	Ensemble
	Kitty DaSouza
Darryl Semira	Ensemble
	Eunuch
	Movie Sweetie
Kirk Torigoe Broadway debut	Ensemble
	Eunuch

Swings: Rommy Sandhu, Lisa Stevens, J.R. Whittington, Nicole Winhoffer.

Understudies: Jolly Abraham (Rani), Mueen Jahan Ahmad (Madan), Aaron J. Albano Broadway debut (Akaash), Anjali Bhimani (Rani, Shanti), Shane Bland (Sweetie), Gabriel Burrafato (Vikram), Sheetal Gandhi (Priya), Krystal Kiran Garib Broadway debut (Priya), Tanvir Gopal (Munna), Suresh John (Madan), Ian Jutsun Broadway debut (Madan), Michelle Nigalan (Priya), Zahf Paroo (Akaash, Vikram), Danny Pathan (Akaash), Sarah Ripard (Rani, Shanti), Darryl Semira (Sweetie), Neil Jay Shastri Broadway debut (Munna).